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Let it snow…

We’ve had a fun week in Reception learning about Weather.

During Literacy and Understanding the World, we listened to the story ‘Noah’s Ark’. The boys loved watching the animals enter the ark and being safe from the flood. Their wonderful writing about Noah’s Ark will be displayed in class.

The boys were fascinated learning about rain and rainbows and how they are formed. They enjoyed painting their own rainbows. We also have a class ‘puddle’, which we are going to watch to see if it evaporates!

In Maths we have been learning about subtraction:

For the Maths homework activity, could you please use dice to subtract numbers. Throw two dice, start with the biggest numbers and subtract the smaller number. To extend this beyond 6, use one of your laminated number cards, roll the die and subtract using your fingers.

Here we are exploring the snow and going on a winter trail:

 

 

The starboys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Kailen

Tuesday:Kiaan

Wednesday: Nathaniel

Thursday: Noah

Friday: Reiss

The weekly challenge for next week is: Line up smartly and quietly with your hands by your side.

Have a super weekend!

Mrs Starkey and Miss Barr

 

 

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Superheroes and Weather

This week we have started our topics of ‘Superheroes’ and Weather’. The boys have been having lots of fun in the Superheroes’ Headquarters role play area.

During Literacy, we listened to the story ‘Superworm’. Using their sentence writing, the boys wrote their own scenarios or problems for Superworm to save the day. The boys also learnt about weather forecasts. They wrote and drew different types of weathers for their own weather forecasts.

During Expressive Arts and Design, the boys have been busy sewing tiny raindrops for a weather class display. Miss Barr and I were very impressed with their concentration and dexterity.

In Maths we have been writing addition number sentences. We helped ‘Muddles’ to correct his number sentences and to remember where to place + and =.

For the Maths homework this week could you please complete the following:

Choose a number between 0-10, 0-20 or higher. Roll a die and add this to your first number using your fingers. If the number will total more than 10, place the largest number in your head and count on with your fingers.

Enjoying our outside area:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Starboys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Harvey

Tuesday: Hugo K

Wednesday: Hugo S

Thursday: Jacob

Friday: Joseph

The weekly challenge is: Check your shoes are on the right feet

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Starkey and Miss Barr

 

 

 

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Happy New Year!

Welcome back and Happy New Year!

We hope you have all had a restful and enjoyable Christmas break. Once again, thank you very much for the generous and kind Christmas gifts.

The boys immediately settled back into routines, it’s as if they had never been away!

These last two days we have been discussing New Year celebrations. We each wrote three wishes and hopes for the New Year.

In Maths we have been learning about ‘Missing numbers’. The boys enjoyed spotting the missing numbers and writing them.

For the homework activity this week please fill in the following missing numbers:

 

_, 2, _, 4, _, _, 7, _, _, 10, _, 12, _, 14, _

18, 19, _, 21, _, _, 24, 25, _, 27, _, 29, _.

As a challenge you can extend this to finding missing numbers to 100.

 

 

The Starboys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Blake

Tuesday: Chrisjan

Wednesday: Daniel

Thursday: Drake

Friday: Ethan

The weekly challenge is: Sit smartly on your chair and tuck it under the table.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Starkey and Miss Barr