Phonics
Lily- We learned the y sound this week. The y sound is a green sound.
Szymon- Y for yoyo.
Adam- We sorted the pictures beginning with y. The y sound is at the start of yoga.
Emilie- On the netbooks we played the buried treasure game. Some of the coins were nonsense words and some were real words. If it was a real word you put it in the treasure chest and if it was a nonsense word you put it in the bin.
Here is a link to the game- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
Emiliegh- Rose- We learned about the qu sound this week.
Julian- The qu sound is red and yellow because it is 2 letters joined together to make one sound.
Joshua- quick begins with qu.
Joanna- quack begins with qu.
Lucy- queen begins with qu.
We enjoyed singing along to the songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbyWa1Y7BM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMTMdXVr-Io
Writing-
In writing this week we learned how to write a recount. We wrote a recount on 2 highlights of the week.
Lewis- We had to write where it happened.
Emilie- We had to write when it happened.
Liam- We had to write why it was a highlight.
Joshua- We had to include who was there.
Wojciech- This week my favourite was playing tennis with the balloons in PE.
Khyla- This week my favourite was learning about shadows.
Emilie- This week my favourite was learning about Spring in RE. I liked it because Miss Boyes took us into the Garden. We used the iPads to take photos.
Numeracy-
In numeracy we have been practising our instant recall of our addition and subtraction calculations for number bonds to 10 or 20.
The flashcards in our home learning folders can be used to practise this at home.
Lucy- This week we have been learning about tally marks. We have been learning to subitize using the tally mark cards. I showed Emilie the cards and she had to tell me the amount.
We really like the subitize song.
Liam- When we draw the tally marks we draw 4 down the way and when we get to 5 we draw a line across those 4 to make a gate.
Joshua- We had to count how many penguins there were and write the tally marks to show the amount.
For free writing Friday we had the opportunity to write our own stories. It is important that when we are writing we remember our core writing skills (capital letters, full stops, finger spaces).
Sometimes if you rush you can forget these core skills. We will continue to practise writing independently during free writing Friday.
This week in Science we have been learning about shadows.
We know that shadows are created when a source of light shines on an object but the light is blocked and does not pass through it.
We used the animal shadow puppets and the torches to make shadows against the wall.
At home we could look at shadows in our garden.
We also completed an experiment using glow sticks, hot and cold water.
We wrote down our predictions in our talking book, completed the experiment and then recorded the results.
Shay- I think the glow sticks in the hot water will turn red and the glow sticks in the cold water will turn blue.
Liam- The glow sticks in the hot water are brighter than the glow sticks in the cold water.
Lucy- The glow sticks in the cold water are dim.
We have learned that the warmth from the hot water sped up the chemical reaction of the glow stick. We saw that the glow stick in the hot water glows more brightly. We were amazed by how bright it was. The reaction was completed more quickly than the glow stick in the cold water. The glow stick in the cold water glowed dimmer but for a longer time.
We decided to add the glow sticks to our space station and to the control panel in the space station. It looks great!
For RE this week we went out to the garden to look for signs of Spring. We met Mrs Simpson in the garden and she spoke to us about the plants and the flowers.
Have a lovely weekend, from Miss Boyes and P1B
