Dear Parents/Carers,
Last week for ‘World Book Day’ the children dressed up as their favourite characters. Children brought their books into school and we shared their stories, the children talked about why they like their particular character.
This week we have been answering the children’s question “How are houses made”. We acted out the story of the three little pigs and talked about the different materials used to make houses. The children discuss what houses are made from around the world and watched a clip on the Interactive Whiteboard to show them more about different houses. The children then used their imagination to create their own idea of what a house could be made from and then drew and labelled their houses.
In Maths the children have been learning about subtraction. The children have used various objects in the classroom to find a given number and then have ‘taken away’ a given amount by counting them as they take them away. The children then have been answering ‘how many are left’ by counting the remaining objects. We then talked about using numerals instead to objects to represent the numbers. The children could practise this at home using objects and physically taking them away or try playing this game http://www.ictgames.com/targettakeaway.html
In phonics we are continuing to play games to help us with learning our letters and sounds and keywords including keyword bingo. Please remember to practise using your letters and sounds at home by reading books, signs, labels.
Have a great weekend,
Miss Zimmerman, Mrs Bowden and Mrs Roberts.
