Year One have been having so much fun practising their ‘Walking with Giants’ dance routine. If anyone wishes to have a go at home, the song is ‘I like to move it move it’!
Last week, 1b focused their maths skills on fractions (halves and quarters) and division using shapes and amounts. This week we will be consolidating their knowledge by applying their skills to problem solving, giving the children a deeper understanding.
Well Done for winning the attendance trophy two weeks in a row!
Keep up coming to school every day!
We acted out the very hungry caterpillar story ourselves. Have a look at these pictures to tell the story!
In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
One Sunday Morning the warm sun came up and POP! out of an egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar!
He started to look for some food.
On Monday he ate one apple but he was still hungry!
On Tuesday he ate two pears but he was still hungry!
On Wednesday he ate three plums but he was still hungry!
On Thursday he ate four strawberries but he was still hungry!
On Friday he ate five oranges but he was still hungry!
On Saturday he at one piece of chocolate cake, one iceream cone, one pickle, one slice of swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one piece of cherry pie, one up cake and one slice of watermelon. That night he had a stomachache !
The next day was Sunday again and the very hungry caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf and after that he felt much better!
He made a small house around himself called a coccon and stayed inside for more than two weeks!
He nibbled a hole in the cocoon and when he came out he was a beautiful butterfly!
We learnt about the journey of bread to finish our Little Red Hen project.
The children had a go at baking their own loaf of bread that we all tasted. It was delicious, if not a little bit salty!
We have been observing our tiny caterpillars grow. They have now become big fat caterpillars that are ready to go through metamorphosis. We will keep you posted about how they change!
(I’m sorry if the photos are not all the right way around- technical hitch)
Starfish class enjoyed Friday morning as they were listening, talking and asking Calum’s mum lots of questions about babies. Lots of the children had high levels of involvement and understanding about how babies grow and change. Calum was very happy to show his brother off and made sure he had lots of cuddles! Thank you again for coming in.
Spellings
Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.
Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word).
Some letters which are no longer sounded used to be sounded hundreds of years ago: e.g. in knight, there was a /k/ sound before the /n/.
u:
guess
baguette
biscuit
circuit
disguise
guillotine
silhouette
rogue
guitar
guile
Literacy:
This week we are learning about complex sentences. Using the forbidden forest can you write a 2 complex sentence for each type e.g.
Subordinate clause: will begin with a subordinate conjunction or a relative pronoun and will contain both a subject and a verb.
Ex: After they had finished walking, Harry quickly stared into the mysterious trees.
Embedded clause: within a main clause, usually marked by commas. Information related to the sentence topic is put into the middle of the sentence to give the reader more information and enhance the sentence.
Ex: Harry, as loud as a lion, roared down the misty path.
Relative clause: clauses starting with the relative pronouns who, that, which, whose, where, when.
Ex: The crooked trees, which swayed in the wind, whispered in the night sky.
Maths:
Can you remember how to work out the percentage (%) of something? Here are some word problems, can you try and solve these?
- Tom bought a t-shirt from a shop. It originally cost £42 but it had 33% off. Sarah says her t-shirt was cheaper, as hers originally cost £65 but had 62% off. Whose t-shirt was cheaper? Explain your reasoning.
- Simon got 72% out of 85 questions right. Tom got 55% out of 125 questions right. Who got more questions right? Explain your reasoning.
- Jessica saved 92% of her pocket money every week for 2 months. Her pocket money was £4.50 a week. How much did Jessica save after 2 months?
- Tim raised 37% of his total charity money at a charity fun run. He raised £465 altogether through all his charity events. How much did he raise at the charity fun run?
Spellings
Please practise these spellings ready for your spelling test next week.
The suffix tion. It is used if the root words ends in t or te.
injection
intervention
action
hesitation
attraction
affection
option
education
construction
correction
Literacy:
This week we are learning about different sentence types. Using the forbidden forest can you write a complex and a compound sentence
Complex sentence using a relative clause: relative clauses are clauses starting with the relative pronouns who, that, which, whose, where, when.
Ex: The trees, which swayed in the wind, whispered in the night sky.
Compound sentence: uses a conjunction in the middle to join two simple sentences together. Can you use the conjunctions: although, therefore, before, while, after.
Ex: Harry could not bear to look although he knew what was ahead.
Maths:
We have been learning about fractions this week. Stuck in your homework book is a maths activity on improper fractions for you to try and solve.
