On our village walk we identified a range of buildings in Great Shelford and compared different types of houses. We thought about the people who work in some of the places we saw. Thank you to the adults who came along to help us with our walk. Back in the classroom we discussed thinks we like and dislike about the local area - the park was a very popular feature!
Autumn 1 - Week 4
In phonics this week we have continued to consolidate our learning. Next week we will begin to learn new GPCs.
Our maths lessons have continued to include lots of practical activities, as well as some tasks that required us to record our learning. We have been finding one more and one less than numbers to 10 and using the words 'fewer, more or the same' to compare amounts. Some of the problem solving questions really got us thinking this week!
We finished our 'Everybody Counts' writing unit this week - we have shared information about ourselves as well as trying our best to remember to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
Throughout the week we have shared a non-fiction text all about animals. This has helped us to learn about different ways that animals can be grouped. We have learnt about mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians and birds.
In art we have used chalk and pastels to create snail artwork. This gave us an excellent opportunity to show our creativity and talk about patterns and colours.
Autumn 1 - Week 3
In phonics this week we have continued to review the things we learnt in Reception.
In maths we have been doing both practical activities and written activities. We continue to work with numbers to 10, counting on from any number and finding 'one more'. There have also been lots of questions where we have had to apply our learning to solve problems. We have also been learning to read number words to ten - some of these words we can sound out, but some are tricky words.
We have been focusing on writing 'one arm robot letters' in our handwriting sessions this week. We are trying hard to remember that each of these letters starts at the top.
In our science lessons we have been learning about body parts and our five senses. We used our senses to help us to answer questions and we shared some of our favourite smells and tastes.
This week our Forest Friday started with a story - Stanley's Stick. We then found our own sticks which became magic wands, trumpets and many other things.
Autumn 1 - Week 2
In phonics we have continued to review our prior learning, including tricky words.
In maths we have been consolidating our understanding of numbers to 10, using a range of representations. It is important that we have a good understanding of the value of number as we will apply this throughout the year. Below you can see some of the extra challenges we have been set - we have applied our knowledge of number when working on these problems.
We have been learning about the Christian story of Creation in RE lessons, sequencing pictures to retell the story and creating observational drawings of items collected from the natural world.
In art lessons we have been drawing spirals, exploring different drawing tools and surfaces. We particularly enjoyed working together to make spirals on a piece of paper that streteched the length of our classroom.
Our Forest Friday challenge this week was to make a story stick, it was great to be able to help our friends and work together on this activity.