Wow, Team DB have been very busy since coming back to school after the half term holiday, with everyone enjoying a well-earned rest!
Literacy In Literacy, the children have been very interested in learning all about the Lundhill Mining Disaster that happened here in Wombwell over 160 years ago. They were even more excited when some children realised that they lived on the old mining site or that they knew somone who did! The purpose of their writing was to complete a newspaper report about the mining disaster developing their skills in using past tense verbs, speech marks and writing in the third person. The children enjoyed pretending to be a journalist and presenting their writing using a newspaper format. The children were able to chose the correct third person pronouns in their writing, acting like a true journalistic writer. This aspect of Team DB's learning linked well when looking at the similarities and differences between our Geography focus, Whitby and Wombwell. Maths As part of our maths learning this half term, Team DB have been focussing on the topic 'Measures'. We have looked carefully in detail at area and perimeter and the different units of measurements that we could use when measuring various objects. The children have developed their skills by finding the area and perimeter initially by counting squares, moving onto using millimetres, centimetres, metres and even kilometres! The children have then been able to use these skills when answering word problem questions. Geography In the second part of the Autumn term, we have been continuing with our learning about the similarities and differences between Wombwell and Whitby. This week the children have been looking in detail at the land use of the two areas and how these may have changed over time. The children have also included what they have learnt about the history of mining in the local area when discussing how the land has been used in Wombwell over the last two centuries. We have also watched a virtual tour of the village as well as the coastal town, Whitby. Team DB thoroughly enjoyed this, and were very enthusiastic about the different features found in their own local area and applied this to their learning.
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