P1b have settled back into things really well and have had a very busy week.  In maths we have been learning all about the number stories of 2 and 3 and have enjoyed using concrete materials to try to find all the number stories.  We have also been learning about the months of the year and have been busy sequencing the days of the week.

In literacy, we have enjoyed learning about the characters in our reading books and are loving taking them home to share with our families.

We have enjoyed learning about directions this week and had to use our listening skills in the hall to follow directions like 4 steps forward, 1 step backwards, 2 steps left and face the opposite direction.  We were so good at these that we used our direction skills to programme the Bee-bots to move in different directions.  It was so much fun!

In structured play on Thursday we enjoyed designing our days of the week boards, playing with the construction and the animals, programming Bee-bots, making and serving food in the restaurant and making pictures with the shape and peg boards.

Looking forward to next week already!

In maths this week we have been practising our subtraction skills.  We know that minus and take away are other words for subtraction and know that the biggest number always goes first in a take away sum.  Check out some of our amazing work.

This week we have been learning our new sounds sh, ch and th.  We have been practising reading and writing the sounds and our tricky words.  We have also been working hard using the coathangers and the velcro mats to spell different words and to make sentences.

In maths, we have been practising our addition and have been learning all about subtraction.  We know that this means the same as take away or minus.  We made some minus monsters and have been using the cubes and counters to help us take away.  We have also been working on our number talks and have been sharing how we worked out or answers with others.

In structured play, we enjoyed playing with the lego and using the tools to build.  We also enjoyed working in small teams to run the Bankton Restaurant.  It was very busy today with lots of phonecalls to reserve tables.  The children even had to deal with some unhappy customers who were complaining!

Keep up the good work next week!

Over the past couple of weeks we have been continuing to work hard to learn lots of new sounds.  We have been talking about where in the mouth they are made and what colours they are.  We have also been learning how to form them correctly and have been making some things at the craft table that begin with these sounds.

We are also working on sliding our sounds together to help us read and spell words.  We are getting really good at this!  We are continuing to work on reading and writing our tricky words too.

In maths, we have worked on estimating and have been practising writing our numbers to ten correctly.  We have also been adding two groups together, sequencing numbers to 20 and jumping on the number line to add one or two more.

Last week, we enjoyed our ‘spotty walk’ for children in need.  It was great fun walking with our buddies.

Our day was finished off today when Badger the Mystical Mutt made a special appearance during our assembly.  We listened to chapter 1 from one of his books this morning and enjoyed drawing pictures of him and acting out some parts of the story.  We were so surprised to see him at assembly today!  We can’t wait to read more of his chapter book next week!

Last week, P1b were once again working very hard.  We learned the sounds ‘x’ and ‘z’ and made some super foxes and zig-zag crafts.  We are still practising sliding our sounds together to read simple words and keep getting better and better at this!

In maths, some of the boys and girls enjoyed practising their turn taking and counting skills when playing a maths game with Mrs Little.  It was really fun!

During our time in structured play we reinforced our pattern making skills and had lots of fun making patterns in different ways.

Keep up the great work!

In literacy this week we learned the sounds b, h and u.  We have been trying hard to form our sounds correctly and have been blending some sounds together to read and make some simple words.  We’ve also made some things that begin with each of our sounds – bats, hats and umbrellas!

In maths, we have been counting groups of objects and combining them to count how many altogether.  We are getting really good at this and have been using lots of different resources to help us.

In art, we have been using a variety of media to create super seasons pictures.  We are very proud of our fantastic work.

This week in P1b we have been learning some new sounds – o, e and f.  We’ve been making the shape of the sounds with plasticine, writing the sounds, spelling words using our mouthpart boards and making things that begin with the sound.

In maths, we have been learning to recognise the number names to 10 and have been matching these with their numerals.  We have also been learning about all the coins up to £2 and have been counting out money as well as ordering numbers in different ways.

In art ,we used different techniques to begin making fabulous seasons pictures.  We are looking forward to finishing these off next week.

Finally, we enjoyed our time out in the structured play area.  We practised our literacy and numeracy skills by writing some of our sounds in the right colours and spelling out some simple words using our magnetic letters.  We also played some fun games on the iPads to reinforce our maths skills and we drew pictures of living things at the art table.

Over the past couple of weeks we have been practising continuing and creating patterns.  We have been using lots of different resources to help us and are getting better at making our own repeating patterns independently.