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Literacy Tree (Year 1) We explored the themes in the book Here We Are this week. We agreed that the author (Oliver Jeffers) wants us to: Be kind, Be happy, Be caring, Be an explorer and Be a hero We thought that you can be a hero with really small acts like picking up a piece of litter or turning the light off. We have begun making leaflets inspired by this book which has a subtitle of Notes for living on Planet Earth. We are focussing on 3 ideas which are: Looking after our planet; looking after ourselves and looking after each other. Drawing Club (Reception) Drawing club was taught through a traditional story this week - The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. The children enjoyed joining in with the repeated refrains in the story and explored the story more through continuous provision for example seeing if the could make rafts to get the goats across the river instead of using the bridge! Maths In maths this week we continue our learning about place value in Year 1. This week we have covered the following small steps: Count on from any number; 1 more; Count backwards within 10; 1 less; Compare groups by matching. We have covered these concepts through practical work, through images and through written work supported by these in their books. They have done exceptionally well with their transition to this more abstract work. Reception have also begun some short more focussed maths sessions based on research from the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics). This week we the children have been encouraged to quantify sets of objects by subitising, rather than counting. When subitising, children can say how many there are in a small group of objects by ‘just seeing’ and knowing straightaway without needing to count. Their learning is also developed through our continuous provision where they have begun practising number formation, counting and creating repeating patterns. Wider Curriculum Year 1 and Reception. In History, we continued to learn about important scientists and engineers by finding out about the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. We investigated making bridges with paper and testing the strength with pennies. We folded the paper and found that it was stronger. Ellie suggested "the more layers the stronger the bridge" - great scientific thinking! While Reception then explored making bridges with blocks, Year one learnt more about Brunel's amazing structures including the Albert Bridge which is the bridge that crosses the Tamar on the Devon/Cornwall border and Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. He also built ships including the SS Great Britain. Year one designed their own bridges inspired by these. Year one were asked in their computing lesson on Tuesday - "What is technology". We learnt that technology is anything made by a human that helps us. The children showed their understanding of this concept by doing a technology hunt in the classroom and returned with: a hole punch, glue sticks, pencils, scissors and an iPad! In Science this week we focused on the question 'How do we see objects?'. Within this lesson we found out how light travels in straight lines from a light source, bounces off an object and enters our eyes via our pupils. We investigated how light travels in straight lines by making slit boxes and placing a torch inside to watch how the light travels out the other side. The children did so well at remembering this and we excellent at drawing diagrams about it. Well done! In D.T this week we began our focus 'Making a monster' by investigating and making sliders and levers. We linked this to the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff for Reception and to bridges for Year 1, by creating a character to cross a bridge using a slider. In R.E we continued asking questions about the Muslim faith and the religion Islam, by learning about the 99 names of Allah. We played games with our own names, names we give each other and I've tasked the children to find out the meaning of their own name! Our PE sessions were lead by our SAINTS coaches again and we did gymnastics in the hall today. Our PSHE lessons continued with getting to know each other, our school rules and expectations. It's been another incredibly busy week again! Well done everyone! Reception parents...please remember to support your children by sharing phonics flashcards, having a go at the phonics sheet and watching the phonics videos together posted on dojo. Year 1 parents...please remember to read with your child every night and record it in the book, support them with their Year 1 maths homework linked to our maths learning this week and also spelling practise. Thank you, Mrs Ware and Miss Ruby Comments are closed.
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