Welcome back to the blog! It is great to start showing you some photos of our learning at school again. We hope that you will see how happy a busy the children are at school!
This week in maths, we have been recapping our learning about shape. First, we investigated 2-D and 2-D shapes and we described them using their properties: the number of sides, vertices, edges and faces.
We then sorted the shapes,
according to their properties. We thought about what was the same and what was
different.
As you see shapes during the weekend, please ask your child to name them and then use the mathematical vocabulary to describe them – how many sides, vertices, edges and faces.
This week our focus has been
on adding –ed.
We looked at the 4 rules that
we need to follow:
·
Just add -ed (e.g. look – looked)
·
Double the final consonant (e.g. hop – hopped)
·
Add just the d if the word ends in e (e.g. hope
– hoped)
·
Change the y into i and add –ed (e.g. copy –
copied)
You could continue to explore these spelling rules by looking though
books and magazines and putting to words into the relevant groups.
English
Owl class are visiting the
book ‘Tuesday’ by David Weisner.
https://www.literacyshed.com/the-picture-book-shed.html (scroll down to see the
animation).
Eagles have been basing their
learning on ‘The Smartest Giant In Town’.
We have both completed a
story map, stepped the story acted as story tellers and ‘phoned a friend’ to
fully embed the story in our minds.
At home, you could ask your child tell you about the story – what is
their favourite part? Why? What do they
think will happen next?
Can your child act out the story for you? Can you join in?
Art
We thoroughly enjoyed
exploring printing techniques this week.
We used a variety of resources to make prints and experimented with
making patterns and rotating.
We have the following top tips to follow when printing:
·
Put a thin layer of paint on the item you are
using
·
Keep your hand still when you are on the paper
·
Lift your hand straight up when you have made your print
You could try printing using some items you can find around the
house. You also look in the garden. Don’t forget to follow our ‘Top Tips’.
Science
We have been so impressed
with all of the research that the children carried out during the half term
holiday. They have come back so knowledgeable!
Some children had carried out research into the scientist we studied
this week – Charles Darwin.
Thank you for helping your child research a 'world changer'. The children loved sharing their knowledge and it is great to see them developing skills of research and presentation. Well done everyone!
