The Courier

Some of the things the children have been learning...

We have used The Very Hungry Caterpillar as our focus text. We have written a list of what the caterpillar ate and labelled the stages in his life cycle.

In Maths we have been exploring coins and their values. We have been shopping for toys to combine amounts and find how much money we need to buy two items.

We have played ‘Guess Who?’ with our baby photos and talked about how we have grown and changed.

Some of the things the children will be learning in the weeks to come...

We will be creating human timelines to show baby, child, adult and elderly stages.

In Maths we will be revisiting shapes in practical investigations and using number bonds in addition and subtraction calculations. We will be exploring capacity and associated mathematical vocabulary.

In phonics we have been revising phase 4 sounds (see phonics picture)

How to help your child at home...

Please encourage the children to play with money – practise naming the coins and show given amounts.

Write a simple set of instructions using language  such as first, next, after, finally.

Share family photo’s of different generations to prompt talk about how humans grow and change.

What’s going on in the weeks to come/notices/information...

Next Tuesday, we will be visiting Stratford Butterfly Farm. We are looking forward to seeing the changes in the butterfly life cycle first hand.

Finally, please send in a large named plastic bag so we can start filling them with the children’s wonderful work as we come to the end the year!

Mrs Pullen
Reception Class Teacher

The children in the Reception class have been learning the vocabulary for colours in Spanish. They have then been able to describe their pets in more detail. Here they are with a coded colouring activity of Elmer the elephant. They had to colour the sections according to the reference to a colour in Spanish.

Mrs Pullen
Reception Class Teacher

This week in Year 1 Story Club, we read the story Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris together. We explored all the different kinds of sea creatures and looked at their beautiful patterns. We then created our very own coloured patterned fish using stripes, spots and lines.

Miss Quirke
Class 1Q Form Teacher

In Year 1 Maths, we have been carrying out investigations using simple number bond facts to 10. We used our number bond facts to figure out similar addition calculations using bigger numbers without having to count on. For example, we know that 3 + 4 = 7 so therefore 43 + 4 = 47 and 103 + 4 = 107. The children quickly recognized that our answers must remain in the same column.

Miss Quirke
Class 1Q Form Teacher

In Maths this week we have been consolidating our recognition of coins, practised making amounts and then used finding the difference strategies to give change from 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins. The children created their own toy shop and took turns being the shop owner and the customer, making amounts of money and giving change.

Mrs Emery
Class 2E Form Teacher

Children in 2W have been preparing for their trip to the zoo. We have looked at the history of zoos and how they have become more animal friendly, we have discussed how zoos have become havens for conservation and animal welfare and children have designed their own zoo layouts and animal enclosures.

Mr Webb
Class 2W Form Teacher