Thank you for joining us for our assembly on Monday, the children have worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks learning their lines, we hope you are as proud as we were!
Phonics -
Grapheme - recap of all phase 3 digraphs.
Tricky words - recap of all taught tricky words.
Maths -
The children have consolidated their understanding of the composition of 5 and practised recalling the parts of 5 when 1 part is not visible. A key representation of the composition of 5 will be the fingers of 1 hand, and the children’s attention will be focused on both the fingers that are ‘up’ and those ‘folded down’, connecting this to a rhyme about 5 kittens jumping ‘down’ from the bed. They have also been encouraged to subitise when an arrangement does show 5, and when it does not.
The children have also had the opportunity to build on previous work on the composition of 6 and 7 as ‘5 and a bit’, and see that both 8 and 9 can be composed as ‘5 and a bit’. A range of representations in which 5 is visible as a clear part will be used, including fingers, the double dice frame and the 10-frame. Discussing and comparing these representations will enable the children to generalise that each of the numbers 6 to 9 can have 5 as a part.
Topic -
Our topic of 'What happened long, long ago?' Has come to an and and this week, we added the construction of Knebworth House to our class timelines. We have also added the dates of the first International Women's Day and Earth Day after reading our celebrations book in English, where we continue to build on using tenses past, present and future correctly in context.
Next term, our topic is 'How do things grow?' If you have any seeds we can use in our garden, we would very much appreciate it.
Notices -
Our forest school sessions will begin after the half term, these sessions will be every Tuesday until July. Please ensure your child's welly boots are in school along with a waterproof coat - they can stay in school or come in each week - we will be outside come rain or shine!
Reading practice books have been collected in and new ones will be sent home the first Monday back.
Have a lovely Easter break, and we look forward to seeing you back at school in April!