Our text this week is 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch'.    By the end of next week, we are going to be writing instructions for getting lunch to Mr Grinling in the lighthouse. After reading and exploring the text yesterday, today we used role play to 'act out' parts of the story.  We 'performed' different instructions in small groups, orally retelling using imperative verbs and key vocabulary whilst also 'acting'.

    On Wednesday, we explored recognising when groups are equal or unequal.  We practised looking at groups, splitting numbers into groups and then recognising if they were equal. On Thursday, this learning was extended into adding equal groups. We came up with a checklist to ensure our counting was accurate. 1.Check the groups are equal.  2. How many equal groups? 3. How many in each group? 4. Count! (in 2s, 5s or 10s)

 Yesterday in history, the children were introduced to our new topic 'London'.  Mr Ladlow and Mrs Brown couldn't believe the amount of facts that the children knew about London.  They could tell us that London was the capital city of England and name many famous landmarks such as: The Shard, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge and many more.  For their activity, they were tasked with building some of these landmarks.

 As we prepare for the phonics screening check in June, here are some useful websites that are great for supporting your child with their phonics.  In school, we are teaching the children level 5 phonics.  In reception, they have already learnt level 3 and 4 phonics.  Please practise all 3 levels.  https://www.satspapers.org.uk/Page.aspx?TId=21 - this website has every single past paper on it.  https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5 - real and fake words https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/picnic-on-pluto - real and fake words. 

 Today in maths fluency, the children were learning about odd and even numbers.  The children were also finding odd and even numbers within 10.  Stem sentence:  I see the odd numbers 5 and 5.  I see the even numbers 6 and 4. 

We thought back to Science week and linked Science and PSHE! We read the story of the Ugly duckling and how he must have felt being told he was different and left out. We used skittles to represent our class and our feelings.  We talked about how if one of us is not working as a team, it can make the water 'muddy' (the colours mix too much), but when we work together showing kindness, honesty and respect, we create a wonderful rainbow, showing that we are all unique and beautiful!  

 If your child is reading 'Up at Night', they will carry on reading this book until next Tuesday. Next Wednesday, a new book will be set.  Have a great weekend.  Year 1 team. 

 Today in maths, the children were learning to estimate on a number line between 0 and 50. They were also learning to find the halfway point between two numbers to help them with their estimation.