This week in Zakynthos Class….

In Maths, we continued with ‘Mass and Capacity’.  The children focused on comparing mass, to add and subtract mass, to measure capacity and volume in millilitres, to measure capacity and volume in litres and millilitres and equivalent capacities and volumes (litres and millilitres).

In Science, the children looked at the relationship and investigated between vibrations and volume and between vibrations, strength and volume.  The children worked in groups of three’s, used an iPad (for the online metronome), a  variety of instruments and a tape measure. They recorded the sound of the instrument played at different metres and measured the volume of the sound in decibels. Another lesson that the children focused on was to describe the pitch and how to change it.  They chose the instrument, used the online metronome and recorded the pitch (high and low) in hertz and then had to write what they had learnt.

In DT, the children designed their own Egyptian collar and used the techniques of cross stitch and running stitch to sew on their collar.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 23.05.25

Have a wonderful half term holiday!

Miss Weithers

This week in Zakynthos…..

In English, the children had the opportunity of being creative writers. They had the task of planning, editing and publishing their own story using instructions.

In Maths, the children started a new unit called ‘Mass and Capacity’. They looked at using scales, how to measure mass in  grams and kilograms and focused on equivalent mass using grams and kilograms.

In Science, the children looked at how sounds are heard through different mediums. They did an investigation – ‘Does sound travel better through a solid (string) or gaseous (air) medium’. They worked in groups of threes and were given cups to use as a telephone. One person had to write something on a whiteboard and show the person who would say the word or words. The other  person held the cup to their ears and had to say what they heard. We then discussed which was the better medium, gases (air) or solid (string). The children recognised that sound travels faster, better, farther through solid mediums than gases like air.

In DT, the children’s end product is to design and make an Egyptian collar. Their first task was to learn how to use the technique to sew cross-stitch and then how to applique which means ‘applied’, which is used to refer to a patch to cover a hole in a piece of material and is now used to decorate textiles. Although they found the task rather challenging, they enjoyed the experienced of  threading a needle, making a knot and using felt to cross-stitch.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 16.05.25

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week in Zakynthos…..

In English the children focused on writing a story from their plan about Hermelin’s nexrt adventure and this completed finishing this text. They then looked at the next book for the term called ‘Instrucciones’. We first talked about the four  different types of text (to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to discuss) and then we looked at a sentence type called ‘Commands’. The children were given pictures taken from a story that did not have any words and they had to write a command sentence for each picture. Another lesson was based on the children listening to the story ‘Instrucciones’ and they then had to use the image strip to write commands using preposition and using a different strip if images based on the book, to write a dialogue for the images.

In Maths, we finished the unit on Shapes with looking at and drawing different types polygons, recognising and describing  2D and 3D shapes.

In Science, we have started the new unit of ‘Sounds and Vibrations’.  The children had the opportunity to investigate different ways of sensing sound. There were six work stations placed  around the classroom with different equipment.  The children explored the equipment to help them see sound and discussed what they observed (hear, see, feel) at each station and were taught that sounds are caused by something vibrating.

What an amazing assembly! The children worked really hard to perform to the best of their ability and to learn their lines without having to read them. I am so proud of my children and I thank  you all for attending to your child’s class assembly.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 09.05.25

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Weithers

In Zakynthos this week……

In English, the children focused one lesson on writing a recount in role as ‘Hermelin the Detective Mouse’. They used a freeze frame, voiced the thoughts of the characters and then wrote a diary entry describing the start of the party, including feelings. They used their skills of story mapping to help them orally retell the story as a group and had the opportunity to become authors themselves by planning a new adventure for Hermelin and Emily his partner to solve more mysteries. This task will continue next week.

In Maths, the children continued with expanding and further developing their knowledge of ‘Shapes’.  We looked at horizontal and vertical lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, and recognising and describing 2-D shapes.

In History, the children continued with learning more about the Ancient Egyptians culture. We looked at what they believed in when they passed away, where they believed their soul would go to (the ‘afterlife’) and the burial procession that took placed. We also studied the pyramids, how, why and who they were built for.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 02.05.25

Have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend!

Miss Weithers

In Zakynthos Class this week….

In English, our first book for this term is  called ‘ ‘Hermelin the Detective Mouse’. The children started the text with making predictions about the text, we wrote about the main character, wrote book reviews, conducted interviews of the key characters and wrote thank you notes to Hermelin.

In Maths, the children started the Unit Shape. They explored turns and angles, right angles, compared angles and measured lines. They also had the opportunity to use a ruler correctly to draw and measure straight lines.

in RE, our Unit for this term is called ‘We All Need Love’.  The children first discussed something that you cannot see with your eyes, nor touch with your hands, being kind or showing kindness. We looked at a few pictures and talked about what was happening, the love and kindness that was being shown. The children’s task was to complete a mind map on ‘Who Needs Love?’

In History, we started a unit on the Ancient Egyptians; identifying the time period, identifying other civilizations alive at the same time and looking at the physical features of Egypt. We also began to look at their beliefs and to identify the Ancient Egyptian gods.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 25.04.25

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Weithers

In Zakynthos this week……

This week we continued with Holy week celebrations. The children looked at the various events that took placed leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrections. We discussed the events and talked about what we can learn from  these events, the morals behind some of the stores and and how we can apply them to our lives before the return of Jesus.

In Science, the children continued exploring how to make improvements to their car balloon, they also had an opportunity to make plaited bread which they thoroughly enjoyed  and were excited to see the outcome after it was baked.

In PE we finished with tennis and basketball which they loved.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 04.04.25

Have an wonderful, happy and restful Eater holiday!

Miss Weithers

Dear Parents,

This week was the start of Holy week celebrations and will continue next week.  The children looked at and learnt about the different events that Jesus went through,  discussing the meaning behind each story or parable and through their writing they showed their understanding of each Bible story.

In Science we continued with out topic Electricity, and the children had the opportunity to experiment with creating a circuit  and became excited when they managed to get a small light bulb to light up.

In PE we continued with tennis and basketball and the boys had their final day at swimming this week. Well done for now being an expert at swimming!

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 28.03.25

Have a great and happy weekend!

Miss Weithers

Good afternoon Parents, Carers

This week in Zakynthos Class, for English, the children continued with the text Around the World in 80 Days, and focused on taking on the role of the character of Phileas Fogg. It was a hotseating, activity where they had to describe some of the places that Phileas had visited during his journey. The children enjoyed being in role and were confident in what they were saying. They also looked at different types of travel brochures and discussed the features of a good brochure and its purpose. The children had the opportunity to plan and write a travel blog in the role of Phileas Fogg.

In Maths, we continued and completed the Fractions unit. They focused on Partition the Whole, Unit fractions of a set of objects, Non-unit fractions of a set of objects and Reasoning with fractions of an amount.

In RE, the children looked at another faith Sikhism, focusing on their special Golden Temple and why the temple is so important to the Sikhs.

In Science, we continued with learning about electricity and the children had the opportunity to explore a circuit. They were given a selection of circuit cards to recreate each circuit and investigated whether the circuit worked or not and had to write their results. The children were excited and enjoyed the experience.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 21.03.25

Have a great and happy weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week in Zakynthos Class.…

In English,  we focused on learning about the features of an information text and we based the text around Sir Isaac Newton. We also began to look at explanation texts, where the children explored the features and had an opportunity to underline what they thought were the features in a text.

In Maths, we continued our unit on Fractions, where the children learnt equivalent fractions on a number line, equivalent fractions as a bar model.  They also focused on adding and subtracting fractions.

In science, we looked at how electrical appliances are powered, they drew simple symbols and labelled the for a circuit and wrote about Newton’s laws of motion.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 14.03.25

Have a great weekend!

Miss Weithers

This week’s learning in Zakynthos class …..

In English, the children predicted a narrative based on their new book ‘Around the /world in 80 days’.  Then after reading chapter’s 1 and 2, the children then had to sequence the events of the story and write about each picture.  Another task they had to do was to describe a setting using powerful adjectives and adverbs.

In Maths, the children continued with the unit ‘Fractions’ and had focused on how to compare and order non-unit fractions, learnt how to use fractions and scales, to place fractions on a number line and how to count fractions on a number line.

In RE, the children learnt about the Holy Communion in the Liturgy, learnt about Clean Monday were they had the opportunity to fly the kites that they had made and about our spiritual and physical preparation preceding Pascha.

In PE, the children continued with learning tennis skills and basketball skills and the boys continued with having swimming lessons  on Thursday’s.

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Zakynthos Home Learning – 07.03.25

Have a wonderful and restful weekend!

Miss Weithers