This week we will be covering the following learning objectives in:

Writing

We are continuing to use the focus text and will be thinking about ways in which the text can be changed.

The children will be writing their own non-fiction book based on Dr Xargle’s.

 

Reading

We have started a new class read: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

We will also be doing some focused work using Key Stage 1 SAT style questions as a whole class.

Phonics/ SPaG

This week we will be focusing on past and present tense; looking at irregular verb changes e.g. go/ went, sing/ sang, catch/ caught and adding the -ed suffix. We will also be looking at the ‘w’ special rule for spelling e.g. when a word sounds like it has /o/ but is spelt with an /a/. Examples of this rule are: wallet, wanted, wash, wasp.

Maths

We will be finishing our focus on division with understanding dividing by 2, 5 and 10.  The children need to have a strong and quick recall of these facts and be able to link them to multiplying by 2, 5 and 10. The depth of understanding comes from the knowledge that the facts are related e.g. if I know that 5×10=50 then I also know that 10×5=50 and 50 divided by 10 is 5 and vice versa. 

By the end of the week we will be moving on to look at 2D and 3D shape- recapping our recognition of various shapes and understanding some simple properties.

PSHE

We will be moving onto our next module of Zippy’s Friends: what makes a good friend? Please speak to your child about these sessions (which always take place on a Thursday afternoon).

P.E.

We are going to be doing dance on a Monday and doing circuit training on Thursdays.

Science

We are looking at differences between plants and animals and variation between animals. We will also be looking at seasonal changes.

History

We are continuing to do some work on Florence Nightingale and how she implemented changes in healthcare.

 

DON’T FORGET!!

Thursday 1st March is World Book Day and the children can come to school dressed as their favourite book character.

 

This week we will be covering the following learning objectives in:

Writing

We have just read Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets which is written from the perspective of an ‘alien’ who observes the strange behaviour of humans. It is incredibly funny and will form the basis for our next unit of work. So far we have looked at the nonsense words/ phrases in the story and what they might mean. Our focus on the vocabulary really builds a strong foundation for the rest of our work.

 

Next week we will be continuing to embed words and phrases from the text and doing some drama based on the story.

Reading

We will be exploring different picture books with an alien/ space theme.

Phonics/ SPaG

This week we will be focusing on past and present tense; looking at irregular verb changes e.g. go/ went, sing/ sang, catch/ caught and adding the -ed suffix. We will also be looking at the ‘w’ special rule for spelling e.g. when a word sounds like it has /o/ but is spelt with an /a/. Examples of this rule are: wallet, wanted, wash, wasp.

Maths

We have moved onto multiplication proper. We will be recognising equal groups, making equal groups and adding equal groups.

We have been using the following stem sentence to help us.

There are ___ equal groups with ___ in each group. There are ____ _____s.

There are ____ altogether.

 

This image shows:

There are 3 equal groups with 2 in each group. There are 3 2s. There are 6 altogether.

When we come to adding equal groups we will be using this format.

So there are two 3s.

3+3=6.  (multiplication as repeated addition).

The groups could also be represented using two ‘three’ pieces of numicon. They could be represented as two jumps of three on a numberline. They could be represented using two groups of three ones.

We are making links between the above stem sentence and repeated additions to multiplication. For example: 3+3+3 = 3×3 or 5+5+5+5= 4×5.

By the end of the week we will be using the strategy of arrays to calculate with multiplication.

EXAMPLE:

 This image shows 5×3 or 3×5.

We will also be using counting strategies to calculate with the 2,5,and 10x tables.

PSHE

We will be moving onto our next module of Zippy’s Friends: what makes a good friend? Please speak to your child about these sessions (which always take place on a Thursday afternoon).

P.E.

We are going to be doing dance on a Monday and doing circuit training on Thursdays.

Science

We are looking at differences between plants and animals and variation between animals. We will also be looking at seasonal changes.