Class 1 and 2 and been exploring how to make number bonds within 5 this past few weeks.
We have played games – throwing bean bags in to hoops and creating number sentences.
We have begin to explore the part-whole method to help us recall our number facts.
We have used numicon to explore different ways of joining numbers together to make our number bonds.
Class 1 and 2 had great fun this term learning about Chinese New Year.
We learnt about the traditions around the celebration and talked about how there were similarities to our recent Christmas celebrations. We noticed that families prepared for Chinese New Year by cleaning and decorating their homes. The children were given gifts of money and new clothes.
We learnt that the lucky colours for Chinese New Year were red, gold and yellow. We used this knowledge to create our own dragon.
We had great fun performing our own dragon dance and scaring away any bad luck that was lingering in our school!
We learnt that Chinese writing looks different to how we are learning how to write and we all had a really great try at writing rat – the animal this year is named after.
We loved having the opportunity to prepare and eat our own Chinese stir fry. Everyone helped to cut and slice the vegetables. All of us tasted the stir fry, some us thought it was so delicious we had two helpings!
Stuart from Constain Group came to school to deliver a whole school assembly on civil engineering. The children learned what civil engineering is and how it affects our whole lives, from our sewage system to our buildings and everything in between. In particular, Stuart told us of theTestos roundabout engineering project for the improvement of the A19. Stuart emphasised the importance of maths of science and what career paths are available in civil engineering.
He then showed EYFS and Year 1 some PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) that is used by workers on the site.
This term Reception will be studying the story Jack and the Beanstalk.
We will learn to tell a simplified version of the story in out Talk for Writing sessions, we will create our own actions and draw story maps.
As we become more familiar with the story, we will begin to think about the characters in the story. We will recreate the story in our small world area, on our stage and no doubt will build some fabulous castles using our wooden blocks and loose parts.
We enjoyed story mapping and performing the story “The Little Red Hen”
As part of our work we followed some instructions to make bread.
The children measured out and mixed the ingredients, before leaving the dough to rise.
The children must be master bakers in training as the cooked bread was so soft and fluffy.
We all enjoyed dour ‘school-cooked’ bread rolls with some butter and a smidge of jam!
Our first Talk for writing story was Dear Zoo. The children were introduced to the skill of story mapping and using actions to help recall and retell the story.
After creating our own signs and using some Makaton signing to learn the story as a class, the children were confident enough to perform the story on the stage.
We then began exploring the innovation stage, where we change and adapt the story. The children created great new versions with lots of other zoo, farm, wild and domesticated animals.
Class 1 and Class 2 spent some time this week learning about Remembrance Day. We started from the question the children had all been asking Why do we wear poppies?
The children discovered that they help us remember the brave soldiers. We also watched the Cbeebies short film Poppies and found out that poppies appeared in the fields once the fighting ended.
We were very proud of how our children made and wore their own poppies with pride.
Each Friday afternoon the whole school stops working and enjoys half an hour of buddy reading. Each infant class is paired with a junior class and they visit each other to read and share books. This is one of the many things we do to support the children to foster a love of reading.
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