What a fantastic week in Class 3!

We have been busy in Maths, learning how to count forwards and backwards within 10, and knowing what 1 more than any number within 10 is. This will prepare us for learning 1 less next week.

In English, we have enjoyed reading The Knight Who Wouldn’t Fight. We were able to describe Leo the main character, and wrote some fantastic sentences describing Leo. We remembered our capital letters, full stops, and finger spaces.

In PE, Class 3 have been learning and participating in Invasion games. They have had some great sessions with Mr Matthews and Miss Smith.

This week has been National Coding Week. In computing we have been learning about algorithm and coding. Check out our other post to see what we got up to.

Thank you to all those who attended the phonics workshop. We hope it was beneficial. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask. I will be printing the speed sounds chart to send home on Monday.

Reminders:

• New reading books will be given out on Monday.
• PE Days are Tuesday and Friday. Please make sure your child is in PE kit on these days only.
• Seesaw logins should have come home with your child today. I will be uploading some homework weekly starting on Monday.
• Academy Photography are in next Wednesday 25th for individual and family. photographs.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Styles 🙂

What a great week in KS1!

In maths, Year 1 completed their learning on place value within 50. Then we have begun their learning about multiplication by counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s. Year 2 have been looking at capacity and volume, measuring in millilitres and litres.

In literacy we have been re-telling the story There’s a Rang-tan in my bedroom. We started by planning and writing the re-tell as a whole class, before planning and writing the ending independently.

In Geography we continued our topic of Window to the World: Brazil and compared cities in the UK with Brazil. We looked at the similarities and differences between our closest city Birmingham and Rio de Janeiro.

This week in RE we have been looking at how unique each and everyone is, and we looked at what makes ourselves unique.

Reminders:

• PE is on a Tuesday and Friday.
• Reading books to be in every day.
• We are having a sports day practice on Monday, please could the children be in PE kit on this day.
• Sports Day is on Tuesday, your child needs to be in PE kit on Tuesday too.

Have a lovely weekend 😊

Miss Styles

What a great first week to our final summer term!

In maths, Year 1 have been exploring numbers up to 50. We have been partitioning numbers into tens and ones, and using dienes to support our learning. Year 2 have been consolidating previous learning. We have recapped adding and subtracting two two-digit numbers, number bonds to 100 and solving two-step problems.

In literacy we have started a new book ‘There’s a rang-tan in my bedroom’. This book is a lovely book to show the impact products with palm oil have on orangutans and their habitat. We have retold this story using a story map and discussed the characters thoughts and feelings.

In Geography we have started a new unit ‘Window to the World: Brazil’. We have identified where Brazil is and the human and physical features Brazil has.

This week we finished off our art unit from last half term. We use lino to create prints on our collages to create a pirate ship on a sea collage background.

Reminders:

• PE is on a Tuesday and Friday.
• Reading books to be in every day.
• Father’s Day Breakfast is on Wednesday 12^th June, if you are wanting to attend you must book a place.
• RHSE Workshop for parents is on Friday 14th  June.

Have a lovely weekend 😊

Miss Styles

What a great week in KS1!

We have looked at what plants need to stay healthy and what seeds/bulb need to start to germinate. We have planned a class investigation to see if seeds need warmth and light or just warmth to start growing. We have also observed our plants from last week to see if a bulb or a seed grows the quickest.

In maths Year 2 are continuing to look at multiplication and division. In Year 1, we have been learning about mass and have started our learning on Volume.

In Literacy we have made a start on our story writing. We are writing a story like our class book ‘Captain Beastlies Pirate Party’ but changing a few things to make it our own.

We have continued looking at pirates in history. This week in history we have looked at two pirates ‘Blackbeard’ and ‘Henry Morgan’. We used different types of evidence to gather information and facts.

Reminders:

• Books and reading records to be in school every day.
• PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday
• Please consent and pay for our special visitor on Arbor.
• Monday 6^th is a bank holiday.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Styles

What a fantastic week in KS1

The year 2’s have had their first superstars PE lesson this week with Miss Berg. Miss Berg will be delivering one of the Year 2’s PE lessons every week. She will be looking at the importance of teamwork and working together. The year 1’s have had PE with Miss Smith and it has been lovely to see them so excited over their PE sessions.

We have introduced our new science unit ‘plants’. We started by looking at a famous botanist ‘David Bellamy’. We then made posters (year 1) and double page spreads (year 2) to showcase our learning on the scientist.

In maths, year 1 have been learning to subtract using their number bonds, finding the difference and investigating related facts. Year 2 have started looking at the multiplication symbol and arrays. The children have been fantastic at this and know you can use the commutative law in multiplication e.g. 2 x 5 = 10 and 5 x 2 = 10.

In Literacy we have started our new class book ‘Captain Beastlie’s Pirate Party’. We made predictions about the book, created a story map and a story board to show what happens in the book.

We also started our new History unit ‘Pirates’. We learnt lots about pirates, the rules they obey, who is on a ship and the clothing they wore. The children were very engaged and learnt lots as they created posters about pirates.

Reminders:

• Books and reading records to be in school every day.
• PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Have a super weekend! 🙂

Miss Styles

What a great first week back to the summer term!

This week we have had a Design and Technology day. We planned, made and evaluated windmills. It was a windy day on Friday which made it great for us to test them out as they worked very well!

In Science we have finished our unit ‘Living Things and their habitat’. We finished off by looking at coastal habitats, food chains and things that are living, dead or never lived.

Reminders:

• PE Days are Tuesday and Wednesday, please ensure your child is in PE kit on these days only.
• New reading books will be given out on Monday.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend 🙂

Miss Styles