We were thinking about our Wants and Needs today. In groups we sorted cards into either Wants or Needs. With some pictures we had to have discussions to make a choice.

Then we came together to find out whether we agreed. This led us to a great discussion about the Wants and Needs of people around the world.

In in number we were making human sums. This is the sum 6 +4=10. We had to have a plus sign person and an equals person. Why not try some human sums at home too!

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This afternoon we worked co-operatively together to finish making the sukkahs. These temporary buildings are used by Jewish people during the festival of Sukkot. Meals are eaten in them and some people sleep in them too. The roof is covered in branches so that the moon and stars can still be seen at night.

We made Lego tables and chairs too. Don’t the sukkahs look great!

Today we completed our Momotaro dance/drama.  We filmed ourselves doing a performance.  We tried hard with our facial expressions and movements.  I’m afraid the video is too big a file to put up now but I hope you will be able to see it soon.

We looked online at Japanese food.  Onigiri are rice balls with a secret filling.  We weren’t too keen on the traditional Japanese fillings so we used cheese and cucumber when we made ours.  If you think they are delicious you can say “Oishi”.  This means delicious in Japanese.  Tomorrow we will write a recipe to tell you how to make them.

Today we were thinking about our learning in numberwork. We made our own sheet including our own ideas.

This sheet has ideas about before, after and between, Japanese number symbols and a number line.

This is sheet includes numbers to 30 and Japanese symbols to 10.

We were counting up to 30 and back down to 0. We are getting better at thinking about the numbers 19 and 29 in the sequence. Keep practising!

It is the 1st October and look at the lovely weather.

In the Learning Zone we were involved in different tasks such as:

Making a a sukkah out of construction materials.

Reading and stamping books in the library corner.

Sorting into dinosaurs and other animals.

What activity was your child involved in today?

We used cards with numbers and cards with number names to match the correct number to its word.

We we had fun trying to find our partners!!

This afternoon we learnt about the history of the Jewish festival of Succot, when Moses led the Jews from Egypt.

We really liked an amazing woodprint by Hokusai, a famous Japanese artist.  It is known as The Great Wave.  We had fun choosing colours and creating patterns to design our own “great waves”.

Language

Phonemes

We have been revising the phonemes ck, ch, sh and th

Try to find words in newspapers, comics and in other places which include these sounds.

This is a fun website to practise the phonemes and using the words correctly in sentences.

http://www.ictgames.com/chuteShuffle/index.html

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

Onset and rime

We have been practising – “at” words e.g. cat, mat etc and making up silly “at” stories. Next week it will be “an” words, so can you make up a silly story to share with us.

Reading

A new reading book will be given each Friday. The days for reading are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, so please make sure that pupils have their reading books in their bags each day.

Look for 2, 3 and 4 letter words in the reading book. Give some examples.

Can you find any words with our phonemes in them?

Which is your favourite page? Draw the picture and tell someone why it is your favourite.

Maths

We have been learning about 3D shapes. Have a look around your house. Find 5 real life examples of 3D objects, draw the shapes that you have found and name them e.g. a tin of soup is a cylinder.

Why not try to make a model using 3D junk e.g. kitchen rolls, cereal boxes, etc.

HWB

Now that the nights are getting longer, think about safety when people are out and about.

Draw a picture to show what people might wear to stay safe in the dark. Think about bicycles and cars too to help you some ideas.

Today we were thinking about the Japanese numbers from 1 to 10. We did the actions which help us remember them, then we thought about ways that we could remember the Japanese symbols too. ” The number 9 looks like a crane.” ” Number 8 looks like a volcano.”  Can you think of any ideas?

In  the afternoon we used a net of a cube template to make a small box for Eid sweets. 

It it was a bit fiddly folding and sticking a 3d shape, but we managed very well.

This is was the end result.

Hope that everyone has a lovely weekend and see you next week.