This week has mostly been about Rise and Shine. A huge well done to all our star performers, I was  so proud of them and I’m sure you were too.

Literacy

We explored the spelling pattern using soft g, in words like rage, stage, magic and ginger.

We also worked on our tricky spelling words .

We wrote about our opinion of the dark.

Numeracy

In Numeracy we have been revising our number bonds to 10, and for those who are confident with that we were looking at number bonds to 20.

Other areas of the curriculum

HOME LEARNING ACTIVITIES

* revise number bonds to ten ( or 20) e.g – 8 and what make ten?  6 and what make ten?  You should know these number bonds quickly and be able to answer without counting on.

* read a book of your choice

* get active outside if the weather is nice

Literacy

We learned how to use the soft c spelling sound in words like face, race, mice

We continued our revision and test of all our common/tricky words so far.

We shared our BEAR time with p5

Click HERE for a link to a spelling game in case you want to play at home too

Maths and Numeracy

We have returned to working on core numeracy skills such as counting on and back, and counting the jumps from one number to another. We are learning to read and write 3 digit numbers

Other areas of the curriculum

We enjoyed meeting Haggis the tawny owl, Squeak the Hawk and Whizzer the eagle owl.

We enjoyed experimenting with electrical circuits to make the bulbs light up.

Look at how creative we are !

Things to do at home

Practise your spelling words by writing them in a tray of flour, or laying them out with raisins. You could eat the raisins if you get the word right !

Write 3 single digit numbers each on a small piece of paper. Which 3 digit numbers can you make by moving the cards into different orders. What is the lowest/highest number you can make ?

Discuss the different types/sources of energy you can find in your house – e.g. gas cooker, mains electricity, battery powered items, rechargeable items, solar power etc. What about your car, is it powered by petrol, diesel or electric ? Which foods have given you energy today ?

Literacy

We learned how to use the split digraph u-e in words like cube, tune.

We continued our revision and test of all our common/tricky words so far.

We planned, told, then wrote a story about a trip to the moon. These stories will be entered in to our whole school story writing competition for world book day.

We went to visit p3t who read us their stories about Ancient Egypt.

Click HERE for a link to a spelling game in case you want to play at home too

Maths and Numeracy

We have returned to working on core numeracy skills such as counting on and back, and counting the jumps from one number to another.

Other areas of the curriculum

We had a fantastic visit this morning from Mr Melotte (Laura’s dad) who told us all about his work at the Royal Observatory helping to plan and design an enormous telescope in Chile. We also got to hold a real meteorite!

We have been very busy practising  the songs for our Easter Show ” Rise and Shine”.

Some people have brought words home to learn by heart. Your support in helping with this is much appreciated.

We took advantage of the fabulous weather to take our learning outside. We investigated the rotation of the earth by drawing round our shadows st different times of day.

We enjoy planning, designing and creating with peg boards. We made flags, then tried to learn some new flags from a book. Can you spot the the Lithuanian flag? We also designed our own flags.

We enjoy learning and choosing our own creative activities, like making a giant floor game about ‘get active’

Thank you for the donations. We now have plenty Jam jars 😀

You may wish to play this game to help you with your spelling.

Start with the Year 1 option……Click on the coloured bird houses to choose a word list.

http://www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Literacy

We learned how to use the split digraph e – e in words like Eve and  here.

We started a revision and test of all our common/tricky words so far.

We practised using full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.

We enjoy using this game on the smartboard to practise our spelling.

Click HERE for a link in case you want to play at home too

Maths and Numeracy

We have been using our skills in subtraction to help us work out how much change to get.

” I bought a ball costing 8p, I used a 10p coin. How much change do I need?”

“I spent 65 p in the cafe. I paid with a 50p coin and a 20p coin. How much change will I get?”

Other areas of the curriculum

We have been very busy learning the songs for our Easter Show ” Rise and Shine”

We learned facts about the sun and we enjoyed making our own burning balls of fire using paint and glitter.

We discussed how we can get active, and have enjoyed time outside using our new bag of resources which were bought with Sainsburys vouchers.

We enjoy planning, designing and creating with peg boards.