Month: May 2021

This week we focussed on word numbers from 0-20 and beyond. In literacy, we focussed on magic e and have had lots of opportunities to consolidate this learning.

We are also trialling maths journals where the learners can express their numeracy learning. The journal pages are blank and allow the learners freedom to personalise and present their learning how they wish. This was a big hit and we are going to continue to use them!

Next week we are planning a citrus taste test which we are all excited about.

This week we went to the kitchen to make bread. As we have been learning all about farming and different things you might find on a farm, we decided to learn about how wheat is grown and what you can make from it. We made the dough independently.

Through this activity we explored:

• STEM – How yeast can make bread rise
• NUMERACY – Weighing, measuring, portioning, mathematical language
• HEALTH AND WELL BEING – Working with others towards a common goal, sharing, listening and collaborating
• FOOD TECHNOLOGY – Building a foundation and beginning to learn basic food technology skills such as kneading, mixing, measuring, baking. We learned about hygiene in the kitchen and how to keep ourselves safe. Explore and discovering where foods come from.
• LITERACY – Following instructions.

Tomorrow we are going to read the story ‘The Little Red Hen’ where a hen bakes some bread. We are going to use what learned  in the kitchen to write some instructions on how to bake bread.

This week in literacy we have:

• Learned more about the magic e sound. Here is a link to a video all about the magic e.  We discovered the power of the magic e to make weak vowels strong! Here is a video telling you more about that.

This week in numeracy we have learned about:

• The greater gator
• Numbers before/after
• Smallest, smaller / bigger, biggest numbers

We also decided to change the use of our mark-making area into a ‘junk modelling / STEM area’ which Miss Harrison will keep adding materials to. If you have any ‘junk’ at home that you think would be good for our junk modelling area then please bring them in and they can be quarantined and then put out for the children to use. This could be papers, boxes, cartons, elastic bands, tubes, springs or card, etc…

This week we are still learning through our theme of farming and growing. During this short week, we have focussed on the role farmers and food producers have in growing and harvesting food. We did sensory writing pieces using our five senses to explore what we might see, smell, hear, touch, and taste on a farm.