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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.