What have we been doing in English? This week in English we have been thinking of how we can create lists of instructions for both existing games that we play as well as some new games that we invented in class. We have been using ordinal words in our instruction,s such as first, after that, next and meanwhile, and will be trying to use these more in our story writing in the future.
What have we been doing in Maths? This week we have been looking at ways of working out subtraction problems. We looked at a method where a we drew our own number-lines and used them to find the difference between the numbers we are using in our problem.
What have we been doing in Topic? The topic for this term is entitled 'From A to B' focusing on different types of transport and travel. This week we have been finding out about the different types of transport used in countries around the world and comparing them with the transport we use in the UK.
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Week ending 22.1.15
What have we been doing in English? We have continued to look at Traditional Tales this week by reading the story of Anansi the Spider. The children enjoyed the tale of the tricky character and were able to create some further adventures for Anansi in their Big Writes.
What have we been doing in Maths? This week the children have been revising ways of working out addition problems by using ten sticks and unit crosses. The children applied these maths skills while adding two and three numbers together.
What have we been doing in Topic? The topic for this term is entitled 'From A to B' focusing on different types of transport and travel. This week we have been finding out about the different modes of transport we use to get to school with the children conducting a class survey to find out which was the most popular.
What have we been doing in Maths? This week the children have been revising ways of working out addition problems by using ten sticks and unit crosses. The children applied these maths skills while adding two and three numbers together.
What have we been doing in Topic? The topic for this term is entitled 'From A to B' focusing on different types of transport and travel. This week we have been finding out about the different modes of transport we use to get to school with the children conducting a class survey to find out which was the most popular.
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Week Ending 16.1.15
What have we been doing in English? This week most of the children started the week by focusing on their comprehension skills. For this weeks Big Write the children wrote retells and original stories based on the traditional tale of The Gingerbread Man.
What have we been doing in Maths? This week the children have been introduced to division and the idea that it is the inverse of multiplication. We had a fun lesson sharing Smarties and actually got to eat them, which the children thoroughly enjoyed.
What have we been doing in Topic? The topic for this term is entitled 'From A to B' focusing on different types of transport and travel. This week we looked at how symbols are used on maps to represent made-man and natural features. Tomorrow the children will be creating their own maps showing their journeys to school.
What have we been doing in Maths? This week the children have been introduced to division and the idea that it is the inverse of multiplication. We had a fun lesson sharing Smarties and actually got to eat them, which the children thoroughly enjoyed.
What have we been doing in Topic? The topic for this term is entitled 'From A to B' focusing on different types of transport and travel. This week we looked at how symbols are used on maps to represent made-man and natural features. Tomorrow the children will be creating their own maps showing their journeys to school.
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Week Ending 9.1.2015
Welcome back and Happy New Year!
What have we been doing in English? This week the children have been writing diaries about all of the lovely things they did over the Christmas holidays. The classes looked at connectives and how we can use them to improve our writing and also thought of some exciting and funny, make believe sentences that they could add to their diaries.
What have we been doing in Maths? This week the children have been introduced to multiplication, looking at different techniques they can use to solve multiplication problems. So far we have looked at using repeated addition and arrays. The children will have an extra chance to practice with this week's Maths homework.
What have we been doing in Topic? The topic for this term is entitled 'From A to B' focusing on different types of transport and travel. To introduce the topic we have been looking at different ways that you can group different types of transport.
What have we been doing in English? This week the children have been writing diaries about all of the lovely things they did over the Christmas holidays. The classes looked at connectives and how we can use them to improve our writing and also thought of some exciting and funny, make believe sentences that they could add to their diaries.
What have we been doing in Maths? This week the children have been introduced to multiplication, looking at different techniques they can use to solve multiplication problems. So far we have looked at using repeated addition and arrays. The children will have an extra chance to practice with this week's Maths homework.
What have we been doing in Topic? The topic for this term is entitled 'From A to B' focusing on different types of transport and travel. To introduce the topic we have been looking at different ways that you can group different types of transport.
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