This week, Pre Prep were treated to a ‘Tall Stories’ production of ‘The Snow Dragon’. The boys watched in awe as the story of Billy the Goat unfolded where he learnt the lesson of kindness to receive a visit from the Snow Dragon:
During Literacy, we wrote letters to Father Christmas. The boys beautifully listed some items they are hoping to get. These have been sent to Father Christmas and we are hoping to receive a reply…
During phonics the boys have been learning about Digraphs (two letters that make one sound). They have also been reading questions and answering them by writing either ‘yes’, or ‘no’:
This week in maths the boys have enjoyed some Christmas addition, adding presents together using Santa’s sack. They have been doing very well adding using their fingers and remembering how to write number sentences. We have also been looking at 2D shapes this week. The boys enjoyed playing the ‘Shape Feely Bag’ game, where they described the properties of the shapes to their friends telling them how many edges and corners the shapes have.
The maths homework activity this week is as follows:
Go on a shape hunt around your home or out and about. Please see if you can find the following shapes and comment on the blog post if you find them:
Circle
Square
Rectangle
Triangle
Hexagon
Pentagon
When you have found the shapes, count the corners and sides.
Good luck shape hunting!
]During ‘Explore and Learn’ time, the boys have been enjoying using Santa’s workshop:
The starboys next week are as follows. Please bring in a picture of your favourite room in your house:
Monday: Rishaan
Tuesday: Riyan
Wednesday: Seb
Thursday: Shayan
Friday: Andrew (Please bring in your favourite Christmas story)
Have a super weekend!
Miss Goring