Scientists in the making
Our science topic this half term is ‘Working Scientifically’. The vocabulary we are learning is below. Help at home by using some of the words in conversation at home so your child becomes familiar with them. There are also lots of science experiments here you could try.
We have observed closely this week, looking how coloured water is absorbed by tissue and can mix to make a new colour!
Awesome Adjective Day!
We had an amazing adjective day today. We learned a song, created expanded noun phrases, described characters and learned about adjectives all day!
Adjectives can tell you more,
About a noun and that’s for sure,
Ad-jec-tives!
Bonfire art in 1,2B
Living and learning : vampire cough, sneeze and yawn
Living and Learning : Mental Health (mindfulness)
We have talked about how mindfulness techniques can help us to control our emotions. We are learning how to use different techniques such as ‘bee breathing‘, ‘tree breathing’ and ‘okay breathing’.
Conkers, conkers, conkers!
1,2B have collected a massive 2711 conkers over the last few weeks. We have used them to count into the hundreds in ones, put them in groups of 10 to count in 10s and to represent 2 digit numbers. It was also a lovely feeling just putting your hands in the box.
Today we went on a muddy welly walk and returned them to nature on the field – for the squirrels to eat or grow into trees. We had a great time throwing them into the bushes!
Maths – counting, ordering and representing numbers
We have been spending a lot of time counting and ordering numbers. We have used 100 squares, number lines, songs, numbers tiles and cards.
Children chose number tiles and put them in order from smallest to largest and compared objects or numbers. We have also partitioned numbers into 10s and 1s, representing them in different ways.
Geography fieldwork – traffic survey
We have been learning how to collect data in our topic lessons. We did a traffic survey, counting how many different vehicles passed our school. We were surprised how many cars and vans we saw in a short space of time. We also though about what we liked and dislike about the area around our school.
It would be better if there weren’t as many cars going past.
Cars make it dangerous to cross the road near school.
The smoke coming out of the cars doesn’t smell nice.
Living and Learning – Mental Health
We have started talking about mental health this week. Using mindfulness techniques (we like some of the Go Noodle ones) and talking about our feelings, moods and emotions is important. Children need to learn how to take care of their minds as well as their bodies. We read ‘Top tips to keep a healthy mind’ in our reading fluency.
Christmas cards
We have completed our designs, sent them off and now received our sample cards. If you would like to order anything, send the money into school with the order form or using the Gateway app by FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER. Thank you!
