This week in Maths, the Y1 children have been composing numbers from 11-19. We have been using Numicon, Rek n reks and 10 frames to form each numbers. We know these numbers are made up of ’10 and a bit’.
We also drew part-whole models and wrote some addition equations.
Help at home by discussing numbers. Ask children what each digit represents. For example, in the number 13, the 1 represents the one ten and the 3 represents 3 ones.
Welcome back
What a fantastic start to the new term we had today. The children returned to Nursery wonderfully and settled in happily. During ‘chat and snack time,’ they shared all their exciting news about Easter holiday trips and visits from the Easter Bunny.
We’re looking forward to a busy week ahead in Nursery with some creepy crawly visitors arriving soon, so be sure to check back later this week to see what we’ve been up to!
Story of the week
This week we will be sharing ” The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. at story time.
Sound of the week
Ff for Flamingo
Nursery Rhyme of the week
On Friday, we will be meeting some new friends who will be joining the Green group next week. The children are excited to welcome them and help show them around.
We can’t wait to get started our summer term started.
Reminders
Could everyone please check that their child’s shoes are clearly labeled with their name? We’ve noticed that sometimes names can wear off. This year, we have several children with identical footwear, and it’s causing some confusion. Having names in shoes will help us sort this out.
Thanks for your continued support.
Science – plants
This half term, we are learning about plants. We’re learning about parts of a plant (roots, stem, leaf, flower, petal, branch, trunk) and we used our working scientifically skills to observe them closely.
Help at home by identifying plants or trees in your garden or local area, naming the parts.
Happy and healthy PE
Welcome back after the Easter break. We hope you all had a lovely rest and are rearing to get back into learning. 5,6B were straight into their new PE unit today – basketball. A crazy game of Tig was played first to warm ourselves up and get our hearts pumping. We then split into teams to play Possession Ball. A game of tactics and interception in which your team tries to keep hold of the ball. This is a great, fast-paced game that also improves communication within a team. The children then got into pairs to refresh themselves with the different ways of passing a basketball – overhead, chest pas, bounce pass and one-handed. The children then applied these skills in some smaller games. Their throwing became increasingly accurate over the lesson.
New Class Novel!
In 3,4, we’ve kicked off the summer term by reading the first chapter of our new class novel…
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo.
Help at home: Ask your child to summarise the story so far!
Wheels, wings and other things
Life on Earth
Rabbits Don’t Lay Eggs
We have been reading the funny story ‘Rabbits Don’t Lay Eggs’ this week in Literacy. It does make us laugh.
Doubling
We looked at the doubles within 10 during our maths lessons last week and the children have been exploring it in their challenges.
Spring Walk
We have been on a walk around school looking out for signs of spring. We spotted daffodils, buds, blossom on the trees and bees.
“Look I spotted flowers on the trees, they weren’t there before.” Millie.
“There’s a bee flying round in there, come look!” Korbin
“It’s bud growing on the trees.” Henry
Help at Home
Go on a spring walk and see what signs of spring you can spot. Record what you find!
Easter Fun!
We had lots of fun with our egg rolling competition and Easter activities.
Have a happy and healthy Easter break and we will see you on Monday 20th April.
Living and Learning – healthy eating
Over the past fortnight, we’ve been learning about the importance of a healthy diet and of ‘five a day’. We’ve discussed what constitutes a portion of fruit and vegetables and the main food groups that make up a healthy diet, to give our bodies what they need.
We also had a look at the Sphere Guide to Healthy Packed Lunches, which has lots of tips and ideas for snacks and meals.
Help at home by preparing food together and talking about what different types of food provide for our bodies.
Happy Easter!
What a wonderful last day of term we’ve had in 1A! We had an Easter Egg rolling competition this morning.
We decorated some eggs, read some Easter books and have had a brilliant time playing in the sunshine.
Have a lovely Easter everybody! Stay safe 🙂
Miss Young