Week Beg: 25.4.22
EYFS
Hope you had a lovely Easter break.
On Monday we went for a spring walk around our school spotting signs of spring.
This week we have started our new enquiry project – How do plants survive?
We have drawn plants and taken a plant apart to name the different parts of a plant – stem, roots, petals, seeds, leaves.
Maybe at home you could ask your child spot a plant and name the different parts?
In Phonics we have been recapping sounds: air, ear, ure and sight words: they, were, he, she.
Her is a song to practice some of our sight words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY
In Maths we have been continuing to engage with activities that draw attention to the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how many’ objects there are. The children will also revisit the concept of cardinality – the idea that the last number in the count tells us how many things there are altogether. They will be given further opportunities to hear, join in with and develop their knowledge of the counting sequence, and, once they have become secure with their counting skills, they will be able to continue the counting sequence and be able to identify missing numbers within it. While consolidating their understanding of the word pattern embedded within most of our number names, the children will also be given opportunities to hear and practise key differences in the number names e.g. between ‘teen’ and ‘-ty’ numbers.
A key area of focus his week will be to develop confidence in counting strategies, including counting on from different starting numbers. The children will also consider strategies for counting larger numbers of objects, including those that cannot be moved. Practical activities – such as using counting wands and helping a puppet to develop their counting skills – will help to embed these key areas of understanding.
At home you could provide your child with a selection of mixed objects (up to 20 of each item) for the children to sort. How many of each object have we got?
Don’t forget we have a phonic session next Friday 8.55 – 9,20am for you to join if you can.
Year 1
Hope you had a lovely Easter break.
On Monday we went for a spring walk around our school spotting signs of spring.
This week we have started our new enquiry project – How do plants survive?
We have drawn plants and taken a plant apart to name the different parts of a plant – stem, roots, petals, seeds, leaves.
Maybe at home you could ask your child spot a plant and name the different parts?
We started our new book Jack and the beanstalk.
In Phonics we have been recapping how to spell words form the same sound family using our ‘best bet’ approach. See sound families attached.
In Maths we have ben looking at equal and unequal groups. We have been solving maths problems about sharing amounts into equal groups. (see attached)
