Plants
In science we have been learning about plants and today we looked at the different parts of a flower. We used the magnifying glasses to investigate further finding out that each part has a different job to do.
IT - Labels
In IT today Year 1 have been learning about the importance of labels. We had a label hunt around the classroom and then we sorted objects into different categories by using a label to help us.
What do plants need to grow?
We had a great time this morning investigating what plants needs in order to grow. We even managed some drama to show the stages of growth!
Money, money, money …
In maths Year 2 have been using the resources to help them count money in pence. They have used their prior knowledge of counting in twos, fives and tens to help them.
London
Today one of our children brought in a scrapbook that he had created over the weekend following a trip to London. He and his family visited all of the landmarks that we have learnt about in our story ‘Katie in London’. It was so lovely to see our learning being brought to life!
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Tens and Ones
In maths today we have been partitioning teen numbers into tens and ones. We used the the part whole model and the base 10 to support our understanding.
Sketching - Exploring Drawing Techniques
In art today we have been exploring drawing techniques by discussing and experimenting with different patterns and marks.
Katie in London Drama
In English today we looked at the main plot points in our story Katie in London and acted out the parts in groups. Tomorrow we are going to use our role play ideas and the language we used to help us write the whole story.
Place Value to 20
In maths Year 1 have been learning all about the teen numbers and today in pairs we represented the numbers 17, 18 and 19 on the tens frames and worked out how many tens and ones each number had.
United Kingdom - London
In geography we have been learning all about the United Kindom and in English we have been basing our writing on the story ‘Katie in London, by James Mayhew. Today we combined our prior knowledge from both subjects and created some fantastic posters about London.
More 2D Shapes
Today in maths Year 1 have been sorting 2D shapes according to their properties. The children worked as a team to sort the shapes into triangles, squares, rectangles and circles.
2D Shapes
In maths Year 1 have been learning all about shape. Today we made 2D shapes using lollipop sticks and play dough. We talked about the properties of the shapes we had made.
