This week in maths the children have practiced identifying number representations to five, added numbers bonds within 10 and played lots of games, such as, pairs, snakes and ladders and shape dinosaurs. In phonics the children have practiced blending words with phoneme ‘e’ whilst some of the other children have practiced reading and writing phase 4 captions. In P.E the children enjoyed a gymnastics session with Acorns. A fun filled week!
The children in Rowans had lots of fun writing their letters to Santa. The children selected toys from a catalogue and then created a Christmas wish list for Santa. The children then walked to the post box to post their letters, which was super exciting!!!
This week in Acorns we have been listening to, talking about and performing music. We explored different kinds of instruments and the sounds they make, and then played along with the beat of different songs. It was great fun!
We also began learning more digraphs in phonics, exploring words containing ‘sh’ and ‘ch’. In Maths we have been finding one more and one less using equipment to help us, such as number shapes and ten frames. We enjoyed finding one more using ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story, and finding one less by singing ‘Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer’.
In English we have read some stories about ‘Mrs Armitage’ by Quentin Blake, which links to our Marvellous Machines topic. We have enjoyed exploring different types of vehicles and finding out how they work.
This week in Oaks we have been exploring a well-known narrative poem: The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, which was written in 1906 but is based a lot earlier.
We looked at the story within the poem, compared parts, summarised events and even gave our opinions and thoughts at different moments.
We had a great time learning the poem and performing parts of it in small groups. We thought about our volume, tone and pace to make it more interesting. We even recording our performances which can be listened to below using our QR codes.
We were extremely proud of all hard work and really enjoyed learning and performing it.
Mr Graham
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This week in Acorns our Maths work has been all about the numbers 1, 2 and 3. We have been looking for the numerals in the environment, and making representations of the numbers in different ways.
We have read stories linked to groups of three, including The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We made story maps to retell the stories, and designed some strong and sturdy bridges!
Next we are looking forward to building houses for the Three Little Pigs!
In Maples we are always trying to find ways in which the children can learn through play and satisfy their sensory need. This week we tested our fine motor skills by transferring water from one container to another with a sponge and we took part in a sensory dig in maths searching for numbers which we used to create and answer simple sums. The children loved it and all worked so hard.
This week in Acorns we have been reading the traditional story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. In Literacy we listened to the story and then retold it in our own words, using vocabulary we had learned and also words we thought of ourselves – ‘the terrifying Troll’, ‘the worried Billy Goat’ and ‘the tasty green grass’.
We linked this to our work in Mathematics about size; we talked about the different sizes of the goats in the story and put pictures in size order.
As part of our Science work we carried out a creative challenge to build a bridge that was strong and sturdy enough for a toy to balance on. There were some fantastic problem solving and teamwork skills involved!
Outside we imagined that we had to build a route across the outdoor area to protect us from the Troll! We worked together safely to carry and move equipment, and develop a solid track from the beginning to the end.
Super duper work Acorns!
The children in Rowans have worked so hard this week. In Phonics, the children have been learning the new phoneme +a and +er and practised the action and letter formation. The children have been reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. This story links to our current topic of ‘Let’s Explore’. The children listened to the story and shared there thoughts and ideas. Then the children made a story map to show what happens in the book. In science, the children have explored the process of freezing and melting. In PE, the children have practiced balancing.
Cherries are so proud of their amazing writing.
This week, we have been reading the book “Stone Age Boy” as part of our Stone Age topic.
We have produced some fantastic work: retelling the story and writing setting descriptions.
Look at how proud we are of our lovely writing.
In Sycamores, we are reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This week, we have been learning all about diary writing. The children used freeze framing for four key scenes to infer the character’s thoughts and feelings at different parts of the chapter. They really focussed on the facial expressions and gestures to show how the characters were at that moment. The rest of the class were a great audience whilst each group performed their freeze frames and could guess who each of the characters were from their expression. Great work Sycamores!
