It was an opportunity for some problem solving. We learned about ordinal numbers – 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. We then had to put ourselves in order from smallest to tallest. It was quite a challenge! The photographer had asked us to be in order for our photos. Job done!
( It took us a while!)
The weather balloon came to school before it’s launch. Mr Tyler came to tell us all about it. It is quite small just now, but grows to the size of our classroom as it travels to a height of 32, 000 km. It will have cameras and a box attached to it when it is released into the sky in Newton Stewart, so that it can record air pressure and weather. It took a photo of all the children in the school as it was flown on our pitch.
There is always so much going in class and it is lovely to see how well the children have all settled and how they enjoy learning through play. Their discussions are second to none. They are a curious class and are encouraged to try things out for themselves as they work things out. The teachers are always at hand to give support if required, but we always ask the children to try first. The children also ask lots of questions and we adjust our planning to suit their needs and satisfy their answers. “ Why are the leaves yellow? What makes them crispy?” Let’s learn about trees, leaves and the environment they grow in! Then they asked about birds….. and so it snowballs!
We have given home two cards wth lots of letters on them. These should be cut up for the children to use for practice at home. The children can sound them out; they can write the sounds on their whiteboards; they can blend the words together in three letter words. We do all this in class every day. Practising at home really helps the children to become confident in reading and writing and they reap the benefits in class.
We learn phonics in different ways. We use Jolly Phonics and practise saying our sounds; we write our sounds and we make our sounds. Today’s sound was “ai”, so we decided to make some hair.
We investigates different seeds and matched them to the correct plant/tree/fruit. It was quite tricky. We used microscopy to get a better look at the seeds. Some of them were tiny. We passed round the Petri dishes around to see the seeds up close. They were cool.
We have been looking at 2D shapes this week. We have been making patterns with them;monsters and colouring luring our shapes, following a key. We are all at different levels, but we all work to the best of our ability.
We Re. Ontinuing to learn about nature with our outdoor walks. It is amazing the different things that the children think of! There is so much discussion to be had and we love looking at our “treasure” under the digital microscope.
Every child has been given sound cards to use at home. These cards can be cut up. Try to ask your child for the sound of the letter. When they are confident, you can then put three letters together to make words for them to sound out. You can also use the whiteboard to write the words. When reading stories, see if your child can recognise sounds or three letter words.
We are learning to use these sounds and words in class in lots of different activities.
Some of us have been looking at numbers before and after and looking at the quantity of numbers. Some of us have been learning to use a number line and have started to add on 1.
Every day, we practise our days of the week song and then we have to say which days come before and after. It can be quite tricky. We also sing our Months of the Year song and put our hands up when it is our birthday month. As if that isn’t enough, we sing our money song about 1p, 2p, 5 p and 10p. Oh- and then we look at numbers to 20 on “Splat”. We are definitely learning through play, but we also work very hard!
