This week we have been giving instructions and learning about making half and quarter turns. We also used clockwise and anti-clockwise , left or right. We began by playing games outside- we enjoyed Simon Says! Then we worked with our learning partner to follow instructions to move the arrow .
Today we have been learning about Earth Day and why we think it is important. We read the book Clean Up! by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola.it made us think about plastic and ways we can reduce our plastic use. We felt really shocked and sad when we read the facts about plastic in the … Read more
Today we have been using tools and making items from sticks using our imagination. We had fun in the hammocks, too!
We have been working out fractions of amounts. We started with pegs and cubes and had to divide them into equal groups. We worked with our Learning Partner to solve some fractions of amounts problems before we completed our work in our books.
Before we do our work on a worksheet or in our Maths books, we usually use objects that we can touch and see. This is called the ‘concrete’ stage. It helps us to model the problem and bring the learning to life. We have been finding out about fractions of shapes, so we made playdo … Read more
The children have been using tools, creating things from clay and having a wonderful time in the mud!
Over the last few weeks we have used a text for our Whole Class Reading. It is a Ukrainian folk tale. called ‘Telesik’ Each session we have read a different part of the story and done lots of different activities linked to it. This week we hot seated the dragon and asked her questions about … Read more
This week we have been solving pattern problems. We have been working out the next shape in the pattern sequence and also thinking which shape could be the 7th, 10th or 12th in the sequence.
The week before Easter we were finding out about 3D shapes. We had to help Dewi our class dragon toy. We made short videos about each of the 3D shapes and used Welsh sentences to describe the shapes. We built shapes using spaghetti and marshmallows and even outside using sticks and clay. We built Harlech … Read more
