This week we have been pretending to be Superheroes!
The book we read was Nat Fantastic and he paid us a visit. Nat Fantastic ran through the classroom and delivered a letter asking the children to help him know what superhero adventure to go on next. the children had some fantastic ideas about superhero adventures and who Nat might need to save or help next. They wrote their ideas down to give to Nat Fantastic.
In maths the children have been learning the names of 2D shapes and making superheroes out of shapes. We have talked about the properties of the shape by looking at how many sides, how many corners and if the sides are straight or curved.
We have been assessing phonics and we are impressed how much the children have remembered.
Friday, 26 February 2016
Friday, 12 February 2016
Week ending 12.2.16
This week we have had our international week and have learned about Italy.
The children looked at the United Kingdom and the countries that make up the United Kingdom. We looked at a map and used Google earth. We found where Norwich was on the map.
The children then looked at where Italy was in the World. They could see that the country is shaped like a boot.
We have learned how to make ciabatta the Italian bread. The children noticed what happened to the dough after we left it in a warm place. We made gelato, Italian ice cream. This was a science experiment as we made the ice cream mixture in one plastic bag that we sealed and put ice cubes and rock salt in a bigger plastic bag. We then put the bag of money stare into the bag of ice and massaged the mixture to help it come into contact with the ice and the children loved watching how the cream mixture turned into ice cream. The children all tried the ice cream!
We have looked at the important landmarks in Rome and the children created a physical map of Rome, building the coliseum, the Roman forum, St Peter's basilica the Trevino fountain and they added the river Tiber onto the map too.
The children looked at how Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel and then they created their own paintings in his style by painting on the bottom of tables.
The children have had a very enjoyable week and today when we discussed what they have learned we were amazed!
We hope you have a lovely half term!
The children looked at the United Kingdom and the countries that make up the United Kingdom. We looked at a map and used Google earth. We found where Norwich was on the map.
The children then looked at where Italy was in the World. They could see that the country is shaped like a boot.
We have learned how to make ciabatta the Italian bread. The children noticed what happened to the dough after we left it in a warm place. We made gelato, Italian ice cream. This was a science experiment as we made the ice cream mixture in one plastic bag that we sealed and put ice cubes and rock salt in a bigger plastic bag. We then put the bag of money stare into the bag of ice and massaged the mixture to help it come into contact with the ice and the children loved watching how the cream mixture turned into ice cream. The children all tried the ice cream!
We have looked at the important landmarks in Rome and the children created a physical map of Rome, building the coliseum, the Roman forum, St Peter's basilica the Trevino fountain and they added the river Tiber onto the map too.
The children looked at how Michelangelo painted the Sistine chapel and then they created their own paintings in his style by painting on the bottom of tables.
The children have had a very enjoyable week and today when we discussed what they have learned we were amazed!
We hope you have a lovely half term!
Friday, 5 February 2016
Week ending 05.02.16
What a windy week it's been!!
This week we have been pretending to be Astronauts and we have ventured into space.
We read the story Whatever Next? and we even had our own space drama where we went to the moon ourselves.
We have written lists of what we would take to the moon if we went.
We also celebrated Chinese New Year a week early and had a workshop where we learnt some Chinese and tried out using chopsticks.
We set the children a challenge to find out how long The Great Wall of China is. Guesses ranged from 2 (2 what?), 18 (18 what?) to 60 hundred thousand million as we got from one little lad. We love hearing their concepts of how they view things. Fascinating!
Next week it's International Week.
This week we have been pretending to be Astronauts and we have ventured into space.
We read the story Whatever Next? and we even had our own space drama where we went to the moon ourselves.
We have written lists of what we would take to the moon if we went.
We also celebrated Chinese New Year a week early and had a workshop where we learnt some Chinese and tried out using chopsticks.
We set the children a challenge to find out how long The Great Wall of China is. Guesses ranged from 2 (2 what?), 18 (18 what?) to 60 hundred thousand million as we got from one little lad. We love hearing their concepts of how they view things. Fascinating!
Next week it's International Week.
Monday, 1 February 2016
Week ending 29.1.16
Well we've had a fabulous week pretending to be Princes and Princesses.
In maths, we learned about weight. We had a fabulous story about Princess Spaghetti who was rather partial to chocolate bars, so we weighed some pretend chocolate bars of different sizes. We weighed them with our hands and with the scales too.
We are starting to make really good progress with our writing and we are using our sounds well. We wrote a list of party food that Princess Spaghetti would like for her party. We are so good, we're sure we could write our household's shopping list!
On the craft table, we made flags, dragons, crowns, tiaras and shields.
Next week we are pretending to be Astronauts!!!
In maths, we learned about weight. We had a fabulous story about Princess Spaghetti who was rather partial to chocolate bars, so we weighed some pretend chocolate bars of different sizes. We weighed them with our hands and with the scales too.
We are starting to make really good progress with our writing and we are using our sounds well. We wrote a list of party food that Princess Spaghetti would like for her party. We are so good, we're sure we could write our household's shopping list!
On the craft table, we made flags, dragons, crowns, tiaras and shields.
Next week we are pretending to be Astronauts!!!
Friday, 22 January 2016
Week Ending 22.1.16
This week we have started our topic 'Let's Pretend..'. We have been pretending to be pirates.
We went on a pirate treasure hunt where we had to travel through swishy grass, over soft golden sand, through a dark cave and across the ocean. The children even had to escape a crocodile but they eventually found a treasure chest.
The children drew their own treasure map and labelled it, trying to hear as many sounds in each word.
In maths we have been working on subtraction. We used to number line and counted backwards and also have pirate coins to be able to solve subtraction number sentences e.g. 10 - 4 = It would be great to practise subtraction at home - the children can use their fingers and do subtraction by putting their fingers down to find the answer. We used the vocabulary subtract, minus and take away so the
children get used to all of these different words.
We have put the children into phonic groups so that they are being taught the sounds they need to know next or recapping on sounds that they haven't retained yet.
We went on a pirate treasure hunt where we had to travel through swishy grass, over soft golden sand, through a dark cave and across the ocean. The children even had to escape a crocodile but they eventually found a treasure chest.
The children drew their own treasure map and labelled it, trying to hear as many sounds in each word.
In maths we have been working on subtraction. We used to number line and counted backwards and also have pirate coins to be able to solve subtraction number sentences e.g. 10 - 4 = It would be great to practise subtraction at home - the children can use their fingers and do subtraction by putting their fingers down to find the answer. We used the vocabulary subtract, minus and take away so the
children get used to all of these different words.
We have put the children into phonic groups so that they are being taught the sounds they need to know next or recapping on sounds that they haven't retained yet.
Friday, 15 January 2016
Week Ending 15.1.16
This week we had the story 'The 3 Little Pigs' and the children were able to retell the story verbally. They also wrote a sentence about the story. The children also had a go at writing another sentence using simple cvc words, this was to encourage them to think about the sounds they could hear in the words, work on letter formation and remember finger spaces and full stops. The children tried really hard with this. The children can practise writing at home too - please encourage them to remember about listening to the sounds and forming the letters correctly.
We have learnt the tricky words the, I, to, go and into. these are words that the children need to learn to recognise as they cannot be sounded out. Please feel free to write these on cards and have them up at home to practise.
In maths we have been revising one more and one less than any given number to 20. the children have looked at numberlines to help with this and they have have used objects so they can do the activity practically.
We also assessed what sounds the children have remembered so that we can give out sounds games, blend games or reading books depending on how they got on with the sound checks.
We have learnt the tricky words the, I, to, go and into. these are words that the children need to learn to recognise as they cannot be sounded out. Please feel free to write these on cards and have them up at home to practise.
In maths we have been revising one more and one less than any given number to 20. the children have looked at numberlines to help with this and they have have used objects so they can do the activity practically.
We also assessed what sounds the children have remembered so that we can give out sounds games, blend games or reading books depending on how they got on with the sound checks.
Friday, 8 January 2016
Week Ending 8.1.16
Happy New Year!
We're pleased to see all the children settle back into school after the Christmas holidays - we hope you all had a good break.
Thank you for helping with the handwriting homework - this will really help this term when we start to do more formal writing.
This week we have discussed our holidays. We talked about the things we liked doing with our families and about the presents we got for Christmas.
We have been assessing how much progress the children have made with their maths. Thank you for the maths work you are doing at home as it is making a difference!
We introduced our new topic 'Let's Pretend' and the children discussed what they would like to learn in this topic and what they wanted to pretend to be - some very interesting ideas came up!
Don't forget next week the children will be starting PE so they will need a PE kit but they will not need PE shoes until the summer term.
Have a good weekend!
We're pleased to see all the children settle back into school after the Christmas holidays - we hope you all had a good break.
Thank you for helping with the handwriting homework - this will really help this term when we start to do more formal writing.
This week we have discussed our holidays. We talked about the things we liked doing with our families and about the presents we got for Christmas.
We have been assessing how much progress the children have made with their maths. Thank you for the maths work you are doing at home as it is making a difference!
We introduced our new topic 'Let's Pretend' and the children discussed what they would like to learn in this topic and what they wanted to pretend to be - some very interesting ideas came up!
Don't forget next week the children will be starting PE so they will need a PE kit but they will not need PE shoes until the summer term.
Have a good weekend!
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