It was lovely to meet so many parents and carers at parents evening this week. If you have any queries or questions following on from the meeting our emails can be found below:
Mrs Dobkin – kat.dobkin@farsleyfarfield.org.uk
Miss Jones – emily.jones@farsleyfarfield.org.uk
Mould!
Year 6 were thrilled to come back to class after their half term and discover the results of their mould experiment. Before the holidays, children designed an investigation to discover where the mouldiest place in the school was. In pairs and small groups, they wiped a piece of bread in their chosen location, then sealed the bag and waited…
Imagine our surprise when we discovered that most of the bread was not very mouldy (except for quite an incredible slice in 6D). We hypothesised that this was because Mr Harris had switched the heating off over half term and so the mould wasn’t as warm as it would like to be. We have chosen to leave the disgusting samples alone for a further week to see whether we grow any more results.
Maths
We have begun our unit on fractions this week and the children are beginning to build confidence when ordering and comparing them. We discovered that if we need to compare fractions, we need to make either the numerator or the denominator the same.
Here is a video which might help to refresh your memory:
Ordering Fractions Video
