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Phonics

 

This week we were revising some of our sounds.

Emilie- We have been checking our learning of wh and ng.

“I know that ‘whiskers’ has the wh sound.”

 

Lily- We have been checking our learning of the j sound.

“I know that ‘Jam’ started with j.”

 

Liam- “I noticed that the ng sound is normally at the end of the word. It is at the end of the word  swing.”

 

Writing

Adam – “We were writing a recipe for How to Make Rice Crispy Cakes.”

Julian- “I tried to sound out the word chocolate.”

Joshua- “We had to include the openers from the mighty writer board.”

Emilie- “Our recipe had to be in order so that people knew when to do each part.”

Lucy- “We drew a picture of the ingredients.”

 

In numeracy this week we have been using our addition and subtraction skills to complete fact families.

Isla- We use 3 numbers to make 2 adding sums and 2 take away sums.

 

If we had the numbers 5, 2 and 7

Liam- We could do 5 + 2 = 7

Syzmon- We could do 2 + 5 = 7

Joanna- 7 – 2 = 5

Joshua- 7 – 5 = 2

 

We enjoyed playing the fact families game on the smartboard.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

Choose option up to 10 or if you find this easy choose option up to 20 for a challenge!

We also extended our knowledge of subtraction by using it to complete missing number calculations.

 

If it said       – 2 = 8

We can play this game at home to work out missing number calculations.

http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4728

Lily- You start at the 8 and work back the way to add the 2. This will help you find the answer which is 10.

In Science this week we have been learning we have enjoyed making moon sand, we used our problem solving skills to figure out how to measure and mix the ingredients.

We have been learning about the rotation of the Earth in relation to the sun. We used a torch to face the globe. We rotated the globe and pointed out that when 1 half of Earth is illuminated the other is in darkness.

We have been making pictures to represent the sun shining onto the earth to make it daytime.

Our learning in science led us to ask how close Earth and other planets are to the sun. So we decided to make our own solar system using the play dough.

 

Head over to our twitter page to see the photos.