Dear parents/carers,
What a fantastic week in Class 3!
In Maths, Year 1s have been looking at creating fact families using part-whole models, to write their own addition and subtraction equations for the fact family. Year 2s have been subtracting 2 two-digit numbers using base ten to support their learning. Both Year 1 and 2 will be starting their new topic in Maths next week which is Geometry.
In Science we have been looking at the basic needs of animals, in particular the pets we have at home! We wrote lots about their basic needs such as: food, water, love, attention, shelter, warmth, owners. If you have a pet at home, we would love to have some pictures of the children with their pets for our display board. Please feel free to send them in next week, Thank you.
In English we have began looking at a new book Toby and The Great Fire of London, which links well to our history topic. This week we have been looking at the features of a diary entry in preparation to write our own next week.
In D&T we had a look at fire engines and their features, we were able to label these different features as well. Lots of children had seen a fire engine before, and some had even been in a fire engine which is amazing too. The children were using lots of prior knowledge during our discussion of what they knew fire engines had, which has helped support their learning.
In RE we have been learning about Judaism and the religious celebrations that Jewish people have. This week we have been learning about Hannukah, why it is so important to Jewish people, and how they celebrate it.
In Music, we have been learning about Orchestral Instruments. This week we have named the instruments within an orchestra, and sorted them into their correct families which are: Strings, Woodwind, Brass or Percussion.
Reminders:
- PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Remember to bring bookbags, coats and water bottles into school every day.
- In the children’s reading record book, there is a home-school agreement for yourself and your child to sign. We have discussed this in class but it would be great if you could read through this with your child before signing. Thank you.
- The children have been given a home project to complete by Thursday 26th of January linked to our topic the Great Fire of London.
- The children will no longer have a slip in their reading records that tells you which sounds they are learning that week. You will be able to see what sounds the children have been learning in their spelling homework on seesaw.
- Children will be bringing home a class library book to share with you over the weekend.
- New reading books will be issued on Monday.
- Homework is set on Seesaw every Monday and needs to be completed by the following Monday. Any issues with Seesaw please let me know.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Styles 🙂