We have had a great week in Hornbeam this week, and we have been impressed with the children's application - especially in English. This week we have returned to our work based around the book 'The Lion Inside'. We have written a character description of the lion with a focus on nouns and adjectives. Some of our sentences included phrases such as 'sensitive whiskers', 'golden mane' and 'razor-sharp teeth'. All these phrases demonstrate the children's progress in learning.

Maths has been a lot trickier, drawing number lines for numbers 0-50 and estimating where a number should be on the number line. However, the children did enjoy taking the chalks outside on Tuesday and drawing number lines on the playground, many of which can still be seen around the minibuses (weather-dependent).

In DT, we have continued our marble runs, this week combining stable bases by building a bridge between the two. In science, we have started to investigate the properties of materials, using keywords such as smooth, fragile, bumpy and many more. When Mr Neal was away on Wednesday, the children worked with Mrs Hood-Cree who described us as 'a great class' - testament to their excellent behaviour of which we are very proud.