Week ending 21/10/16

Last week saw the children travel to Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth where we met a pirate and a pirate-hunter from the Royal Navy. The children also went on a treasure hunt and had the opportunity to handle and learn about some of the everyday items that pirates might of used on board their ships. All of the children said that they really enjoyed the trip and had a good time.
In English the children created a new adventure for Traction Man, using a comic strip to plan out the action. They ended the week writing some excellent stories.
In Maths the children learnt how to show their partitioning by drawing ten sticks and one crosses and then applied this when working out some tricky addition questions.

Week ending 14/10/2016

In English the children have continued their work based on the adventures of Traction Man; designing new outfits and describing them with adjectives, creating a comic strip and finally, writing their own story of a new adventure in Traction Man.
In Maths the children have been continuing to look at different methods to perform additions. This week sees the introduction of using sticks and crosses to denote tens and ones. Could we take this opportunity to remind you that there are lots of games on Education City that support our recent number work and it would be great if the children played some of these at home to support their learning.
All of the children have been really excited about our upcoming pirate trip to Time and Tide. We hope it's a fun day for everyone and the children get a lot out of it.

week ending 7th October 2016

This week we have been reading Traction Man by Mini Grey.  The children have been looking at nouns, verbs and adjectives in the story and will use these to write their own Traction Man adventures at the end of the week.
In maths we have been working with number lines and hundred squares to build on understanding of place value and how to use the number system.  There are lots of games on Education City that support our recent number work and it would be great if the children played some of these at home to support their learning.
The children have been getting creative with their Christmas Card designs and we are sure you will be impressed with their efforts when you see them at the exhibition next Thursday.
Our pirate themed day takes place next Wednesday and we would ask that all outstanding permission slips and money is paid this week to ensure this, and all future trips, can take place.