Over the last few weeks P5M have been learning about…

Maths – learning how to identify the difference between an analogue and digital clock. Also, we have been looking at how to convert between analogue and digital clocks and adding 12 hours to account for PM times. We have also been exploring how to read minutes on an analogue clock.

Grammar – we have been learning about adjectives and nouns and how to identify them. We have been using them to uplevel of sentences. This week we will be looking at verbs and how they can make a sentence, paragrpah or story more interesting.

In PE, we have been looking at dribbling and how best to control a football. We hope to use our skills to progress to passing and shooting as well as playing a match against each others’ groups. In topic, we have been looking at natural disasters and we completed a ‘What We Know’ grid as well as a ‘What We’d Like to Know’ grid to lead and enhance our learning.

P2c have made a great start to the year and we have been very busy. We have been learning to use describing words to describe ourselves and houses. In number we have been counting up to 100, looking at number patterns and learning about hundreds, tens and units. In our Houses and Homes topic we have made creative Hansel and Gretel houses and found out about living in towers and lighthouses. We listened to the story of Grace Darling and painted amazing pictures of her rescuing sailors in a storm. Last week we made our own baskets and pulleys after hearing the story, ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. This week we are learning about how to build a house.

We have enjoyed coming back to school and settling into our new classroom.

Our class novel was Esio Trot which was about a tortoise and a man who was in love with its owner.  It was quite funny!

In topic we have been learning about houses.  We were interested in the materials that houses are made of, so we looked at the story of The Three Little Pigs.  We have designed the 3 little pigs houses and, working in groups, have designed 3D houses of our own!  We have also been estate agents selling the houses for the 3 little pigs which was fun.

In numeracy we have been counting on and back in 1’s and 10’s.  We enjoyed making number lines and hopscotch with chalk.  We have started looking at the value of a number.  Making robots to show our understanding was fun!

In literacy we are practicing our blends.  We made rockets to practice ck and elephants to practise ph.  In writing we have been describing our own houses and our dream houses using lots of fantastic describing words.