We have had a busy week this week – a highlight has definitely been learning more about castles and adding more features to the castle in our classroom.
Literacy
We are continuing to consolidate our knowledge of the ai and oa sounds. We will be learning more sounds next week. We have used this game in literacy this week to extend our learning:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PictureMatch.html
We also visited the local library where we have started to explore non-fiction books and their features. We have been successfully using an index page to find out information about castles.
Numeracy
We are continuing to learn about numeracy. We enjoyed singing along to this song:
This helps us with our mental subtraction strategies of counting back. It would be great if you could practise counting back from 10 or 20 (as a challenge) at home.
We used this game to enhance our learning this week:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=TakeAway
Weekly Highlights
Here are our highlights of the week
Lucas: I liked learning about jesters. They make people laugh.
Luke: I liked learning about knights. Knights fight other castles.
Paul: I liked learning about the jesters.
Roma: I liked the Elmer colouring in. You needed to do the subtraction sum and check the colour for the answer and then colour it in.
Freya: I liked the Elmer colouring in too.
Olivier: I liked learning about the jester. He lives in the castle.
Mara: I liked colouring in a castle. I had to make sure I had to stay in the lines.
Carter: I liked learning and knights. The knights would fight the baddies and try not let them in the castle as they might try to steal the castle.
Igor: I liked learning about Jesters. Jesters wear a hat with bells.
Celine: I liked learning more about the ‘ai’ and ‘oa’ sounds. They are black sounds.
Jane: I liked the show. My favourite was when the cat got kicked.
Pati: I liked the show and the dancing.
Amelia: I liked doing subtraction. 9-6=3.
Rojin: I liked playing at the tuff table and playing with the cars.
Shea: I liked watching the show and when the cat got kicked.
Anna: I liked the car game in the tuff tray for number work.
Scott: I liked playing in the tuff tray too.
wow, it seems like yous have had an exiting week!