Hello Hedgehog Parents,
This week the children have been working incredibly hard to complete their leaflets warning
local goats to look out for trolls. They all put a lot of effort into their writing and thanks to them the local goat population should (hopefully) be safe.
The Year 1 children have been setting themselves up as Londoners in 1666, following the Great Fire of London. The city needed rebuilding so the children, along with Year 2, have been learning about different trades and have set themselves up in their chosen trade. As they were going about their daily life they learnt that Thomas Farriner, the baker, had been
arrested and was going to be put on trial for causing The Great Fire of London. The
children began carrying out some investigations to find out whether he was, in fact, the
main cause of the fire. We will put Thomas on trial on Tuesday and will let you know the outcome.
The Reception children have been spending a lot of time outdoors. They are particularly
interested in plants at the moment, so they learnt about all of the different parts of a plant and what each part does. Following this, they produced some lovely drawings of plants.
Forest School was lovely on Thursday - the weather was just right. A few children went
on a litter pick around the village and managed to find 63 pieces of litter. Some children
made some beautiful mobiles to go in trees, by tying strands of ribbon and wool to a stick.
In other learning...
Maths.
Reception children have been revisiting number bonds to five and six. By the end of the year, the aim is for them to know bonds to five off by heart and to be able to recall them quickly. To do this we had some races: each child was presented with number cards 0 1 2 3 4 5. On 'go' they had to pair up the bonds to 5 as quickly as possible. The record was 7 seconds... you could see if your child can beat this record over the weekend. If they do, they can come and tell me their score! All you need is a phone timer and large number cards 0 to 5 (card rather than paper, which can be tricky to pick up and move quickly!)
Year 1 children finished off their unit of work on multiplication and division - at this stage, it involved lots of equal sharing and equal grouping. To practise this, you could give your child one or two of these word problems and help them to solve it using concrete objects (so where there are 3 5p coins, your child will need to find 3 groups of 5 to work it out if they are not already familiar with counting in 5s). For an extra challenge, they could do a pictorial representation of the problem as well.
Phonics.
Reception children have continued to work on consonant blends at the start and end of words. To practice this, you could play these games:
ccvc game
cvcc game
tricker game for more confident readers
Year 1 children have continued their work on suffixes and have learnt that you can add 'er' to a verb to change it into a noun.
help - helper
shout - shouter
dance - dancer
To practise this, write a short poem together. We wrote some about the troll. You could write some about yourself
For example:
I am a fast runner
I am a horse rider
I am a funny joker
I am a loud laugher
If you do one, please bring it in for me to read to the class!
I hope you all have a good weekend. Next week is full of interesting things, such as some cricket coaching and some Jubilee preparations!
See you soon!
From Mrs Simpson
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