{"id":1107,"date":"2021-10-22T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:56:27","slug":"mull-october-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2021\/10\/22\/mull-october-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Mull October Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Mull, we have been continuing to explore and practise our letter and number formations. This week, we have focused on a and 4.
\nWith our letter \u2018a\u2019 we have practised the formation and investigated the short and long vowel sounds. The short \u2018a\u2019 appearing in words such as: ant, apple, alligator where as the long \u2018a\u2019 sound appears in: apron, angel, ace. It can be tricky to get our heads around this but this helps build those initial literacy foundations which will be built on.<\/p>\n

We have also investigated the number 4. We practised how to form the number 4 and had our friends choose our best formation. We also learned all about collecting and counting groups of 4 item. We noticed that on our number 4 hunt, the number can appear a little bit different, sometimes it looks more like a triangle shape. We also noticed the written word for 4 FOUR and what a 4 looked like on a dot pattern or on a tens frame. Starting to build on to our number bonds and knowledge of addition, we used our bunny ears to show different ways of making a 4. This may be 3 fingers on one bunny ear and 1 finger on another bunny ear or using double 2.<\/p>\n

Sparking some curiosity this week was the item in our curiosity box. Lots of questions posed:
\nWhat is it?
\nHow does it feel?
\nWhere does it come from?
\nIt must be from a hot country because it is so big!
\nHow heavy is it?
\nIs it a cucumber?
\nCan you eat it?<\/p>\n

The item was a gigantic courgette that Mrs Robertson grew in her garden. It was the only piece of veg in her vegetable patch that wasn\u2019t eating by the wild bunny rabbits. <\/p>\n

We are really looking forward to our Halloween themed week next week with some extra special spooky learning!