Dear Parents/Carers,
The children have many questions about plants and growing so this term we have begun a theme on growing. Last week the children shared their holiday news. They listened to the Hymn ‘All things Bright and Beautiful’ the children listened to the words and then worked together to use a variety of resources to create model flowers these were displayed at the flower festival at the church.
In maths the children were learning about halving the children used different objects to work out what half of a number was. You could practise at home by finding objects and then finding what half would be.
The children did an experiment to find out what plants need to grow. They planted cress in different trays one had water light and soil, one had soil and water, one had no soil water and light and the other had light but no soil. They watched them grow throughout the week. The children looked at them again on Thursday and the cress in the dark was yellow. The children wondered “If we leave it out will it go green again?” We will watch it over the next week to see what happens!
This week the children listened to the story ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’ the children shared their predictions about the story and then discussed and wrote down what they thought might be on the large piece of paper wrapped in a coin that lands by the beanstalk. The children all began to plant beans and planted a bean in a jar to watch it grow over time.
In maths this week the children have been solving subtraction problems. They have found their own resources to solve the problems and then talked about how they found the answer.
The children have been practising their running for sports day. They are beginning to understand that they need to continue running through the finish line, this week the children have started to learn what they need to do for the relay race at sports day.
Remember to keep learning your sounds and practise using them in your reading. Have a fabulous weekend,
Miss Zimmerman, Mrs Bowden, Mrs Roberts and Mrs Conway.
