Term 1 Week 6
Wow and that's it the penultimate week of Term 1 has gone by in a flash. It has been a week of fun, laughter, cooking and learning.
English:
The children have continued to practise their writing skills by writing the story 'The Pirate Cruncher'. They have used colourful semantics to help them structure sentences about different parts of the story. The children have also learnt about instructions and followed a set of instructions to make pirate stew on pirate day. The children learnt to accurately use their Fred fingers to write a list of the food we put into our pirate stew.
Maths:
The children have continued learning about their number bonds to 20; they have practiced identifying the pairs of numbers that total 20. The children have learnt about adding one digit numbers to 20. They learnt about the addition and equals symbols and how these are used to record number sentences.
Art:
The children used their designs from last week to mould and cut clay to create their own pirate coins. Some of the children were happy with their coins just being plain whilst others thought carefully about the detail they could put on the top of their coin.
RE:
The children learnt about the importance of the Islamic star and crescent symbol. They then learnt another story about the Prophet Muhammad and discussed how the stories demonstrate the kind nature of the Prophet.
Music:
The children recalled their previous learning about using our voices to show different sounds. They watched an advert and together discussed how the performers used their voices to tell a story. The children then worked collaboratively to create their own stories about the seaside.
PSHE:
The children learnt about how they can resolve conflicts with others. They learnt about different scenarios that might cause disagreements amongst children and then discussed how they could resolve the issues.
Science:
The children learnt to use their skill of observations to watch the changes that happen when different liquids are mixed. Once the liquids were mixed the children explored what happened when different treasure was added to the mixtures.
Pirate Day:
During pirate day the children worked in groups to prepare vegetables and other ingredients to make a pirate stew, this was cooked in a slow cooker throughout the day and tasted by the children just before home time. It was wonderful to see the children enjoying the pirate stew so much! The children took part in some pirate adventures on the apparatus in the hall; some children climbed high up the apparatus whilst others developed their balancing skills by walking the plank. In the afternoon the children worked collaboratively with the other two classes in Key Stage 1 and completed a scavenger hunt on the field. The children had to find natural resources that could be used to represent a range of things, such as something small that a pirate might wear as an earring, a natural resource to make an eye patch.
Please can we remind everyone to read their phonics book on Oxford Owl as a part of the children's home learning. These books are given to promote the children's reading skills so are a vital part of every child's learning.
Many thanks, have a wonderful weekend.
Ivy Class team