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.
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.
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