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Measuring using Cubes

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 Today in maths, the children were measuring the length of objects using cubes.  The children had to measure the objects carefully. 

Maths Fluency

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 Today in maths fluency, the children were learning about adding and subtracting from even numbers.  The children now know that when you subtract 2 from an even number, you always get an even number.  When you add 2 to an even number, you always get an even number. 

Materials and their Properties

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 Today, the children were investigating materials and their properties.  The children thought about whether the material was:  hard/soft stretchy  transparent opaque  shiny  dull  bendy   

Paired Reading

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 We love reading in Year 1.  Every week, the children practise reading in pairs.  One partner is the person who points to the words and the other partner reads the words. They then swap over. 

Materials

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 In science, the children have been investigating materials.  The children have been learning about the following materials: metal, plastic, glass, wood, brick and fabric.  We have had fantastic discussions why certain materials are used when making things. 

Grouping Tens and Ones

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 Today, the children were grouping tens and ones.  They were thinking about the stem sentences involved in working the answer out.  For example:  There are 3 tens. There are 4 ones. The total is 34. 

World Book Day

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 Today for World Book Day, the Year 3 children came and read a book to us.  The children have had a fantastic World Book Day. They have made their own bookmarks and wrote their own stories. 

Gymnastics

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 Yesterday in PE, we focused on gymnastics. The children were using the apparatus to climb and jump. The children were taught how to jump in a safe way.  

Dance

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In PE this week, the children were focusing on movement. The children learnt that they could move in more than one way (high, low, slow, fast.)   

Instructions

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 The children have been learning all about instructions. Therefore, on Monday, the children followed instructions about how to make a jam sandwich.  The children are now writing their instructions in their books. 

Maths

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 Yesterday in maths, the children were learning to subtract on a number line.  The children had to think really carefully about how many jumps they had to do back down the number line. 

Puppets- DT

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 Wow! The children finished designing their hand puppets today and will bring them home very soon. 

Music

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 Yesterday in music, the children were learning to play the recorders.  The children showed perseverance and resilience.  They certainly had lots of fun.   

Computing-Designing

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 Yesterday in computing, the children were designing an animal shelter. The children had to use their skills that they had previously learnt in regards to clicking and dragging. 

Look, Run, Avoid

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 As part of our pe learning over the last three weeks, the children have been learning to look, run and avoid playing a game called 'lions vs hyenas'. 

Sewing

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 Today, the children had their first lesson of sewing.  The children had to show perseverance and resilience with this task as it was quite tricky.