The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
This week, we have been reading – The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.
We created our own story maps to retell the story.
Can your child retell the story using some of these story maps?
In Maths, we have focused on deepening our understanding of numbers to 10.
We have:
- compared groups of objects.
- split numbers into smaller parts.
- recombined parts to make a whole amount.
- explored numbers that can be split into 2 equal parts.
- developed our sense of magnitude eg. knowing 8 is a lot more than 2 but 4 is only a little bit more than 2.
On Tuesday, the children really enjoyed their skipping session with the Skipping School.
Check out our other learning in the classroom.
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Based on our book this week… write instructions to make a sandwich.
Think carefully about each step.
Then follow your own instructions to make the yummy sandwich.
Skipping School
- aim for an average of at least 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity a day across the week
- take part in a variety of types and intensities of physical activity across the week to develop movement skills, muscles and bones
Clean up!
Our focus has been environmentally based owing to our book Clean Up!
This book has helped us to think about how to look after our oceans, animals and earth. It has helped us to understand that we are responsible for our own litter. The children have extended their vocabulary through the use of: recycle, sanctuary, island and pollution.
Here are some insightful quotes from the children…
A sanctuary is a place where they take animals to be rescued.-Norah
An island is a big patch of land with sea and sand.-Stanley
When we find some rubbish, my Mummy picks it up and puts it in her pocket.-Leo
Take it home to put it in your bin.-Poppy
We need to take all the litter out to clean up the ocean.-Prisha
No-one wants to go to the beach with litter everywhere!-Sofia
We have been using tweezers to help collect litter from our ‘sea’ in the water tray. Here are some other brilliant ways we have enjoyed learning through our provision:
We are doing incredibly well with our learning and consolidation in Maths. We know so much about counting, doubles, odd and even numbers, one more/one less, the composition of numbers etc -we like to show off and have a go at everything during ‘Challenge Time’!
Thankyou for listening to your child read regularly and for adding comments to their reading records. We will check the online books to see which children have read the most times this half term…there will be prizes!
Other pics of our fun learning this week:
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Please take a photograph of your child reading their e-book in their favourite spot at home. Send your pictures to our email address.
Triathlon – winning team announced!
Commotion in the Ocean
This week, we have explored poetry using the book Commotion in the Ocean.
We used adjectives to describe the animals on the front cover.
small tails
little fish
a big whale
tiny starfish
long tentacles
We used the poems and our previous knowledge to write about different animals from the book.
In maths, we have deepened our understanding of comparing quantities in different contexts.
- comparing groups of objects
- finding groups of equal amounts
- finding one more/one less
In science, we created an egg experiment.
What will happen to an egg in vinegar?
We put an egg in vinegar and an egg in water over five days to compare.
The egg in vinegar has no shell! Marshall
It has cracked. Clara
The one in water hasn’t changed. Poppy
After 5 days in liquid, we took them out and noticed the egg that had been in vinegar felt rubbery… a bit like a bouncy ball.
We tested to see if the egg would bounce…
Check out our super learning around the classroom and outside.
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As we move into summer, we have been discussing ways to stay safe in the sun.
- sun hat
- drinking water
- going in the shade
- sun cream
Take some time to talk about different ways to keep safe in the sun.
You may choose to make a sun safely poster or list.
Triathlon’s everywhere!
The AJ Bell World Triathlon Series has been in Leeds this week, with some children from school taking part.
We are also hosting our own triathlon in school to raise money for FOSP. Reception, Year 1 and 2 are doing the swimming element and KS2 are cycling or running. Children have been organised into either Red Team, White Team or Blue Team – with trophies to be awarded. Please donate your entry fee on the Gateway app.
Rainbow Fish
Our focus book has been ‘The Rainbow Fish’ by Marcus Pfister.
In this book the Rainbow Fish shares it’s shiny scales with its friends. We had a class shiny scale and passed it onto a friend when we noticed them doing something praise worthy. Here are a few reasons that the children passed on the shiny scale:
I gave it to Stanley because he’s my very best friend.-Leo
Ella because she was doing good swimming.-Freya
I gave the shimmering scale to Max because he is my best friend.-Jack
Jacob because he’s a good friend and has good manners.-Marshall
Our provision has reflected this under water theme and the children have completed many related challenges:
Our new artist is Katsushika Hokusai. He is famous for his paintings, drawings and printings. In Literacy we read non-fiction text about him and answered comprehension questions about his life. Does your child remember where he was born? We had a go at recreating some of his sea art through printing and painting. We also drew our own fish and cut it out.
Swimming was brilliant for Rainbow this week, they completed so many laps in their triathlon. The swimming coach gave them all a shared Golden Assembly certificate. It is proudly displayed in the classroom.
The weather has really enabled us to enjoy our outdoor learning. Thankyou for remembering to apply sun lotion to your child on a morning and for sending them with sunhats. Please continue this throughout the coming weeks. Here we are having a little Sports Day initiation too.
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You may have spotted our outdoor Fish and Chip shop. This week, could your child write a price list/menu for our new shop. Please send your photographs of the work to us.
Platinum Jubilee celebrations
We had a fun-filled day today. All the children and staff shared a picnic lunch on the field, listening to some 50s music. We then all congregated on the field again, sang the national anthem and each class showcased a Wake Up Shake Up (WUSU) dance through the decades that the Queen has been on the throne. We went from 1950s (Mambo No 5/Lou Bega) all the way to 2020s (Blinding Lights/The Weeknd). It was so much fun! We hope that everyone has a happy and healthy half term.
Platinum Jubilee
We have had a wonderful day celebrating the Platinum Jubilee.
My body is amazing!
This week, we have learned more about how incredible our bodies are. We have: looked at a range of non-fiction books; set up an egg experiment; made a class shop and looked at the changes our bodies have made in our lives so far.
On Monday, we set up a scientific experiment. We took white duck eggs and placed each one in a different liquid. We used milk, water and coke-cola. The children made predictions and carefully observed any changes to the eggs. Professor Myers came to help us examine the results of our investigation. Our findings resulted in the following conclusions:
Water is good for your teeth-Jack
If you have a fizzy drink, you have to brush your teeth!-Reuben
Milk has calcium to help your bones-Eti
Milk is white like your teeth-Clara
We have thought about: how our bodies have grown since being a baby; the things we can do now and the things we hope to do in the future. The children have produced some fantastic time lines that include their baby photographs that were sent in. (Sadly, we forgot to photograph the timelines but will pop them on after the holiday). Here are some quotes to make you smile:
I was so tiny-Sofia
I could only drink milk-Holly
I could not drink any orange juice!-Freya
My clothes were so small-Ronnie
Now I am 4/5 I can…
Ride my bike-Jack
Do cartwheels- Clara
Come to school – Ronnie
In the future…
I will drive a Lamborghini car!-Ronnie
I can walk to the shops-Jessica
Catch rainbows and drive an aeroplane -Bea
Our animal visit on Tuesday enriched our recent focus and learning about animals. We all loved it!
In Maths we have been introduced to a rekenrek. We have had one each to help us with our perceptual and conceptual subitising skills.
The children have been incredible at sliding different quantities smoothly. We have been using them to keep score in our table football challenges too!
Our class giraffe has helped us to measure our height and find out if we are taller or shorter than it.
Our theme in provision has been the Queen’s Jubilee! Look what we have been up to.
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Have a wonderful holiday and please send photographs of your adventures to us. We will see you back in school on Monday 6 June.