This week in numeracy we have continued to practise our skip counting by 2. We practise this during our CLIC sessions. We enjoy using this clip to help us with our skip counting.
We have continued to use arrays this week to build on our two times table knowledge. At one station we had to pick out two numbers and make a multiplication sentence and then show what this would look like in an array.
We love using the netbooks and the smart board during our number lessons. This week we played the “Hit the Button” game to practise our two times table knowledge. You have to quickly hit the correct answer.
Paolo the parrot here- I would just like to share how much the children like my plenary wheel. I like to check that they have learnt and understood the learning intention. One aspect that the children have been finding tricky is the difference between 2+1 and 2×1. Maybe you could ask them at home: what is 2×1?
The children kept getting confused and though that 2×1 equalled 3. So Miss Boyes made it her mission to help the children understand the difference. After checking their knowledge at the end of the lesson I can say that they successfully got it right!
In literacy this week we learnt all about road safety. We watched a video clip which spoke about the important things we have to think about before we cross the road.
After watching the clip we wrote our very own set of instructions. Later in the week we then read over our instructions checking that we had them in the correct order. Next we went for a walk nearby school and thought about our instructions when we crossed the road.
We were able to cross the road successfully and we were all very sensible. When we came back to class we assessed our knowledge of crossing the road by completing a sequencing task. Miss Boyes has checked over all of our learning and can proudly say that we can all successfully follow the green cross code.
We will bring our very well deserved road safety certificates home to show off on Monday!
On our topic plan we shared that we wanted to learn about how you get to the moon. Therefore Miss Boyes taught us all about Rockets and we learnt about a man called Neil Armstrong! This was super interesting because we learnt that he was the first man to walk on the moon!
His famous quote was
“One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind”. – Emma
After learning about Neil Armstrong we used 3D shapes and mod-rock to build our very own space rockets. “We used a cylinder and cone shape”. We covered the shapes with the mod rock and had to let it dry over-night.
Then the next day we painted our rockets.
“I really liked using the mod-rock because I’ve never used it before.”- Maya.
We used fantastic listening skills during this lesson as we had to listen carefully to the steps Miss Boyes told us.
We enjoyed using the mod-rock and although we needed some help with assembling our rockets we all worked together to make sure they were built to reach the stars!
Miss Boyes has displayed them on the wall in the classroom and it looks great!
We will show off our display next week!
