Numeracy and Maths

Using partitioning we were able to add two-digit numbers together.  By breaking the numbers into tens and ones it made it easier to add them together. We looked at double numbers and discussed how we could use them to help us complete other calculations in our head like 60 + 63 =.

 

Literacy

In our writing this week, we watched the video “Adrift” and created our own stories about an animal island.  Our focus was on creating characters and describing the setting whilst following our story mountain plan.

To help with our describing skills we looked at different adjectives to write about a variety of made up planets.

On Wednesday, we had a fantastic trip to the library.  Thank you to all our helpers.  The children loved listening to extracts from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Charlie and the Glass Elevator” and creating their very own door hangers.

In handwriting, we practised our joined letters using the starting vowels “i” and “u”.

 

Music

While listening to “3 Little Birds” by Bob Marley & The Wailers, we used a variety of clapping, snapping, stamping and tapping to follow the beat.  We listened to Fleetwood Mac’s song “Albatross” and drew a picture of how it made us feel. We looked at what parts of the brain we use when listening to music and creating beats.

 

PE

We have continued looking at ball skills.  We practised our throwing and played a game of basketball in PE. With our partners we showed and recorded all the variety of passes we have learned.  On Wednesday, we played hospital tig and Jungles on fire before our walk to the library.

 

 

HWB

We enjoyed reading the story “Oops” and discussed how we can create wonderful pictures from mistakes.

We looked at the challenges in computer games such as Minecraft and linked them to challenges we have in our learning. We created Acrostic Poems based on Failing and Mistakes and typed them on the computer.  We hope to read a selection at our together time assembly.

 

Loose parts play

On Thursday, during loose parts play, we worked with P2 to complete an addition race.  Each loose part was worth a set amount and we had to make sure our team had the right total at the end of everyone’s turn.  This took lots of problem solving and working together as a team.

 

Drama

In Drama, we worked in pairs, one person had to act out something like “washing a dog” or “brushing our teeth” without talking.  Our partner then had to guess what we were acting.

 

ICT

This week we looked at the right to have shelter, food and water with Miss Skinner.  We added another slide to our Powerpoint, wrote notes about what we learned and added pictures to the slide.

 

Art

In Art, we looked at Mondrian’s art.  We created Squares and rectangles and painted them the primary colours; Blue, Yellow and Red.  We also used the colours Black and white for the lines and spaces in-between.

 

Committees

During the enterprise committee we collected apples to sell at the School Fair.

In Eco Committee we were writing ideas to show how we could celebrate the green eco flag.  We talked about why we joined the Eco Committee, protecting wildlife and not littering.

Health and Wellbeing Committee, we played hospital tig, toilet tig and dragon tig.

In the Rights Respecting Committee, we were planning how we could follow the rights in school and in the community.