We have had a lovely end to what has been a busy and successful half term. The children are making lots of progress and should be very proud of the work they are producing.
This week in Maths we have been learning about how to make numbers to 50. We looked at the 2-digit numbers and worked out how many tens and ones the number had.
For example:
43 has 4 tens and 3 ones,
43 = 40 + 3
We used Numicon, Base 10 equipment and bead strings to make the numbers.
In English, we learnt that a statue was stolen from the art gallery in our book Claude in the City. We acted out the robbery scene and wrote thought bubbles before making a wanted poster at the end of the week.
In Art, we finished our Lowry pictures by using water colour paints. The children were very careful at mixing the right amount of water and had a little test sheet to try out their colours before using it on their picture. They then used charcoal to draw matchstick figures.
We will not be setting any new spellings to learn over the half term holiday. However, if you get the opportunity please do revisit the spellings of all Phase 2 - 5 tricky words (stuck in the back of your child's reading record) as they can often be forgotten and need reinforcing.
Your child is bringing home a reading challenge grid today. This is an optional challenge that a few local schools are doing over the next 3 weeks. There are 20 book-related activities to complete and each one needs to be signed by an adult. The completed grid needs to be returned to school by Thursday 5th March to be in with chance to win a book voucher.
Have a lovely half term,
From the year 1 team :)
