Dear All,
Welcome back! I could see everyone was refreshed and ready for a jam packed week 6. Take a look at what we’ve been up to.
Maths
Almost at an end of this block! We have explored a variety of methods for addition and subtraction, while considering the different ways we can construct number sentences. Next week we will consolidate this knowledge and assess, ready for Place Value to 100.
- Aut.2.8 – Near doubles
- Aut.2.9 – Add three 1-digit numbers
- Aut.2.10 – Find a part
- Aut.2.11 – Fact families – the eight facts
- Aut.2.12 – Take away (how many left?)
It’s been amazing to see their progress in such a short time. They’ve worked their socks off!
Literacy & Digital Literacy
It’s been poetry week here! We’ve looked at a variety of poems and tried our hand at learning some nursery rhymes. They were a little scared to perform them but I was impressed at how much they retained! We made some rhymes of our own after, using the technique in acrostic and shape poetry. Since we’re starting our new book next week, “Katie in London”, we had some time to create our own double decker bus as well.
In Digital Literacy we considered how to edit our photos. This led to a lively discussion on how we can tell if a photo is real or fake. Feel free to test yourself using the picture below! Afterwards we edited our own photos. I suspect you can spot the changes.
IPC & P.E
We’ve wrapped up our first IPC unit Superhumans. As the last of our 5 senses we did a little science experiment with our sense of smell. First, they pinched their noses and ate a jellybean, noticing what they could taste. Then, they released their noses and experienced the jellybean again. We were all surprised how different the flavour is – try it at home!
To consolidate their learning, we ended the unit by imagining if we had super senses. What could we do if we had super hearing or super sight? They had such incredible ideas. Many future crime fighters in this class!
Finally in P.E we used our running in a team skills to play some invasion games. The students loved being beanbag thieves but I think loved being beanbag police even more. Next week we’ll begin practicing our jumping skills.
Have a lovely three day weekend 🙂