In Numeracy this week we have continued to work on our Multiplication. We have been working on repeated addition and how this links with the written calculation for multiplication. We can now recognise the multiplication symbol in written calculations.
To show our understanding we have been matching the repeated addition calculation with the multiplication calculation and finding the correct answer.
We have been enjoying playing the “Hit the Button” Game on the iPads and netbook. http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
In Maths we have been enjoying learning more about money. This week we have been practising laying out different amounts of money to show our understanding we have been writing down the different amounts of coins.
In groups we have been taking turns to be the teacher, showing our peers a money card with a total amount. Our goal was to lay out the correct coins to match the card. “The teacher” would then count to see if we had the correct amount of coins. We had to think about adding coins together to make the total amount and we found this a bit tricky so will continue to work on it in class.
On the netbooks we have been playing this fun money game http://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money.
We have mostly been working on the 1p and 2p categories.
To support our writing this week we visited the Isle of Coll website, exploring the website we found out lots of information about the island. We know the Isle of Struay is a fictional island but it has lots of similarities to the Isle of Coll. We wondered how many people new about the Isle of Coll and how many people visit the island so we decided to make leaflets to encourage people to visit.
Our leaflets were fantastic and you will find them on display in the corridor. We had to use appropriate vocabulary in our leaflets and make sure that our writing made sense for our readers. Our leaflets are full of fantastic information about how to get to the island, what the weather is like and things to do. We are becoming more independent in writing and Miss Boyes was impressed to see us remembering to use our full stops and capital letters this week.
We’re sure that after reading our leaflets you will be booking a holiday to the Isle of Coll very soon.
On Wednesday it was Burns Day, Miss Boyes told us all about Robert Burns and how he was a famous Scottish poet. To keep with the Scottish theme we decided to learn how to make Porridge. Grannie Island always makes Katie Morag Porridge and her famous cookies “Porridges”.
We had to read the recipe to check that we had all of the ingredients and then we followed the instructions.
To make the porridge you have to measure out the Porridge Oats into a pot. Then you measure the milk into a jug and add the milk into the pot.
This activity also linked to literacy and maths because we had to use our reading and measuring skills to make the porridge. We were also able to discuss how we would stay safe in the kitchen when cooking our porridge.
Lots of children told Miss Boyes the next day that they had Porridge for their breakfast and Wojciech even sent a picture of himself eating his porridge on class dojo. Thank you Wojciech!
We had a challenge to design Katie Morag a new skirt this week. We were learning how to plan and design an arrangement to make our own tartan pattern.
To begin the lesson, we looked at lots of different tartan patterns and noticed that they have lots of different colours. We also spoke about the lines which run through the tartan. We have learned that the lines going down the way are called “Vertical” lines and the lines going across the way are called “Horizontal” lines.
We then used the online tartan weaver to make a class tartan design. For our own designs, we had to use three different colours in our tartan. We had to think about the length and width of our strips and how we would arrange them onto the paper.
We love learning through our structured play in lots of different curricular areas. Here we are at the Isle of Struay post office. We have been writing letters to post, selling stamps and weighing parcels. Also in structure play we have been collecting data and creating pie charts. We went to P2 and P2/3 this week to ask them what their favourite Katie Morag story book was. We needed help to record our tally marks and colour in the pie chart but we really enjoyed collecting the data and we could explain which book was the most and least popular.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend from Miss Boyes and P2!
