Wow! We can’t believe that we only have 2 weeks left of term 2! We have had a busy week beginning new topics and continuing on with others.

A reminder that the children should be bringing their library bags and books to school each day. This ensures that they always have books at their appropriate level to read independently, with a teacher or with support staff in the room and allows the teachers a chance to test sight words.

 

This week we have…

 

Explored the operation of ‘subtraction’ in Maths. We learnt a few strategies like counting using fingers, counting backwards, counting on ten frames and crossing out objects to help us solve a range of problems using numbers 0-20.

 

 

Investigated how ‘Jez’ adds onomatopoeia and big and bold into his writing.

 

Explored the graphemes that make the long /e/ sound. We had a go at writing words and sentences that included the ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘ey’ and ‘y’ all making the long vowel e sound.

Explored the commonly used sight word ‘are’. The students practiced tap-spelling, writing and identifying the word in sentences.

 

 

 

Explored the differences between ‘needs’ and ‘wants’. The students reflected on the things animals and plants need to survive. As a class we sorted a range of images into whether they were a need or a want and the students drew their own examples in their books.

 

Explored organic and geometrical shapes. We created our own shape pictures, depicting an underwear scene using a variety of the shapes we have learnt this term.

 

In Technology, we explored Bird’s Eye View. The students had to think about what a snowman would look like from a bird’s eye view and create it using oil pastels and a rubbing technique. Have a look at our finished products!

 

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you Monday ready for more learning!