Week commencing - 27th January 2020

Last Friday we celebrated Chinese New Year. The children worked in their houses and moved around a variety of activities throughout the morning. The activities were: learning and understanding the meaning of Chinese New Year, slider dragons, Chinese fans and cooking Chinese food. In the afternoon the children had a huge Chinese banquet in the hall. They had the opportunity to try the different Chinese foods that had been cooked. They had the opportunity to experiment using chop sticks too!

In Maths this week we have been doing a lot of work around number bonds to 10! The children have been very responsive to this and are becoming fluent in recalling which two numbers go together to make 10. We have played a variety of games to help embed this knowledge. The children have represented the number bonds to 10 by using concrete objects and numicon. Yesterday we developed our problem solving and reasoning skills through word problems. 

13th - 24th January 2020

We had a wonderful time at Banham Zoo. We saw a variety of animals from all 7 of the continents. After lunch we went into a guided session where we had the opportunity to hold different animals from Australia. Next we went on the train. The train gave us a tour of the zoo! After that we went and looked at the giraffe's and sea lions. Then it was time to get back onto the coach! This week we have been writing a re-count of the zoo. The children have done a fantastic job and used lots of time words in their writing. 

In Maths we looked at using lego bricks to represent a number. The children had to apply their problem solving skills when trying to create a specific number. We then focused our maths learning around multiples of 10, firstly counting from 10 and then extending our learning from counting on from any given number.

During snack time the children made notes of all the animals we saw at the zoo. This helped us to write our recounts.

In topic this week we had the opportunity to taste some french foods: brie, baguette, quiche and pain au chocolate! We applied our knowledge of our senses to this activity. On Wednesday we undertook a research based lesson all about Christopher Columbus. The children used a variety of resources to find out information about him. The work on Christopher Columbus is transitioning us into our worth on North and South America.