We have been investigating 3D shape this past week.  

We have made real life objects by cutting and folding nets, and making the shapes using sticks and playdough.  

These activities have allowed us to see how 3D shapes are constructed .

We have enjoyed building models with the blocks and discussing the shapes we have used.

We were very lucky to have such marvelous weather for our trip today.  Although it was cold, the children were well wrapped up and we all managed to enjoy ourselves.

We were able to observe closely the lovely community of Fittie, enjoying its unique character.  

We admired the ‘tarry sheds’, some looking very modern now.  We spotted the tarry shed belonging to a Lady Artist and helped a local Fittie man find his walking stick.  

The children are divided whether they would like to live in Fittie.  Lonnie thought it was lovely and calm, but Jack thought it was too quiet!

We finished our morning with a play at the boat park.

We get new spelling words every week and we are encouraged to learn these words by carrying out two activities at home.  One of these activities is active and the other is a written activity.

On Tuesday and Thursday we work together in our phonics groups to learn new sounds and practice our common words.  Here are some photos of us playing some phonic games to help us spell our common words correctly!

All this practice  is helping us become fabulous spellers!!

More baking but this time it was delicious Pumpkin Muffins.  I have to admit to making this recipe up but we are pleased to say they were delicious.  

We enjoyed making the recipe of Katie Morag’s favourite biscuit.

We measured, stirred and baked the cookies just before the end of term.  They were given the thumbs up when we ate them with our milk. 

We have been investigating magnets this term.  We have enjoyed finding out which materials are magnetic and which are not.

We had great fun finding out about the strength of magnets and today we found out that magnets work through card, water, wood and plastic.

We are going to use all our knowledge about magnets to make fantastic games to play.

We have been working hard to balance in different ways and hold the balance for 3 seconds.  

We enjoy exploring the different equipment and are developing great skills of throwing and catching.  

We really enjoyed using the parachute to play some co-operation games.

We have been busy settling down to work in our new classroom and making new friends.

We are all pleased to be back!

This week we have been revisiting phonics and common words from last term and practicing our addition and subtraction from 10.  We have designed a beautiful new rule board, made birthday cards for everyone in the class and written postcards about our holidays.  We have also written a high five of friendship for our friends, new and old!

We have been revising and learning our number bonds so we know them quickly and slickly.

The more we practice, the better we will get!

We use number puzzles, mental maths games on the whiteboard, and writing them out on our own whiteboard.