Growing

We have started our new topic of Growing, which the boys are very excited by. The boys have been introduced to our class caterpillars:

We have been watching them eat, shed their exoskeletons, spin silk and grow dramatically the last few days.

We are waiting for them to finish growing and to climb to the top of their pots where they will hang from the lid in a ‘J’ shape. After this they will form their chrysalides and we will transfer them into their butterfly gardens and wait for them to emerge!

Later in the week the boys planted their own broad bean seeds. They wrote an entry into their bean diaries about how they planted their bean:

During Literacy we listened to the story ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’. The boys retold the story and their fantastic work is up on display in the classroom.

 

During Maths this week we have learnt about number bonds to 10. We also explored bonds to 20.

The boys have enjoyed learning this song below:

For the maths activity this week, can you please practise your number bonds to 10. To extend this further you can compare these to 20 by looking at the ‘ones’ in the number e.g. 4+6=10 therefore 14+6=20.

The starboys next week are as follows:

Monday: Bank holiday

Tuesday: Harvey

Wednesday: Hugo K

Thursday: Hugo S

Friday: Jacob

 

Have a lovely bank holiday weekend!

Mrs Starkey and Miss Barr

6 thoughts on “Growing

  1. Reiss really enjoyed practising his number bonds – first to ten and then to 20. We exchanged numbers, both verbally and written, although he enjoyed writing the missing number most
    (e.g. 4 + ? = 10).

  2. Drake enjoyed singing the song from the video to his brother and we practiced writing the numbers in his math activity book. Once complete he will bring it into class to show you.

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