We have been working on Long A with the pattern ‘ai’ this week. Here are some examples of our work. 

We have been finding marvellous words that Dick King Smith used in Horse pie. We have made a fabulous wall display with lots of adjectives from the story.

What other learning displays can you see?

Which horses are move majestically? Which are skin and bone? Which ones are toffee-nosed and fat as butter?

We have been learning about friendships. We are making new friends.

In drama we took the roles of Jenny and Alfie and we thought about how these new friends were feeling and what they would do next.

We are learning to thought-track. Mrs. Thomson taps us on the shoulder and we speak out our character’s thoughts.

ICT:

Megan; I logged onto the computer without using my sheet with my username and password because I know them now.

Lewis; I can now log on to the computer.

ICT and Maths:

Frankie; I know my log on and I am faster at number bonds.

Maisie; I learned my number bonds to 20 using Topmarks Hit the Button.

Eliana: I am much faster at number bonds now because of Hit the Button.

Niamh; I can write down sums past 100 and keep the pattern going. My partner helped me. (Niamh beamed a lovely smile as she shared her learning with us. She is obviously proud of her success.)

Reading:

Ailish; I know that books have hooks.

Junior: A hook is an exciting way to start a story.

Spelling:

Drew; I can write words with ai and ay.

I think you will agree that it’s been another busy day of learning.

I am pleased with the success of our new Reading Journals and I am looking forward to reading about what you like to read and writing messages back to you all. Mrs. Thomson.

Some reflection on what we learned this week:

I learned my number bonds – PJ, Chloe G and Eliana

I learned number bonds to 20 – Niamh

I can sing a rhyme – Drew  (It’s about pulse and a steady beat in Music)

My class don’t shout out – Charlie H

I learned that friends should be kind – Lochie

I learned about hooks. A hook is a bit that lea.ds you straight into a story – .Sam F    (Lochie – It’s at the start)

I learned about Jenny in the story – Frankie

I learned that P3B are hard working and want to do well.

What we want to get better at:

PJ – I want to get better at getting on with my work.

Chloe G  – I want to get better at writing stories.

Chloe S – I want to get better at getting new friends.

Lewis – I want to get better at number bonds.

Charlie R – I want to get better at challenging myself in Maths.

Sam F – I want to get better at making new friends.

Lochie – I want to get better at reading new long words.

Megan – I want to get better at being faster at number bonds. (I suggest Topmarks Hit the Button games – Mrs. Thomson)

Niamh – I want to get better at number bonds on Hit the Button.

Frankie – I want to get better at getting on with my work.

Mrs. T – I want to get better at recognising Millie and Maisie!

I learned how to draw a cartoon penguin, addition words and how to use a laptop.          Sam

I learned how to use the pad on the laptop.     Ethan

I learned words for addition that I worked on with Tomasz.       AJ

I learned that P3A are good listeners and work well on the computers.        Mrs Dundas

I learned how to say ‘sit down’ and ‘stand up’ in French.       Lucy

We have been using music in our classroom. We use music when we celebrate success, when we first come in in the morning and for brain breaks e.g. we play the Muppet theme when we tidy up.

It’s fun and it gets us moving which is good for our brains!

Keep checking the Blog as we shall add our Lego display when it is finished.

We have only been in school for 4 days but we already feel like a team. What a great start!

We came from 2 different classes but now we are friends! – Millie

I have made some new friends – Eliana, Drew, Maisie, Frankie, Lochie, Charlie H, Sam  E, Sam F, Isaac, Elsie, Chloe G, Scarlett, – in fact everyone!

It’s good to have everyone in our class – Gabriel

Today we finally launched our orange attack on our own castles. We could pick a huge orange if we were brave and confident or we could choose a little clementine if we were worried that our castle would not withstand our attack.

What was the result ?

The Lego castles fared the worst and many collapsed when they were under aerial attack !

It was a great way to spend  a sunny afternoon in the playground and we got to see the amazing castle designs the other classes came up with. We had followed the design brief and most of our castles stayed intact?

This was more than could be said for the oranges and clementines !

Thank you to all who helped at home with the castles. The children have really enjoyed looking at and exploring the models.