In Maths we have all been busy learning and practising working with numbers.  Some of us have been continuing with our 2, 5 and 10 times tables, whilst some others have developed this onto dividing too.  Still others were practising subtraction numbers stories for numbers to 20.

In Literacy, we have had some people learning all about verbs and how to make these past tense (like they have already happened).  Some verbs just need you to add –ed, for example whisper +ed = whispered.  Others which have an ‘e’ at the end need you to take off the ‘e’ before adding –ed, for example like becomes liked. There is still another way to make past tense verbs – this is more complicated, as you need to look at the letter before the last consonant.  If this letter is a vowel, which makes a short vowel sound then you need to double the end consonant and then add –ed.  Here are some of our examples –

Katie – hop becomes hopped, Darcy – bat becomes batted, Alex – jog becomes jogged, Kai – pat becomes patted.

Meanwhile other children were learning about words to show possession, for example –

Erin – their dance,  Zoe – her car, Brooke – my pencil, Keigan – his toy.

For our community topic we took a walk around some areas of Dedridge and we thought about what there is in the community to provide for our needs and wants.  Our needs are provided by – the health centre, the chemist, park for exercise, shops for food, houses for shelter.

Of course we needed to try out the park for providing for our need for exercise and our want for fun!

This week in maths P1a have been learning all about symmetry.  The children have been successful in their learning and have worked hard to cut, stick and colour pictures to make them symmetrical, complete symmetrical paint prints during structured play and some groups worked with Miss Hewit to design symmetrical leaves to stick onto a tree.  Callum showed good skills with his symmetry work and make a symmetrical ladybird on the smartboard.  Well done everyone!