1. Our topic for this half term is ‘Go, go gadget!’ This week our learning has been focused on... 28.9.15 This week... Parents comments: Design and Technology This week the children have continued to develop their understanding of how to make a picture move. They began by creating a split pin robot, which was a great link to the literacy unit of following instructions. Then the class continued by making a slider picture of a vehicle moving across a landscape. I will place a few of their designs on the Year 1 page on the school website so you can see their success. Weekly challenge This week your child has a ‘pass the football’ sheet in their books. They have a number they need to make by matching two shirts and numbers. It would help them if they had a resource to help them such as toy cars, small balls, pieces of pasta. This will help to add them two numbers together to make either 5 or 10. When they work out which of the numbers together make the number then they should draw a line from one of the shirts to the other. Literacy This week the children have started the unit of instructions. They have used this text format to make a moving robot picture, playdough, various models and a scarecrow plate model. They are beginning to understand that this type of text uses bossy language, has a series of steps, has time connectives and a list of ingredients or ‘you will need.’ In Numeracy This week the class have continued to develop their skills with addition and then moved to learning about subtraction. The children learned in reception the skill of counting on and back for calculations. Eg. With the sentence 12 + 3 = ? They start by saying 12, hold up three fingers and count on using the fingers, 13, 14, 15. A great game to help with this skill is at http://www.softschools.com/counti ng/games/counting_backwards_fro m_20/ http://www.softschools.com/counti ng/games/counting_backwards_fro m_20/ Our topic for this half term is ‘Go, go gadget!’ This week our learning has been focused on... WB 28.9.15 This week... Parents comments: Design and Technology This week the children have continued to develop their understanding of how to make a picture move. They began by creating a split pin robot, which was a great link to the literacy unit of following instructions. Then the class continued by making a slider picture of a vehicle moving across a landscape. I will place a few of their designs on the Year 1 page on the school website so you can see their success. Literacy This week the children have started the unit of instructions. They have used this text format to make a moving robot picture, playdough, various models and a scarecrow plate model. They are beginning to understand that this type of text uses bossy language, has a series of steps, has time connectives and a list of ingredients or ‘you will need.’. In Numeracy This week the class have continued to develop their skills with addition and then moved to learning about subtraction. The children learned in reception the skill of counting on and back for calculations. Eg. With the sentence 12 + 3 = ? They start by saying 12, hold up three fingers and count on using the fingers, 13, 14, 15. A great game to help with this skill is at http://www.softschools.com/counti ng/games/counting_backwards_fro m_20/ http://www.softschools.com/counti ng/games/counting_backwards_fro m_20/ RE For two days this week the children have been learning about why Christians celebrate harvest. They have completed some lovely activities including; decorating fruit, writing thank you sentences, and comparing farming gadgets from the past. RE For two days this week the children have been learning about why Christians celebrate harvest. They have completed some lovely activities including; decorating fruit, writing thank you sentences, and comparing farming gadgets from the past. Weekly challenge This week your child has a ‘pass the football’ sheet in their books. They have a number they need to make by matching two shirts and numbers. It would help them if they had a resource to help them such as toy cars, small balls, pieces of pasta. This will help to add them two numbers together to make either 5 or 10. When they work out which of the numbers together make the number then they should draw a line from one of the shirts to the other.