Term 2: Week 5 Learning

Wow, what an amazing job the children did with sharing their learning with you. They were all so excited about sharing it with their families and I hope you enjoyed seeing what they had been up to and the fabulous progress they have made over this year.

This week in reading we will be focusing and talking about using expression when reading, fluency and natural phrasing. By getting the children to read out loud, will help them develop this. Also, take the opportunities to read to your children and show them what good reading looks and sounds like. It is important for children to hear a book or 2 every day to help develop them as a reader. Take it even further and ask them a few questions to your child about the book you have just read to work on their comprehension. Also over the last week, a few of the children have been bring in books and want to read them to the class. This has been great to see for their confidence and the children love hearing each other read.

For writing, we are going to be working on a piece of report writing throughout this week. We will be picking and animal or bug that we would like to write our piece of writing on. We will be given a planning sheet and layout. On Friday we will be putting our writing all together into a book of our own. If your child comes home, asking about these animals or bugs, please help and talk to them about these questions so they can get a better understanding,
eg What does it eat, Habitat (Where it lives) and what I can do

This week in our Inquiry we begin to sort it out. This is where we will look through what we have done, What patterns and connections are we noticing? How is our thinking growing and changing? Do I have some new questions? What is confusing and challenging? We will be reflecting on these throughout this week and next, to decide how we would like to take this inquiry of 'Change' Further.

Reminder: 

• Library Wednesday 

Term 2: Week 4 Learning

Inquiry this week is our last week of finding out, before we start sorting it out. We have a few experiments to do this week. We will be putting an egg into vinegar and seeing what happens to the egg. All the students will have to say a prediction of what they think will happen on Monday. On Thursday we will be exploring popcorn kernels and what happens when they get hot and why.

In writing this week we are focusing on sequencing out stories in order. We will be reading books and discussing how they have a beginning, middle and end. I will introduce a 3 picture plan with the students for them to use when planning their writing. Where they will plan the beginning of the writing, middle and end of their stories. Along with this, we will discuss different words they could use for starting the sentence to help their story flow.

In Maths we will be continuing working on skip counting in 2's forwards and backwards to 20 for our warm up into Maths. Along with this in our maths groups, we will be working on identifying and recognising patterns to 10 (7 + 3, 6 + 4) and adding tens (10 + 7, 9 + 10) depending on their ability.

This week we will be talking about what learning we are going to be sharing in our celebration afternoon/evening on Wednesday. The students will be picking the pieces of work that they are most proud of and choosing a Maths game they would like to share and a few other pieces of work. We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday afternoon/evening.


Reminders:
Wednesday school is finishing at 12:30
Celebration of Learning Wednesday Afternoon/Evening

Term 2: Week 3 Learning

Inquiry this week we will be continuing to look at the change, but the chemical changes. On Tuesday we are making Slime and talking about the changes that happen. We will discuss what our Aim is, and after making the Slime, we will reflect what we have done and if there are any changes we would like to make next time.

This week in Maths as a warm up each day we are going to work on skip counting to 20 by 2's. Along with this, we will be continuing working with the numbers up to 20 and knowing the number that comes before and after, identifying and ordering them. We will also be looking at different ways to make 10, using addition and adding ten (depending on their ability). 

With our Big Book this week, we are focusing on sequencing the story and processing the information we have read. We will also be discussing the meaning behind the book. In our reading groups, we are looking at the different reading strategy, to help understand what we have read and decoding an unknown word. Each group will be working on different strategies depending on their ability.

This week is our last week we will be working on kicking passing and dribbling a soccer ball. Talk to your child about what part of their foot they should use and get outside with them to show you what they have learnt. 

Reminders:

• Library Wednesday 
• Assembly Friday at 2:20 pm 

Term 2 Week 2: Learning

Heading into Week 2, I am hoping your child is buzzing about our Inquiry 'Change'. We have started and will continue working this week on unpacking what a Solid and Liquid is. We are going to be looking at the change in water from a liquid to a solid and solid to a liquid. As a class, we will discuss if they are a temporary or a permanent change.

In Maths this week we are going to be working with the numbers up to 20 (depending on their ability) and knowing the number that comes before and after. We will be focusing on identifying and ordering these numbers. Along with this, we are focusing on the days of the week and Months of the year, knowing what comes before and after.

Writing this week we are going to be writing about our experience out on the Bike Track. 

We will be focusing on the children 

• coming up with their own sentence/story
• putting their story into order
• starting sentences with different beginnings
• adding words or a sentence to their story
• re-reading their story to a buddy once they have finished 

Along with this, we will be working with the children going back and checking their writing.

This week for PE we are going to be focusing on Kicking Skills. We will be working with B4 on different drills and coordination skills to improve our ability to kick a soccer ball. We aim to go out 3 times a week this term to work on our ball skills.

Reminder: 
Library Wednesday
Bring your Bikes or Scooters in on Thursday
Learning Celebration Wednesday 24th May (Make sure you have booked a time slot)

Week 1: Inquiry

Today we had a Scientist come to see our Vertical Learning Team. He shares some BANGS, FIZZES and POPS with us. 

Term 2 Week 1: Learning

Welcome back to school after a lovely Easter and Holiday. I hope you all had some good family time and all rested up for another amazing, busy filled term.

This term our Inquiry focus is the 'Material World'. We will be learning that the world is made up of different 'matters'.  We will be looking into the different changes, such as physical and chemical change and reflect if they are a temporary or a permanent change.  Some of the experience we are going to look into involves bubbles, popcorn, eggs, paper, water, and ingredients you can find in your households. This week we will be looking at the changes with a egg, from a liquid to solid

This science focus leads us into report writing. We will be spending some time learning about report writing along with other styles of writing. Our main focus in writing this term is

• Writing with detail 
• Putting our stories in order 
• Using words I know 
• Starting sentence with different beginnings
• Adding to our writing 
• Re-reading my writing 

In Maths this term we will be continuing working on number knowledge, place value, skip counting, double and factions. This week we are working on doubles along with our number knowledge

This term, we are going to be developing our ball skills with catching, throwing, kicking and bouncing.

Reminders
Wednesday: Library Day 
Thursday: Bring your scooters or bikes, as we will be going out on the Bike Track 
Friday: Whole School Assembly start at 2:20 pm