We learned about right angles on Friday and created our own Right Angle Monsters! We went on a right angle hunt around the classroom and school to see how many we could find!
During Maths time we have been further focusing on money. Mrs Stephenson has been challenging us, both through play opportunities and written tasks, to show coin combinations for different values within 50p. For the activity above, items from our classroom were labelled with different prices and we had to find the correct coins to pay for each item.
Today we have been learning how to measure in cm using a ruler. Mrs Stephenson was very impressed with our independence during this task. If you need anything measured at home over the holidays, just ask us!
We have been learning about symmetry in 2D shapes, patterns and objects around us. We created our own symmetrical patterns in pairs and in groups, we created a symmetrical pumpkin! Happy Halloween. 🎃
Our maths homework this week focuses on time. We explored time again on Monday, thinking about mornings and afternoons, days of the week and months of the year.
We also spoke about telling the time on a clock which is something we are starting to learn about in class, initially focusing on ‘o’clock’. Mrs Stephenson stopped us at different points in the day, highlighted the time and got a video of what we were doing.
Watch and see ☺️
After reading the David Walliams book, “The First Hippo on the Moon,” we have been inspired to make our very own rocket models from junk materials! Thank you for all your contributions from home.
At first we used the 3D shapes we have been learning about to create freestanding rockets.
Once we gathered enough junk materials, Mrs Hamilton gave us our design brief:
Your rocket should:
Every group managed it with little to no adult help! Well done P1.4.
They had a blast! 🙂
Today we were focusing on pattern. We had the opportunity to create a necklace using beads, complete repeated shape patterns on the SmartBoard and use 3D objects to print 2D shapes. This activity was very successful as it opened up discussions about the properties of 3D shapes. We were also sharing the objects we found in our home as part of our homework challenge.
We then collated all of our printed shapes to make a door display, featuring a repeated pattern. Mrs Noble came along and saw us at lunch time and she was very impressed 🙂
We are also continuing to work on our number recognition and formation. As can be seen in the following video, for one activity each of us were given a number to write on the board. This challenged us to first identify the correct number and then write it. Mrs Stephenson likes having helpers so she chose a ‘teacher’ to lead the activity. The boys and girls love this responsibility!
Numicon is a multi-sensory way of learning, it helps your child to see connections between numbers by seeing and feeling.
The holes in the Numicon Shapes represent the numbers 1 to 10. When they are arranged in order, as in the picture below, children can easily see connections between numbers, such as ‘one more’ or ‘one less’.
In class, we were using our Numicon sets to look at numbers before (1 less than), and numbers after (1 more than). Later on, your child will be able to see more complex mathematical ideas, like how two fours make eight, three twos make six, add and subtract visually and so on.
Mearns Masters
This afternoon we began our 6 week block of Mearns Masters exploring ‘Coding’. Today our focus was firstly following instructions. For this, we created paper aeroplanes! We knew if we did not do this in the correct sequence the aeroplanes would not look or function the way they should. After this, Mrs Stephenson showed us the controls on a ‘beebot’ and what to do to make it go. It was lots of fun trying these out ourselves although we are finding coding the turns a little tricky. This is something we will explore further next week 🙂 We also had the opportunity to play the ‘beebot’ game on the iPad. It was great to have an afternoon full of fun technology!
Jolly Phonics
Today we learned the new sound ‘i’. We practised forming the letter correctly, identified pictures of objects beginning with ‘i’ and were introduced to blending sounds. We now know four sounds, ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘t’ and ‘i’. This week we will also learn the sounds ‘p’ and ‘n’.
Numeracy & Maths
We are continuing to focus on practising number formation up to the number 10 this week along with challenging our counting skills. We enjoyed using the play-dough today to form different numbers.
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