We have been busy learning all about multiplication this week in maths. We used a range of concrete materials and pictorial representations to help us understand multiplying 2/3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. In history, we researched and made factfiles about some of the Ancient Mayan gods.

Our spellings this half term are drawing from high frequency words and those words we see commonly misspelt.  Our spelling words for the week commencing the 2nd February are:  ·       giant ·       right ·       along ·       beautiful ·       morning ·       believe ·       England ·       friend ·       once saw

  Story focus : Percy the Park Keeper stories by Mick Inkpen. Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books. Some of us have started writing captions, 'holding' the phrase and then writing it with fnger spaces - quite tricky! Please see previous post about writing.  Maths focus:  subitising and composition of 5. We enjoyed singing 5 Little Speckled Frogs and used out fingers and objects to help us see how 5 is made. 5 is made of ___ and ___. What do you see? (subitising)                                                                        PE Focus:  we had to have a change this week and used the scooter boards instead of gymnastics. They are always fun!  Science focus :chan...

 Yesterday in maths, the children were learning to add on within 20.  To do this, they were using a 20 frame telling a First, Then and Now story.  For example:  First, there were 10 children on the bus.  Then, 6 more children got on the bus.  Now, there are 16 children on the bus.  The children were counting on from 10 to get their answer. 

 This week, our spelling pattern is: Word families based  on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning This includes words such as:  commit committee transmit submit commitment emit permit intermittent omit unremitting

  LO: Order numbers within 20 23.01.26 Today in maths, the children were ordering numbers within 20. The children were looking at whether the number had any tens or how many more ones it had compared to the other numbers. Stem sentence: The greatest number is _. The smallest number is _.

  Story focus : Owl Babies by Martin Waddell Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books. Some of us have started writing captions, 'holding' the phrase and then writing it with fnger spaces - quite tricky! Please see previous post about writing.  Maths focus:  ordinality. We have been noticing a 'staircase pattern' when the Numberblocks are in order and spotting when one of them is hiding. We are learning to use the stem sentence '1 more than ____ is ___'.  PE Focus:  gymnastics skills (balancing, climbing and jumping safely) using apparatus.  Science focus : seasons. We remembered the changes that happened in Autumn and went ouside to look for the changes that are happening now it is Winter.  PSED focus : Zones of Regulation. We recapped naming emotions.  We always enjoy COOL Time (Choosing Our Own Learning) and we practise lots of s...

Our spellings this half term are drawing from high frequency words and those words we see commonly misspelt.  Our spelling words for the week commencing the 26th January are:  because please different which inside outside gave have across know

 Today, we shared our writing across the year group.  We have been writing a six picture story using the story 'Harold's nightmare' It was lovely to see the children excited about their work!

 Thank you so much to everyone who joined us today for our whistle-stop tour of our Maths learning! We hope you enjoyed it! Our presentation: