This week we have been learning all about pirates. We have found out about life aboard a pirate ship from a non fiction book. They were very cramped in their ships and often had to share their beds with rats! We found out that there were also lady pirates! The captain decided where to go to look for treasure and he shared out his 'booty' with his shipmates. Pirates did a lot of fighting and often were quite unlucky and lost a leg or an arm in a fight !!
Reece and Eimantas loved reading our pirate books
On Tuesday we had a message in a bottle from Captain Black Jack - it said that his treasure had been stolen by Pirate Pete. He asked us to help him to find the treasure. Luckily several Grasshoppers had seen Pirate Pete with some treasure - he was out on Scroby Sands digging a big hole to bury it in. So we wrote back to Captain Black Jack and told him where to find his treasure. Miss Cannell is a really fast runner so we sent her down to the beach with our message in a bottle to throw it in the sea. On Wednesday we sent Mrs Ball down to the beach to see if there was a reply. She was gone ages - and when she came back we realised why. She had taken a bucket and spade down there and started playing in the sand! Anyway Mrs Ball found the next message and it was a treasure map.
This week in maths we have been learning about money. We have been counting up 1p and 2p coins and playing shops. We have also had a go at making different amounts using a range of coins. We have also been practising counting in 2's and 5's. Why not have a go at counting coins at home?
Chloe sorts her coins
Indianna and Jamie-Lee play shops
We have used lots of different construction kits to make our own pirate ships and we have painted some fantastic pirate pictures. We even made our own treasure chests.
Lexi with her treasure chest
Eimantas built a lego pirate ship
Indianna will be taking Diggory home this weekend - she has done some really super writing. Well done Indianna.
See you next week.
Grasshopper Class