Spring 2 2024

Children in Class Plym are not given set homework, however, we do expect children to read daily at home and have this recorded in their reading journal. 
Children have PE twice a week and this usually falls on a Wednesday and a Thursday. However, if children could have a PE kit in school at all times, this would be much easier as sometimes plans change.. just like the Cornish weather!
Thursday 14th March 2024

Phonics: igh, oa, oo, oo and a language session.

 

English – we wrote a speech bubble for a character from the three little pigs story and then we wrote a list of what the piggies should pack in their backpack after being kicked out by their mum.

 

In Maths we have been thinking about time and how long a second, a minute and an hour is. We then cooked some Hot Cross Buns and had to time them for a minute in the toaster. We also thought about what we can do in a minute – we counted how many star jumps and how many hops we could do.

For our RE we looked at symbols of Easter such as bunnies, eggs and a hot cross bun. We then went for a walk to St Andrew;s church and learnt about the Easter Story from Reverand Jo and then created our very own easter gardens.

In PSHE we talked about why it is important to wash our hands, especially after going to the toilet and before eating!

Please keep reading!

Have a super weekend,

Miss G x

Thursday 7th March 2024

Phonics: ng, language session, ai, ee.

This week the children have had a special delivery! We have 5 little caterpillars that we need to take care of. We have a special net for them and can’t wait to see what happens.

We absolutely loved dressing up for world book day and we enjoyed guessing who everyone was supposed to be.

In English we looked at our new text of the three little pigs and had to think about what we thought would happen in this one as there are so many different variations! We discussed how stories have a beginning, middle and an end and thought about what these parts in the story were. The children then went on to sequence pictures from the story and then act it out too.

In Maths the children have been thinking about taller and shorter and we had to sequence some teddy pictures in height order. We then had a challenge of who could push their toy car the furthest and we had to think of a way to measure the distance.

In PSHE we thought about the importance of sleep on keeping our bodies healthy. We talked about things that we do for our bedtime routine and what impact sleep has on our bodies such as helping it to heal and grown.

Tomorrow is our Eden trip and I know the children are so excited!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Miss G x

Friday 1st March 2024

Phonics:

Qu, language session, ch, sh and th.

English:

This week the children sequenced the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ and then thought about an extra character that they may like to add. We talked about what this character may say. Lots of children decided it wasn’t nice to say ‘no’ so they decided their character would say ‘yes’ and they wrote a speech bubble. Sone even wrote ‘Yes I will help you.’

 

Maths:

This week the children have been combining two groups to make a total. They started with dominoes and then looked at part whole models. They then went on to have nunbers 4, 5 and 6 and they had to distribute spots in different ways on the part whole model to see which two numbers add together to make 4, 5 or 6.

 

PE:

In PE we had a go at moving different objects around our bodies. We used a ribbon, a bean bag, a small ball, a larger ball and then even a giant gym ball! We then had a go at trying to pass these objects to a partner. The balls were easier because they rolled. We had to keep our eyes on where we wanted our object to go.

 

PSHE:

In PSHE we talked about healthy eating and sorted some foods into healthy, not healthy or in the middle if we thought they were a bit of both. We used sorting circles to help us with this.

 

RE:

In RE we looked at the Easter story and talked about how Jesus was only able to come back to life because Christians believe that he is special.

The children also went out on a nature walk this week and enjoyed sticking petals onto their masking tape bracelets.

Please read at least 5 times a week and record this in reading journals.

Have a super weekend,

Miss G x

Friday 23rd February 2024

Phonics:

Review: x, language session, y, zz, z. The children have been writing a sentence with words using these sounds. Capital letters, finger spaces AND full stops!

Monday started with the children sharing their holiday news. We then began our new English text, ‘The Little Red Hen’. The children looked at the cover and thought about what they think the book may be about. What will happen? Who is in it? The children were then given a picture of the characters and they had to write what they could see. They wrote ‘rat’, ‘cat’, ‘dog’ and ‘hen’. The children were then given masks and had to act out the story. This is to prepare them for sequencing the story next week.

In Maths the children have been looking at the numbers 6, 7 and 8. The children have listened and counted claps of these numbers and then drawn them onto ten frames to see what they look like. We also looked at different ways we could show these numbers on a ten frame and that all of the ways don’t look the same. We have then moved on to combining two groups – we did this with 8 frogs and explored the different ways we could distribute them on a part-whole model. Eg, 4 add 4 or 5 add 3.

In PSHE the children talked about ways we can keep our bodies healthy. We all agreed that exercise, healthy eating, teeth brushing, water and sleep are very good ways to help with this. The children had to act out a sport and the rest of us guess what they’re doing. It was really fun and creative.

In RE the children talked about what they think about Easter. The common theme was chocolate!

Please keep reading. The children are absolutely blowing my mind in their phonics and English lessons.

Have a wonderful weekend,

 

Miss G x