Summer
Week Beginning 22nd April 2024
English
In English this week, we have been continuing our learning about the story 'What the Ladybird Heard'.
At the start of the week we thought about what the characters in the story might say
e.g. Hefty Hugh could say "Oh no! The police have arrived!"
Later in the week we started to write our own retell of the story but we did this in 2 parts.
We thought very carefully about using capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, neat handwriting and speech marks
correctly in our story writing and self-assessed all of these things on Friday.
Maths
In Maths this week, we have been looking at equal groups, arrays and sharing. We started the week by adding equal
groups together e.g. 5 + 5 + 5 = 15 instead of 5 + 5 + 4 as these groups are not equal.
By the end of the week we were making equal groups which some of us did practically and others did on whiteboards.
PSHE
In PSHE this week we were thinking about friendships and came up with a variety of ideas about
how we can make a new friend. We thought about how to behave e.g. being kind, being friendly but also about
what to say - "Hello, my name is ....., what's your name?" or "Welcome to our school, would you like to play with me?"
We acted out using these ideas and some of us pretended to be a new child starting at the school.
Well done to both classes for completing their 100 books Reading Challenge this week!
Both Oak and Sycamore will now start back at 0 books and will work towards their next 100 reads.
Phonic Check Meeting
Thank you to all Parents/Carers who have returned the green slip re: the Phonic Check meeting on
Wednesday 8th May. If you have not yet returned your slip please do so before Wednesday 1st May.
Many thanks.
Thank you to all Parents/Guardians that have read with your child/ren at home this week.
Class teachers will be checking diaries on Monday.
Week Beginning 15th April 2024
It was wonderful to welcome everyone back for the summer term!
English
This week in English, we've delved into the story "What the Ladybird Heard." We've been sharpening our prediction skills, brainstorming adjectives for the characters, and coming up with simple noun phrases using those adjectives.
Maths
In Maths, our focus has been on counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s. We've enjoyed singing songs and identifying patterns in numbers that help with counting—like spotting that numbers ending in 0 or 5 always belong to the 5s sequence.
Science
Our Science lessons have kicked off with an exciting introduction to plants. We learned about the different parts of a plant and even planted our sunflowers in pairs, which we're eager to see grow!
Thank you to all Parents/Guardians that have read with your child/ren at home this week.
Class teachers will be checking diaries on Monday.
