Over the next couple of weeks our big questions are:

What is a structure? 

Who builds our structures? 

We will be creating lots of structures ourselves and building with different resources and materials. Can you build a structure at home? You could use construction resources (like Duplo or Lego) or collect some natural materials from outside (twigs, leaves, stones) or even have a go at building with matchsticks and mini marshmallows... There are so many things you can construct with! 

We will be sharing this story and talking about what an architect does. We will be creating our own architect drawings and designing our own buildings. 

We will also be asking: 

How do animals build their homes? 

We will be sharing this brilliant book and finding out how animals are also amazing architects! 

In phonics, we are continuing revisiting our Set 1 sounds to help us apply them confidently in our reading and writing.  We will be focusing on a sound a day. Can you form the letters? It doesn't have to be on paper... You could practise writing them using water and a paintbrush outside, a stick in the mud, bubbles in the bath... The possibilities are endless!  

Week commencing: 07.03.22

 

Week commencing: 14.03.22 

We are continuing our White Rose topic on 'Building 9 & 10' we will be counting backwards from 10, comparing numbers to 10 and making 10 using different arrangements. Watch this Number blocks episode to explore the number 10.

We have been brilliant at naming and describing 2D shapes the past few weeks. We are moving on to exploring 3D shapes and their properties. This will link brilliantly as we can build structures from 3D shapes. Check out this catchy song:

Can you find any 3D shapes at home? Can you describe them? Are they good to be stacked- why/why not? Will the role- why/why not? See our tapestry challenge for more information. 

This song will help to embed some of our vocabulary: this is the way we lay the bricks

We will be moving and grooving each morning to this dance:

 

 

 

This week in school, we will be finding out about 'Shrove Tuesday' and what 'lent' means to Christians. 

To celebrate Shrove Tuesday, we will be sharing the story of 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes', which links wonderfully with our previous topic on Fairy tales and revisits some of the characters we are familiar with. He could also be the wolf from our current book of the week ...'The Three Little Pigs'.

We will find out how you make a pancake by looking at the recipe and talking about the ingredients.
We will be role-playing using all the special equipment and pretend ingredients in our home corner and even sampling a small section of pancake with our favourite toppings! Mmmmm! 😋 

At home, if you make pancakes please send your photographs on Tapestry.
Can you rate your pancake out of 10?
Can you carefully count how many toppings you add to your delicious pancake?
What's your favourite flavour combination? Is it sweet or savoury?

We can't wait to see your pancakes and find out what you've rated them.

 

Build it up

In the 'Build It Up' project, your child will explore structures in the world around them. They will learn about materials and their properties and will have the chance to work independently and in groups to design and make marvellous structures. We will also be looking at animals and how they are amazing architects building their own homes.

Supporting your child at home

• Take a walk in the local area. Look at and talk about the buildings and other structures you see.
• Talk about the materials from which their house is made, such as brick, stone or wood.
• Take a large cardboard box and see what you can create together.
• Share and discuss our big idea's poster below (see clearer image with PDF attached below).

 

Wow, wow, wow! What fabulous storytellers your children are becoming. We are really enjoying our 'Once upon a time' topic, and it is wonderful to see them re-telling stories with great expression in their play. Ask them what story they have enjoyed the most and see if they can re-tell you one. Snow White, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and The Ugly Duckling are the classic fairy tales we have shared. 

‘’Run, run as fast as you can… You can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!’’ Can you guess what our story of the week will be? Of course… It’s The Gingerbread Man!

We will also be rounding off our topic by sharing some mixed up fairy tales and having a go at creating our own! We will be sharing this story and seeing which familiar characters we can spot.

Our phonics for the next few weeks is going to be consolidating all of our RWI set 1 sounds to give the children an extra boost when applying their reading and writing skills.

We will be revisiting these in lots of different ways and focusing on a sound a day to help them stick in our long-term memory. We will be looking at the shapes of the letters and having a go at the formation. Some F2 children will be focusing on the skill of 'Fred in your head' where you don't say the sounds aloud and blend in your head until the word on the page pops out. 

This week our five sounds we will be embedding are:

Can you have a go at forming these letters at home? You could use your speedy sound cards to create and blend some words (sad, mad, sit, mats).

For those at home who are confident with their set 1 sounds... Check out this alphablocks episode where you can blend some longer words. Have a go at our 'I spy and read' sheet for an extra challenge.

This week we will be becoming scientists and learning the words 'absorbent' and 'waterproof' along with 'float' and 'sink'. We will be exploring why the Gingerbread Man didn't want to swim across the river... And experimenting making our own rafts to help him cross our water tray without getting wet! 

You could collect some objects at home (waterproof ones!) and predict whether they will float or sink before testing them out your sink, bath or a big container.  We would love to see your photos of this - send them in on Tapestry, and we will share them in class. Along with any gingerbread man inspired activities you might like to do (see PDF's at the bottom of the page). 

In maths, we are continuing our white rose focus on growing, 6, 7 & 8. We will be digging deeper by combining two groups and finding out how many altogether. Check out this numberblocks episode to look at the part-whole model. We will be using this model in school to help us visualise combining numbers to find the total. 

Have a listen to these jazzy tunes (they are both especially catchy and may just be playing in your head all day 😅) 

 

 

What a wonderful Wednesday we had... Meeting these lovely ducks to kick off our 'Ugly Duckling' story. Mr Davenport very kindly brought in his pet ducks Cybill and Junior. We looked at their webbed feet and talked about how it helps them to paddle in the water, and their 'preen gland', which produces oil to make their feathers waterproof! How clever. We found out that they like to dig for worms in the garden and their favourite food is lettuce! 

 

Learning maths can be delicious fun!