5th November 2018

Thank you so much to all of those parents and carers who were able to make it to the maths event. We appreciate all of the feedback you gave and hope you found it useful. We will be sending home some information to support you with maths at home. 

This week in English we have been learning about expanded noun phrases. There is a great short video you can watch which explains what these are. 

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/z3nfw6f

We have used these expanded noun phrases to write firework poems and we have also included some onomatopoeia words- these are words like BANG, Whizz, pop!

In maths this week the children have been working in different classes but all have continued to look at addition. 

With Mrs Ellis the children have been...

• doing simple addition mentally by counting on
• adding three 1 digit numbers (for example 3 + 4 + 7 = ) using concrete resources, pictorially and by counting on in their heads
• learning how to bridge ten in single digit addition. Below is an example...

First we use concrete resources to show the ones

Then we use our knowledge of number bonds
 to make 10 by exchanging some of the ones 

Then we perform the switch-eroo where we switch
10 ones for a ten stick!
This makes the number sentence easier to solve.

With Mr Whiteheads children have been...

• thinking about their favourite way to solve addition - including using tens and ones, drawing tens and ones, partitioning and using a blank number line.
• solving word problems for addition- for example- I spend 26p at the sweet shop and 13p at the toy shop. How much have I spent altogether?

As part of your home learning we would like the children to solve simple problems by counting on in their heads. We have talked about putting the bigger number in their head and putting the smaller number on their fingers. For example- 15 + 7 = 
We put 15 in our head, 7 on our fingers and then count on. 
You could also do quick fire- can they show you 4 on their fingers? Can they should you this using a different combination of fingers? 

Next Monday 12th November we will be going to Lodge Lane Infant school to take part in a Basket Ball event. Please remember to send in a school packed lunch if you haven't ordered a school packed lunch. Children need to come to school wearing outdoor sports clothes and practical shoes. Please send them with their book bags as we are only going in the afternoon. 

Next Friday the children will be getting their flu vaccinations and it is also children in need!