Welcome to Chestnut Class!
Miss Lloyd, Miss Kirwin & Mrs Jones
I am so excited to get started and stuck in with lots of new learning, develop new skills and work with a variety of new children! Chestnut will have many opportunities for new friendship building, teamwork, independent opportunities and sharing their voice! So let's have an incredible year together! :)
Website will be updated weekly, every Friday, with pictures of our learning and any other exciting stuff we get up to!
Please Note: I will be deleting all updates every 2 weeks. This is to help ensure that accessing the website isn't too slow due to the amount of photos uploaded. So make sure you've caught up each week :)
Week 5
In English this week, we read another story to compare to other 2 stories we read last week. We read 'The Invisible Boy', which we identified was another story about a boy who begins the story sad and lonely but makes friends in the end. We made links between the story but also identified the differences. The year 1s this week wrote some sentences about the characters in this weeks story while the year 2s began the preparation for writing their friendship narrative by thinking of the key moments between the 3 stories.
In Maths this week, Year 1 explored the language of more than and less than, developing their understanding by comparing numbers using a range of representations. Year 2 deepened their understanding of odd and even numbers by investigating patterns. They explored questions such as, “Do two odd numbers always make an odd number?” and “Do two even numbers always make an even number?” Using counters and ten frames to prove their ideas, the children discovered that adding two odd numbers can create an even number. For example, 7 + 3 = 10.
In Geography this week we used our map work skills on our local area of Harting. We began by looking at a map of Harting, identifying the different features through finding the map symbols. We discovered a church, shop, pub, cafe and school. Before we did this we discussed the difference between a village, town and school, learning that Harting is a village because it is small and has only 1 of each feature. After we explored the map, we designed our own map of Harting through either drawing or building it.
In Music this half term, we are learning about pulse and beat, developing our ability to keep in time with music. To support this learning, we watched a video of a naval marching band and discussed the different instruments we could see and hear. We observed how they worked together to keep a steady beat as they marched. The children then created their own marching bands using a range of percussion instruments, carefully selecting those they felt were suitable for this style of music. They practised keeping a consistent beat and performing together in time with one another.
Choose and Learn time this week!
Number representing!
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Number representing!
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Number representing!
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Number representing!
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Number representing!
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Building in the construction area!
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Building in the construction area!
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Building in the construction area!
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Being creators - linking with god creating the world
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Being creators - linking with god creating the world
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Being creators - linking with god creating the world
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Building in the construction area!
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Building in the construction area!
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Building in the construction area!
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More colour mixing!
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More colour mixing!
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Week 4
Another fun packed and buy week! Please Note: Christmas card designs will be sent home on Monday (5th) due to forest school on the 2nd and not wanting any to get lost in transit.
In English this week, we continued with our story 'Leo and the Octopus', but included in a new story which we were able to compare with this one. We read 'I'll take you to Mrs Cole!' and found many similarities to 'Leo and the Octopus', including with the main character being a boy who starts out lonely and makes a friend. The year 1s wrote some sentences together comparing the stories and the year 2s continued on with 'Leo and the Octopus', writing setting descriptions with newly learnt grammar, in preparation for their story writing in a few weeks!
In Maths, the year 1s continued with their 5 and a bit learning, representing it on rekenreks (pushable beads on a frame) in different ways, practicing making the number in 'one push', with the idea that the children are able to see/make the number quickly rather than just counting each individual bead to make it. The year 2s were looking at even and odd patterns within the number 10 , recognising that to make 10 you add either 2 even numbers together or 2 odd. We showed this on 10 frames with counters.
In Geography this week we were looking closely at maps , specifically looking at different types of map symbols. To explore this we looked at a variety of maps, including google maps which has symbols on for each place. We learnt that print out maps have a key on the side explaining what the different symbols mean.
Using these symbols, children built their own town/village and included on the map symbols to show what they are.
In Science this week, we were focusing on the sense 'touch' and the children really enjoyed our activity of having to be blindfolded and feel around outside for different things! The aim wasn't to just guess what it was they were feeling, it was to describe the textures they felt to help them with their guessing!
Choose and learn time this week:
For our Science we had a senses activity, exploring different things with our senses.
Along with the theme 'people who help us' , we made some different people who help us in the creative area.
Some children had a go at constructing a large fire engine, using tyres, blocks and a hose! Some children in the creative area had a go with colour mixing!