Author: Mrs Latham

Our topic this half term is all about computing.

We’ve starting with ‘offline computing’ – learning all about algorithms.

 

We are going to be playing, and making, lots of online and offline games. As this is a computing topic, we’ll be using a range of technology including Blue-Bots and iPads.

Here is a lost of some of the vocabulary that will be taught in the coming weeks.

 

We had a fantastic day today, reading books, talking about books and dressing up as our favourite characters. The World Book Day song was a hit too.

We love reading and really believe books are a truly portable magic.

 

We have been using the large apparatus in the hall for PE lessons. The children have been very enthusiastic about this, to say the least! 

We have focused on balance and making sequences of movements.

The year 2s have begun to learn about multiplication and division and are loving it! We use real objects and pictures, linking this to calculations. Talk about what each number represents in a calculation.

Help at home by encouraging your child to play on Times Tables Rockstars and watch BBC Supermovers videos.

The year 1s have been telling subtraction stories in maths. 

 

 

We then talked about which part of the picture represents which part of the calculation.

We have also used part whole models to help us.

Help at home by making up some subtraction stories of your own.

We had a visit from Dogs Trust today to tell us all about how to stay safe around dogs. We learnt 5 ‘happy dog’ rules. Can your child remember them?

1. If a dog is resting, leave it alone.
2. If a dog is eating, leave it alone.
3. Stay quiet around dogs.
4. Dogs don’t like hugs, they prefer gentle strokes.
5. If a dog takes a toy, swap it, don’t take it.

Well, what an exciting day. A fire engine and crew from Killingbeck Fire Station drove onto our playground! They talked to us about fire safety and how they use the equipment on the engine to keep people safe.

It is important that children know how to call 999 and that they know their full name, address and postcode. Help your child by making sure they know their address.

We had another visitor today, from Go Wise Online, helping us to understand how to stay safe online. We learnt that we shouldn’t accept friend requests from people we don’t know and, most of all, to check with an adult before going online and if anything feels wrong.

Today is Safer Internet Day.  We have talked about how we ‘go online’ and what is fun and what we like about it. We then talked about what can go wrong and what we can do about it.