Minibeasts- Grasshoppers

Hello ladybird parents.
Hope you have all had a good week.
This week we have been learning about Grasshoppers and, as always we have created some wonderful pieces of artwork to decorate our classrooms and the children's bedrooms.
We have also coloured, cut and stuck our own creations of Grasshoppers.

In Numeracy this week we have been jumping like grasshoppers. We estimated how many jumps it would take from one white marker to another, then we jumped and found out how many it actually took. We have some sensible estimators in our class.

This week we have also been working on counting in 10's. Having mastered counting in 5's we just need a few reminders about counting in 10's.

In Phonics this week we have re-visited our cvcc and ccvc words, writing our phase 3 tricky words and also had another look at polysyllabic words.

Our big news this week really is about our trip to the Hippodrome theatre on Monday, where we got to join in with lots of circus activities and had so much fun.
Here are some of the highlights from our time at the circus:

 Waiting for the fun to start.

We all got to sit in the circus seats.

 Zak enjoyed swinging on the trapeze.

Hula-Hooping fun.

 Harvey enjoyed swinging on the trapeze.

 Victoria was very brave to go on the trapeze.

 Amanda managed to swing upside down from

this trapeze.

 Wow! Look at Denni-Mia's face.

I think she is enjoying her go on the trapeze.

 Have you done that before Miss Wright?

 Chelsie is really concentrating on the

high-wire.

 Jake looks really pleased with himself

to balance on the high-wire.

 Riley!! Are you having lots of fun?

 Onur looks like he is able to

balance and look up at the same time.

What a skill.

 Jayden is balancing on the high-wire!

Bethany was very proud of herself to go on the

high-wire.

 

After another action packed half term it is time for a half term break.

Please don't forget to have a rest, but if your child does get bored then you have got a little bit of homework that you can work on with your child. Yesterday your child was given a list of tricky words that we have been looking at in our Phonics sessions. See if your child can read them all without any help.

If so then its time for writing. We have been looking at the read, cover, write, check method in Ladybirds to help with these tricky words and the children love showing how much they know.

Have a wonderful week off and we will look forward to coming back to school on Monday 3rd June.

 

Ladybirds

xxx

Minibeasts- Caterpillars and Butterflies

Hello Ladybirds!

This week has been busy as always and we have learnt a lot.

It has been our Caterpillar and butterfly week this week and even Miss Brind has learnt lots of new facts about the life of a caterpillar and a butterfly.

 

Did you know that butterflies only live for 2 weeks?

 

When a butterfly comes out of a chrysalis its wings are wet and it has to dry out in the sun for a couple of hours before flying off.

 

Here are a few pictures of what we have been doing this week:

 

Amanda found number 12 outside on the reception playground.

 



Victoria ordered the caterpillars, starting with the smallest and ending

with the biggest.

 

In PE this week we have been practising catching.

We tried out our skills by bouncing the ball on the ground before

we caught it.

We also tried to make sure we caught it with both our hands and made sure

we were watching it all times.

 



Jayden used the hoops to help him choose a space to bounce the ball.

 



Callum is using both his hands to catch the ball.

 



Bethany is watching the ball to make sure she catches it.

 

 

This week we have been re-visiting some of our phase 3 sounds to make sure that

we could remember them. Sounds that are one letter, we now know really well,

but we are still working on those sounds that have more than one

letter in them.

Sounds such as igh, oa, air and ear are still really tricking us,

so any times that you see or hear these words at home have a

go at writing them down or using bath/magnetic letters to see what

they look like with your child.

In Numeracy this week we have been learning about Symmetry, Days of the week
and subtraction.
The children were able to use symmetry to make patterns and recognise how a
mirror turns the image round.
The children can now recognise which days they usually come to school and which
days are at the weekend. Ask your child what day it is and see if they can use
the language of today, tomorrow and yesterday. 

 

 Ivan followed the instructions to make a fish using the minibeast connex.



Rubie joined the sound blocks together to make her name.

 Just a quick reminder that we are going to the hippodrome circus on Monday morning.

If you haven't returned your child's permission slip then please do so as soon as

possible as your child cannot go without parental permission.

Please make sure your child is prompt to school at 9.00 on Monday

as the coach will leave school to go to the Hippodrome at 9:15.

 

Have a wonderful weekend and we'll see you all bright and early on

Monday morning.

 

Ladybirds

xxxxx

 

Minibeasts- Spiders

Hello Ladybird Parents.
We hope that you had a lovely long weekend.
The children certainly looked well rested and came back to school with their learning hats on.

Here are a few things that we have been doing this week:

 Zak made a spider using Playdoh

 Rubie made a spider using Playdoh

 Jake found all the sounds to make his name

  Ashton found all the sounds to make his name

 Gabbi spelt 'groom' using the sound cubes

  Onur spelt 'web' using the sound cubes

Gabbi, Ashton and Jade went 'Bug hunting in the sensory garden'

 

This week we have been learning about spiders.

We spent our Tuesday ICT session researching spiders and found out a lot of facts about them. Ask your child to name 3 facts about a spider.

The children have enjoyed making, painting and drawing spiders along with using different resources to make webs and homes for spiders to live in.

 

 

 

Look at all the spiders in our classroom:

 

 

Look at our spider display, its on our ceiling.

 

 

 

In Numeracy this week we have been problem solving. We found out all the ways there are to make 8. The next day we noticed a pattern and didn't need to count them as much as we thought.

We found out that:

1+7=8

2+6=8

3+5=8

4+4=8

5+3=8

6+2=8

7+1=8

8+0=8

We also found out that 1+7 and 7+1 has the same answer because the same numbers are written but in a different order.

 

We have also been learning about the word o'clock and have been telling the time.

We can now recognise that the small hand is the hour hand and the big hand is the minute hand.

Use the clock below to see if your child can tell you what the time is.

 

Clock game

 

In PE this week we have been focusing on throwing and catching soft balls. The children have really enjoyed practising their skills and are learning to hold their hands together and keep their eye on the ball at all times.

As the weather gets warmer, take a visit to the park and practise throwing and catching the ball with your child.

 

On Wednesday you received a letter about our trip to the Hippodrome Circus on Monday 20th May.

This is just a reminder that the letter needs to be signed by the 17th May if you want your child to come along with your donation money.

 

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and we will see you early on Monday morning to look at your child's celebration book.

 

Ladybirds  

 

 



Minibeasts- Bees

 

 

Hello everybody.

Look at what we have been doing in Ladybird class this week:

 

 Jayden ordered numbers to 30 with a little help from Miss Wright

 We had a visit in our playground from a duck

who wanted to be Lenny's friend.

Lenny quite liked the duck too.

 Denni-Mia made a Bumble Bee from play doh.

 Gabbi spent ages practising her numbers.

 More teamwork? Jayden, Jake, Denni-Mia, Callum, Onur and Riley

worked as a team to complete the puzzle.

Harvey had lots of ideas using the bug connex.

He also followed the instructions to make one with the help of

the picture.

 

This week we have been learning about Bees. We have learnt lots of information that we can tell our parents.

 

Did you know?

-Bees have 5 eyes (2 big ones, 3 little)

 

-Bees make their buzzing sound with their wings. The wings go so quickly that it makes the buzzing sound.

 

-Bees have 6 legs, (the same as a ladybird)

 

-Honey bees are the same size as a 'Peanut'.

 

-Queen bees are the 'boss' of the hive. They also live the longest (around 6 years).

 

The children have really enjoyed learning about bees this week, they have used their knowledge to help write a class story, sentences and think of bee characters that they use and play with.

The children have also used chalk to draw bees, have made small bee puppets and put together all the different body parts and joined them together using split pins.
We have also tasted some honey, mmmmmmm.

 

 In Numeracy this week we have been counting backwards from 20. The children are very confident in counting forwards but a Little more practise in counting backwards would be beneficial.
Practise counting objects in your home both forwards and backwards. How well can your child do it?
We have also been looking at how bee hives have 'tessellating' shapes in them.
The children have been tessellating different shapes so that they 'fit together'.
Here are a few pictures of our ideas:

In Phonics this week we have been looking a little more at Phase 4 tricky words. We have also been looking at ccvc words such as clip, clap, flat and slim.
The children are getting very good at reading them, but still need to listen for that hidden sound to write them.

In PE this week we have been practising balancing, throwing and catching a bean bag. We also showed that we could throw to 3 different distances including shorter and longer distances.

We hope that you have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend. Don't forget there is no school on Monday, so we will see you all on Tuesday morning ready with your PE kits.

Ladybirds