Rainbows

We had a good morning at home today. The weather was quite strange but also very interesting: lots of short sharp showers interspersed with bursts of brilliant sunshine. So inbetween the learning tasks there were quite a few sightings of rainbows.

A managed to work on the following: ballet practice, adding up sums using columns, a letter to a new penpal and finding out some information on polar bears and other endangered species. We looked at an atlas and found the equator, the tropics, the north and south poles, and climate maps.

Wildlife in Danger (Earth Watch Series) by Sally Watts

I continued with her maths project, which is all about speeding up in areas she is confident in and finding new challenges, particularly in geometry and presenting data. She also read the first pages of her new book.

Anne Frank. The Diary of a Young Girl