As Sports Day is quickly approaching, the children have been putting in their final preparations around school. There has usually been a race or two to the classroom door in the morning and the field has been a hive of activity in the sunshine.
In English the children have done reading activities linked to topic work. Plants, animals and conservation have been the topics of interest. They have answered comprehension questions by recording and have learned to re-read passages to gain a greater understanding when using non-fiction texts. Some of the groups have done RWI where they have moved onto Non-Fiction texts and have been writing about their own experiences related to what they have read about. The children finished the week off by talking and writing about specific animals and birds in Britain which are on the verge of being extinct and said what might be causing this to happen.
In Maths the children have moved onto the area of Place Value. They have initially counted up to and beyond 100 objects by grouping them into 10’s and 1’s. We then moved onto them partitioning into 10’s and 1’s. At the end of the week we compared numbers containing hundreds, tens and ones.
In Science the children have been focussing on trees and have learned about the deciduous and evergreen trees around them in Bicton. They did some leaf identification, rubbings and then annotated diagrams of their favourite within the school grounds. They have already planted their broad beans and have devised a diary to track its progress. They all look to be growing really well and the children helped to saw a few canes down to support them too!
In Topic the children have collected their natural materials to go towards our conservation work of the school grounds. Animal homes, monitoring screens and hides are next on the agenda. We have also looked at local hills surrounding Shropshire, alongside work done about the River Seven.
I would like to say an enormous well done to all of the children who did the Phonics screening check. They all did very well and it was such a pleasure listening to how much they have all improved.
We would like to also say congratulations to Martha for getting Star of the Week award. Martha has been offering lots of insightful and helpful contributions to whole class and group discussions. She has also been a good friend around school.
I hope that you have a lovely weekend together and I look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Mr Mavin