Brazil – Miss Rodway

Our Class Team

 

Teacher HLTA TA TA TA
Lisa Rodway Kerri Unsworth Sheila Edge Tasmin Beresford Liam Clarke

Contact the teacher at lisa.rodway@abbotsleaschool.co.uk

Our Weekly News

In the boxes below, you can read about our best moments in school.
We are sharing our weekly news every Friday.

Week 23+

Brazil class have had another great week at the pool. Swimming has been fantastic, all the pupils have really enjoyed the lessons.

This week we also celebrated Valentines Day and the pupils made chocolates to take home.

Well done to Brazil class for a great term. Enjoy your half term break and see you in Term 4!

Week 22+

This week Brazil class have been taking part in swimming lessons. We were all so impressed with how sensible the pupils have been and fully engaged in the lessons. Well done Brazil class, we are looking forward to week 2 of swimming, next week. In Maths we finished off our time topic and in English we read Meerkat Mail and talked about postcards. Keep up the good work Brazil class !.

Week 21+

Brazil class this week have been working hard.

We have been looking at facts about African animals in English and in maths we have been learning about time.

Brazil class took a drive to Halewood Leisure Centre to familiarise themselves with the route for swimming.

Well done Brazil class for another fantastic week!

Week 20+

This week Brazil class have been reading poetry as part of their African Tales topic. We have been recognising rhyming words and nonsense words written in each poem.

In Maths we have been continuing with our shape topic. During Science we looked at real life fossils and found out the process of fossilisation.

Well done Brazil class for all your hard work this week.

Week 19+

A great week for Brazil class. This week we have been working on recognising and sorting 2D and 3D shapes in Maths and continuing with our African Tales topic in English. On Monday we celebrated World Religion Day by making our own challah bread. This is a sweet bread made by Jewish people which is eaten together as a family. Well done Brazil class, keep up the hard work !

Week 18+

Another great week for Brazil class.

We have been learning about capacity and volume this week in Maths. We used measuring jugs and cups to work out the capacity of different objects.

In English we have started a new topic, African Tails. We used the book ‘We’re Going on a Lion Hunt’ to recognise onomatopoeia.

In Science we have been learning about the three types of rocks and had a look at some different examples of rocks.

Keep up the good work!

Week 17+

Welcome back Brazil class, it has been great hearing about your Christmas holidays.

This week in English we completed some recount activities around our Christmas and wrote thank you letters for the presents we received.

In Maths we have been learning about position and direction. We have been describing turns using quarter, half and full and recognising movement using left, right, forwards and backwards.

Well done Brazil class !

Week 16+

Brazil class have had a fantastic week finishing off all their work tasks.

In Maths we completed some work on measuring length and in English we performed a poem T’was The Night Before Christmas.

We have done some Christmas activities and our fabulous Rebecca represented class Brazil in the talent show. Well done Rebecca, we are so proud of you!

Week 15+

A great week for Brazil class, the highlight has been our class visit to the Palm House on Tuesday. We went to see the different plants and minibeasts living in the Palm House and also to find out how a greenhouse works.

In Maths we have been learning to recognise money. We have completed some work around pence and pounds. We have our own coins and notes to recognise.

In Science we have been learning about food chains. We created our own food chains and talked about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

Well done Brazil class for another fantastic week!

Week 14+

A great week for Brazil class, the highlight has been our class visit to the Palm House on Tuesday. We went to see the different plants and minibeasts living in the Palm House and also to find out how a greenhouse works. In Maths we have been learning to recognise money. We have completed some work around pence and pounds. We have our own coins and notes to recognise. In Science we have been learning about food chains. We created our own food chains and talked about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Well done Brazil class for another fantastic week !.

Week 13+

Brazil have been reading the last few chapters of The Twits this week in English. We could not wait to find out what happened to them at the end.

In Maths we have continued with our fraction work, looking at quarters and thirds.

We celebrated the start of Advent by making a Christingle each in class. We talked about what the ribbon, sticks, sweets and candle represent.

In Geography we have been recognising capital cities of Europe.

Well done Brazil class for another great week and for helping decorate the classroom ready for Christmas!

Week 12+

Brazil class have had a great week.

In English we have continued reading our book The Twits. We think it is hilarious when Mr and Mrs Twit play jokes on each other.

In Maths we have been learning about halves and quarters. We have been learning to recognise what is a half and what is a quarter.

We have continued to use the atlases in Geography to help us find European countries and we have learnt some facts about these countries.

Well done Brazil class for another fantastic week!

Week 11+

This week Brazil class have started reading The Twits in English. We discussed the two main characters, Mr and Mrs Twit. We found out how ugly they are.

In Maths we have been working on division and sharing objects equally. In Geography we have been learning about the continents and focusing on Europe this week. In Science we have been completing some sorting activities, matching the minibeasts to their microhabitat.

Well done Brazil class for a great week !

Week 10+

This week Brazil class have been working hard in their lessons. In Maths we have been working on multiplication and division and in English we have been learning about following instructions. On Wednesday we celebrated all things Science and completed a day of Science experiments and activities. In Geography we have been using the atlases to locate where we live. We have recognised our planet, our continent, our country and our city. We have also looked at capital cities and flags. In French we have been learning the names of the countries in the United Kingdom. There were some amazing French speakers in that lesson !. Well done Brazil class for another fantastic week !.

Week 9+

This week Brazil class have been working extremely hard.

In Maths we have been learning about multiplication using our visual resources to support this. In PE we learnt some new skills like holding and passing a rugby ball correctly.

Our Food Technology lesson this week was a huge success, we made cheeseburgers! In Geography we started our new topic, we found out about where we live. We looked at the world map and located continents and oceans.

Well done Brazil class.

Week 8+

Brazil class have been working hard this week finishing off their project work.

We have been learning about tornadoes and as a class we completed an experiment making our own tornadoes.

In English we finished off our story ‘Escape from Pompeii’. We created our own newspaper article about Mount Vesuvius erupting. In Food Technology we made Halloween fingers with pastry and sausages.

Well done Brazil class for a fantastic first term in school.

Enjoy your half term break.

Week 7+

This week Brazil class have been continuing to read Escape From Pompeii in English.

We have completed some word work, grammar activities and comprehension skills. In Maths we are continuing to focus on number. In our project lessons we started to find out about tornadoes.

During Key Skills we found out about Black History Month. We talked about why we celebrate it. In Food Technology this week we made chicken noodles. Well done Brazil class, keep up the good work!

Week 6+

Brazil class have been learning about tsunamis this week in project.

We completed a fact-finding task after reading information about tsunamis. In Maths we continued with our number work using addition and subtraction sentences. In English this week we started reading a new book called Escape from Pompeii.

We created our own adjectives to describe the setting of the story. This week we made tuna pasta bake in Food Tech and played football in PE.

Well done Brazil class for a great week.

Week 5+

This week Brazil class have been finding out about earthquakes. We watched some video clips and talked about how to react if there is an earthquake. In Maths we have been adding and subtracting using our base ten resources. We made lasagne in Food Technology this week and played ball games in PE.

Week 4+

Brazil class have worked really hard this week in their project lessons.

We researched and read the headlines about the volcano erupting in the Canary Islands. We watched live footage and completed recall questions about what we had found out. In the next lesson we completed a fact file of information on the volcanic eruption. In the afternoon we have made our own volcanoes using bottles, newspapers and paper mache. We painted our volcanoes and completed a science experiment to make them erupt. In Maths we have continued with our number topic, using 100’s, 10’s and 1’s. This week we have been using vocabulary greater than and less than. In Food Technology this week we made meatballs and spaghetti.

Well done Brazil class.

Week 3+

A great week for Brazil class.

This week we have completed some science experiments for our project. We made our own volcanoes using fruit. It was great to watch the reaction when mixing bicarbonate of soda with the citrus fruits.

In Maths we are partitioning numbers to 1000. We have been using our base 10 resources and place value cards to help us understand our hundreds, tens and ones. In food Technology we made chicken and vegetable noodles and in PE we practised our football skills. In English we talked about the story The Boy Who Cried Wolf and linked it to our truth and lie lesson. We wrote two truths and 1 lie each. We read them out to our class, and we had to find out which was the lie. It was great fun !.

Have a lovely weekend, Brazil class team.

Week 2+

Welcome back to school Brazil class !

We have had a great week settling into new routines and structure in class.

This week we have completed some getting to know you activities and we shared our summer holiday news. In Maths we have been using our new base 10 resources to complete number activities and in English we have been reading fables. Our topic this half term is Tremors. We started this topic by finding out what is under our feet, we talked about the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Towards the end of this week, we found out about tectonic plates and how volcanoes are formed. In Food Technology we made pasta bolognese, delicious ! Can all parents please return the boxes to school when finished, ready for next week’s pasta dish to be sent home. Thank you.

Have a lovely weekend, Brazil class team.

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