We have had a fantastic week of book activities. We all looked amazing in our book costumes on Monday.
All week we have teachers from other classes come to read us a story at the end of the day.
On Thursday, we had Rich Sherwell come to read us his book. We loved the story and asking him all sorts of probing questions. We found out he likes writing his books on paper and not on a computer. And he has written 4 more books in the series.
We made the most of the nice weather by reading outside, we found a huge variety of different places.
On Friday afternoon we spent the time being illustrators, and looking at how we can add more details and features to our pictures.
We finished the week with a visit from the Fire Service. They taught us how to keep safe when at home and out and about. We learnt some important rhymes:
Matches, lighter, never touch. They can hurt us very much.
Stop, drop and roll.
Get out, stay out, call 999.
Please ask us when we use these phrases.
In maths, we have been thinking about turns and directions. We have looked at quarter, half and three quater turns, both clockwise and anticlockwise, and which is our left and right. We had fun giving each other directions and did some of our maths outside.
We have enjoyed playing Hit the Button, practising making 10 and 100.
In PE this term we are using the large equipment. We have to get out the tables, benches and mats safely using the correct procedure. This week we just explored using the equipment, ready for learning more next week.
In writing we have started learning about giraffes. As we will be using non-fiction books, we have been learning the correct words to describe the parts of the book. We learnt about contents pages, paragraphs, captions and many other features. Maybe we could show you them in a book at home.
We had an amazing time in the woodland on Wednesday. We made seed bombs and cooked bread on the fire.
In maths we have been learning to divide. We use our counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s (which we call skip counting), and realised we were really good at this. We challenged ourselves using Hit the Button game, which you can play using the link below.
We have also been practising our number facts, so we can add small numbers in our head. The game below has been helping us with that.
In our writing we have been writing our own diary entry for the Great Fire of London. We have been trying to use command and questions with the correct punctuation.
We continued our learning about the Great Fire of London this week in our art lessons. We have been looking at different shading techniques and used them to draw a Tudor house. We took a lot of time and care of our work.
This week we have been learning more about the Great Fire of London. We have been looking at using commands and statements in our writing and how to punctuate them correctly,
In computing we used Paint to draw our own pictures of the fire. We enjoyed exploring all the paint features and made some amazing pieces of artwork. We also learnt how to save our work in the correct place and to check it before shutting the computer down.
In PE we are starting to learn a dance on the theme of fire. We are exploring different ways to move to the music and how to move to the expression of the music.
In maths we have been working on adding and subtracting. We had to think really hard as we were learning to exchange. This means changing a stick of ten for ten ones, or ten ones for a stick of ten. We made amazing progress over the week with our confidence to tackle harder calculations.
At 11 am on Monday, we joined the school to keep the minute's silence. We all stood quietly and respectfully.
In English, we have been looking at the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We retold and sequenced the story by drawing our own story maps. We also thought about the characteristics of the people in the story.
In Maths, we looked at 2d shapes. We have been making them with sticks and finding them in objects around the classroom. We learnt the names of shapes with 3 to 8 sides. Please ask us to tell them to you.
In DT, we have planned the puppet we want to make. We are looking forward to making them next week.
In PE, we practised chest and bounce passes using a large ball. Some of us found this difficult at first, but by the end of the lesson we were all more confident.
We might have only been in school for 4 days this week, but we fitted a lot in!
This week we have been writing facts about oak trees. We have been thinking about spelling our tricky words correctly as well improving our handwriting.
We had a fantastic time with the footballers. We practised our football skills through games. and we all came back muddy and happy. We were reminded that although it is good to win, it is also important to know how to lose without getting upset or cross.
In maths we have been looking at division through sharing. We drew circles and shared numbers fairly between them. Some of us found using counters made the calculation easier. Please let us show you what we have learnt.
In computing we have been looking at old technology and how it is different from what we use now. The class were amazed at how much a phone has changed, and we used to only use it for phone calls!
We have been talking about how we can make our brains grow, its with challenge. When we make a mistake and then we work out the correct answer, our brains grow. When we choose a question that we find a challenge to answer, our brains grow. When we have done something challenging, we put our name on the poster.
In maths we having been looking at multiplication. We have been counting forwards and backwards in 2s, 5s and 10s, some of us found this hard, so please can we practise this at home.