Phonics

Lime class

This week we are recapping the /f/ sound spelt ph. Here are this week’s spellings to read and write at home…

club

flag

phone

photo

dolphin

elephant

sphere

alphabet

nephew

niece

 

Sage and Teal classes

This week we have recapped the “qu” sound. Here are our spellings:

on

but

plum

quick

quiz

queen

squid

to

do

squirrel

 

English

Lime class

 

In English this week we read Wolves by Emily Gravett. We made a knowledge web using a ball of wool, where we shared facts we knew about wolves. 

We have thought about words that could be used to describe wolves using zones of relevance from our knowledge of wolves. 

We then focussed on the difference between fact and fiction by learning about the features of non-fiction and fiction books. The children have played the game “2 truths and a lie” using the facts we have found out about wolves and then have written facts and rumours about wolves in sentences.

 

Sage and Teal classes.

This week we have focussed on forming the letters r, n, m correctly. These are tricky because the children naturally start at the bottom and they need to be starting with the down stroke first.

 

Maths

Lime class

This week we compared 2 digit numbers by first looking at the tens and then the ones. We used number lines and dienes to compare numbers and then used the < less than, > more than and = equals symbols to compare two 2 digit numbers. We enjoyed using the phrase ‘I know’ to explain our answers.

 

Then we partitioned 2 digit numbers into the tens and ones parts. We know 24 if made up of 2 tens (20) and 4 ones (4). We used part/whole models to help us with this and then solved problems with missing numbers.

 

 

Sage and Teal classes

In our classes this week we have learned about parts and whole. We have cut pictures of fruit into parts and then put them back together to make a whole again. We then learned about a set of objects being a “whole” amount and have used a part/whole model to investigate partitioning numbers into 2 and 3 parts. 

Here is a part whole model.

 

At home you could:

Draw a part whole model and use objects to place in it. 

Can you say the sentence “I have ….. objects and that is the whole. I can put… in a part and … in a part”.

 

Here is the one I did.

“I have 4 stars in the whole. I can put 1 in a part and 3 in the other part.”

 

Project

Lime class 

D&T Project - Remarkable Recipes ( Knowledge organiser attached)

This week we have started our new project “Remarkable Recipes”. We have been recapping where food comes from, learning what different tools do and how to use these safely. We have been peeling, chopping and grating and also learning about why we cooked food. As part of your home learning you could get your children to help with some of these jobs in the kitchen. 

 

Sage and Teal classes

History - Childhood in the 1950s

This week we have been learning more about children in the 1950s. We have looked at pictures showing games they played, what school life was like and what family life was like in 1950. We thought carefully about if this is similar to our life today and made comparisons. 

 

Christmas cards

This week the children in all classes have been creating artwork for their Christmas cards. We hope to share their super designs with you soon.