Welcome back everyone, we hope you all had a good half-term.
This week, we have been looking at Chinese New Year and celebrations. We made pancakes and compared them to Chinese spring rolls and thought about describing how they tasted using our WOW words, delicious and scrumptious.
In our writing this week, we wrote wishes just like the Chinese do to celebrate their New Year, and instead of letting our wishes go up in large lanterns, we substituted them for helium balloons. We let them go on Friday afternoon and we were very excited about it. We have also been trying to write Chinese symbols too.
In maths we have learned about doubling. We used pancakes because doubling those can only ever be a good thing!
Next week we are pretending to be Superheroes, and of course, we have World Book Day too.
Friday, 27 February 2015
Friday, 13 February 2015
Week beginning 9.2.15
This week has been International week in school. The country we have been learning about is Kenya. The children have thoroughly enjoyed looking at the globe, Google Earth and maps to try to understand about where in the world Kenya is. After looking at different planets last week we had to explain that Kenya is in fact on Earth as some children did not believe us!
The children have been on a safari and spotted different African animals. They learnt facts about these and also whether they were carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. They have also learnt about the continents and oceans. We have looked at African artifacts and artwork and created out own artwork. The children also learnt about Shamba which is an African farm. They made their own Shamba with the small world resources. The children also learnt about the mud huts that some Kenyan people live in. They are keen to have a go at building these outside in the forest area! We watched the Masai tribal dances and had a go at dancing in the same way.We were also very lucky to have an African drumming workshop where all the children had a go at playing African drums which they absolutely loved.
To end the week we are off to the Playhouse to see 'Room on the Broom' which we're sure that the children will love!
Have a good half term!
The children have been on a safari and spotted different African animals. They learnt facts about these and also whether they were carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. They have also learnt about the continents and oceans. We have looked at African artifacts and artwork and created out own artwork. The children also learnt about Shamba which is an African farm. They made their own Shamba with the small world resources. The children also learnt about the mud huts that some Kenyan people live in. They are keen to have a go at building these outside in the forest area! We watched the Masai tribal dances and had a go at dancing in the same way.We were also very lucky to have an African drumming workshop where all the children had a go at playing African drums which they absolutely loved.
To end the week we are off to the Playhouse to see 'Room on the Broom' which we're sure that the children will love!
Have a good half term!
Friday, 6 February 2015
Week beginning 2.2.15
This week has been really exciting and we have ventured off into space!
We began the week with a drama making our own journey into space just like in the book 'Whatever Next'. Then we have spent time on the ipads and the large Interactive Whiteboard designing our own planets.
In maths we have looked at ordinal number (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc) as well as ordering rockets from tallest to smallest. We have also practiced adding two groups of objects together and we used alien eyes to do this!
Next week is International Week and we will be looking at the country of Kenya.
We began the week with a drama making our own journey into space just like in the book 'Whatever Next'. Then we have spent time on the ipads and the large Interactive Whiteboard designing our own planets.
In maths we have looked at ordinal number (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc) as well as ordering rockets from tallest to smallest. We have also practiced adding two groups of objects together and we used alien eyes to do this!
Next week is International Week and we will be looking at the country of Kenya.
Week beginning 26.1.15
This week we have been pretending to be Princes and Princesses and we have had some fabulous role playing.
For our writing this week, we had the story 'You Can't Eat a Princess' and we saw how Princess Spaghetti had a fabulous feast and went to space to rescue King Cupcake who had been kidnapped by aliens. We wrote a list of the foods we would like to eat at our own party.
In maths, we have been learning about weight. We had a selection of large chocolate bars (not real, otherwise they may not have lasted the whole morning) and we found out that the smallest chocolate bar is not necessarily the lightest chocolate bar.
In dance we learned to 'Freestyle' and we rocked our moves to some funky tunes incorporating a spin, a jump and a clap.
Next week we are off to space and pretending to be astronauts...
For our writing this week, we had the story 'You Can't Eat a Princess' and we saw how Princess Spaghetti had a fabulous feast and went to space to rescue King Cupcake who had been kidnapped by aliens. We wrote a list of the foods we would like to eat at our own party.
In maths, we have been learning about weight. We had a selection of large chocolate bars (not real, otherwise they may not have lasted the whole morning) and we found out that the smallest chocolate bar is not necessarily the lightest chocolate bar.
In dance we learned to 'Freestyle' and we rocked our moves to some funky tunes incorporating a spin, a jump and a clap.
Next week we are off to space and pretending to be astronauts...
Friday, 23 January 2015
Week Beginning 19.1.15
This week we have been pretending to be Pirates and the children have thoroughly got in to the role and have had a fantastic week of learning.
We started the week by going on a treasure hunt, we got chased by sharks, crocodiles and encountered spiders and rough seas but we managed to find the treasure in the end! The children then drew a treasure map to show where they had been. They have also labelled their maps to make it clear to other pirates what they can find if they go on a treasure hunt.
In maths we have been working on our subtraction skills. We have been using objects and physically taking them away and also reinforcing this by looking at a number line and counting back.
The children have learnt to recognise tricky words that can't be sounded out in their phonic sessions. The words we have been practising are I, go, to, the and no.
We are really pleased that you have all been doing the sound/blend games and reading with the children. Can we please ask that these games and books be kept in their reading folders so that we can use them at school too.
Next week we will be pretending to be Princes and Princesses...
We started the week by going on a treasure hunt, we got chased by sharks, crocodiles and encountered spiders and rough seas but we managed to find the treasure in the end! The children then drew a treasure map to show where they had been. They have also labelled their maps to make it clear to other pirates what they can find if they go on a treasure hunt.
In maths we have been working on our subtraction skills. We have been using objects and physically taking them away and also reinforcing this by looking at a number line and counting back.
The children have learnt to recognise tricky words that can't be sounded out in their phonic sessions. The words we have been practising are I, go, to, the and no.
We are really pleased that you have all been doing the sound/blend games and reading with the children. Can we please ask that these games and books be kept in their reading folders so that we can use them at school too.
Next week we will be pretending to be Princes and Princesses...
Friday, 16 January 2015
Week ending 16.1.15
This week we have finished teaching all the individual sounds that the children need to know and we have assessed them to see how many they have remembered! We have given out sound games, blend games and reading books depending on their existing knowledge. Please remember to either do the sound/blend games or read with your child AT LEAST 3 times a week. Don't forget to sign their yellow reading record so they can score towards their Reading Awards. We also completed our first piece of writing this week. We heard the story of the 3 Little Pigs and we wrote about our favourite part of the story.
In maths we have finished assessing all the children and we are very pleased with the progress they have made. We have grown in confidence in knowing '1 more' than any number to 20 and we are now working on being as competent with '1 less'!
We had our very first PE lesson of dance with a specialist teacher and we made a dinosaur dance up. ROOOAAARRRRRR!!! Please can we remind you to ensure PE kits are in school on a Tuesday (plimsolls are still not needed yet). Also could girls please have their hair up and either have earrings removed before coming to school or we can tape them up.
Next week, we are beginning our topic of LET'S PRETEND and we are covering pirates. Please look for the Big Talk homework in your child's book bag and chat about this with them.
In maths we have finished assessing all the children and we are very pleased with the progress they have made. We have grown in confidence in knowing '1 more' than any number to 20 and we are now working on being as competent with '1 less'!
We had our very first PE lesson of dance with a specialist teacher and we made a dinosaur dance up. ROOOAAARRRRRR!!! Please can we remind you to ensure PE kits are in school on a Tuesday (plimsolls are still not needed yet). Also could girls please have their hair up and either have earrings removed before coming to school or we can tape them up.
Next week, we are beginning our topic of LET'S PRETEND and we are covering pirates. Please look for the Big Talk homework in your child's book bag and chat about this with them.
Friday, 9 January 2015
Week ending 9.1.15
Happy New Year everyone and we hope you all had a good holiday.
This week in English we have been working on our speaking and listening skills. All the children discussed their Christmas holidays and shared the thing they enjoyed most. We have continued learning the sounds and only have 2 left to cover! We have also been practicing our name writing and we are getting better every day.
In maths we have been assessing what the children have remembered from last term so we have an accurate starting point to teach this term. We have also been practicing our number formations too.
We have been challenging our ICT skills by creating self portraits using the software 2Paint. We have selected different tools to use and chose colours for our features and changed the sizes of the tool we use.
This week in English we have been working on our speaking and listening skills. All the children discussed their Christmas holidays and shared the thing they enjoyed most. We have continued learning the sounds and only have 2 left to cover! We have also been practicing our name writing and we are getting better every day.
In maths we have been assessing what the children have remembered from last term so we have an accurate starting point to teach this term. We have also been practicing our number formations too.
We have been challenging our ICT skills by creating self portraits using the software 2Paint. We have selected different tools to use and chose colours for our features and changed the sizes of the tool we use.
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