Humaira, “Friend or Foe is an inspirational tale about WWII and the impact it had on families living in the cities. Evacuees had to leave their families and move to the countryside with people they had never met before. This story so far has made me appreciate the world we live in now, I would’ve been terrified to be evacuated!”
Zain, “I am really enjoying the story – it is making me ask lots of questions. Will David make new friends? How will he cope without his mum? I feel sad for him, but they had no choice to make him safe!”
Abdul, “So far I’ve found the story a little intense – when I finish one page I have no idea what’s coming next. It is a little bit sad as well because of children being separated from their families.”
Aaqib, “We used Rekenrek’s to explore fractions and decimals by looking at tenths first. We then moved on to find 1/20 of a whole by noticing the relationship between tenths and twentieths. We noticed that 2/20 is equal to 1/10. So if 1/10 is 0.1, then 1/20 is half of that which is 0.05.”
Fahim, “I am enjoying the stories in the book because it is helping me remember times table facts. The characters help me remember the facts as I can see what numbers they represent in my head. For example, Dr Sven as 7 and the Robin as 3, in the story the Robin made Dr Sven sneeze 21 times. So 7 x 3 = 21!”
Marco, “I enjoy the stories as it helps me remember trickier times tables and the characters make it fun to learn.”
Look out for future updates on our blog this term 🙂