Term 3 week 4

This week we have been focusing on the children trying to use their phonics to help themselves with their reading and writing. We have been reminding the children about respect, especially for resources, as we have, unfortunately, had to throw away resources that have been broken.  

English: 

The children revisited the trigraph ‘igh’. They practised reading a range of words using the trigraph and then the children practised spelling these words. The children have also developed their knowledge of letter writing. They practised writing their letters on a whiteboard, remembering the features that we have previously identified. The children then used this to help them write a letter to Usain Bolt.

Maths: 

The children have built on their knowledge of tens and ones in a number. They explored the composition of numbers up to 30 and then used this to represent the numbers. The children used numicon or base ten to create their representations of the numbers, this was then used to practise adding amounts together. The children used the base 10 to build their number and then added the two amounts together.

Art:

The children used their seal designs from last week and printed it onto a small piece of polystyrene. Each child had a piece of polystyrene that they used to copy their designs onto. They used pencils to carefully create dots in order to show the design they had created. The children will use this next week to explore printing.

Computing:

The children have been practising their typing this week and explored the functions in Word. They had to type their name and their age into Word and then tried changing the size of the font, the colour and also the actual type of lettering. The children are getting better at logging onto the computer and are becoming more familiar with the position of the keys on the keyboard.

History:

The children compared the lives of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale. They revisited their learning about both ladies and then used their knowledge to compare the two. They sorted captions about each of the nurses into the correct group.

Please read with your child at home, we have noticed a huge decline in the number of children who are reading at home.  

Have a wonderful weekend, see you next week. 

Ivy Class Team