Week beginning 2nd May
Our learning objectives this week are:
Maths – This week will be focussing on multiplication. We will be doubling numbers to 20 and develop our understanding that doubling is multiplying by 2. We will be counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and drawing arrays to show multiplication number sentences.
English – This week we will continue our unit of non-fiction writing and will use a non-fiction text to find information and pick our the relevant information, we will using our planning to write a non-fiction text on Ladybirds and begin to research and make notes on a mini-beast of our own choice.
Science– Children will continue their animals and human science topic with Mrs Evans. Last week they enjoyed learning about an exoskeleton which links very well with the caterpillars in our classroom at the moment.
PE- We will continue our throwing and catching within the game of Lacrosse and we will be developing our fitness.
RE- We will continue to learn about our new religion Hinduism.
Successes
Congratulations to Lee, Amira-Lee, Alana, Adeena, Sophie, Ziyan, Mario, Yousef and Hamydah for receiving merit cards this week.
Other Information
Please keep asking your child the time at home. It is expected that in Year 1 children are able to read the analogue clock to o’clock and half past. Most children can do this but just need consolidation with half past as they tend to get confused as the hour hand moves further towards the next hour. Why not challenge your child to tell the time to quarter to and quarter past as well as asking simple time problem – ‘it’s 10 o’clock, what time will it be in an hour?’
Our caterpillars are now a week old and have grown loads in the past week. We have observed them growing and moving and have noticed how they have been shredding their exoskeleton. We are hoping that next week they will turn into their cocoon. Look at the pictures below they show the growth of the caterpillars from day 1, day 5 and 1 week old.
