Just before half term, Class 1 planted out broad beans, radishes, potatoes carrots and lettuce.  The children were very excited to see that they have all been growing.  We asked Sue in the kitchen if she could use some of our produce for school dinners.  Today some of us had salad with the lettuce picked from our garden patch – Yum!

The children have been using directional language to get their toys from one place to another.

This week the children have been in charge of their maths activities.  On Monday a couple of children wanted to set up a shop.  We discussed what they needed to do this.  Several more children then joined in.   The children began writing prices tags, then taking on the role of shopper and shop keeper.   Some children used their maths knowledge to add and subtract to work out how much they needed to pay / how much change to give.  Some children started to recognise that £1 is 100 pennies, but as that was a lot to count out they needed to group in 10’s, this then led to children using the 10p coins instead of of lots of pennies.

As the week has gone on more children have wanted to set up shop!   Yesterday we looked at healthy foods, so a group of children decided that the shoppers would need a cafe so they could have a rest after shopping.  Today we say children writing menus with healthy food on, taking orders  and enjoying using the cafe.

All through the week, the adults in class have joined in and moved children on with their learning as and when needed.

Well done Class 1, so far we have seen some super counting, grouping, adding, subtracting and some wonderful organisation skills.   I wonder what will happen next…

We are very excited to announce we have become butterfly parents today!  4 of the 5 butterflies have now emerged from their cocoons. The children have been busy giving them names.

At the beginning of term, 5 tiny caterpillars arrived in class.

They then began to eat rather a lots and got bigger every day.

Just like the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, our caterpillars became full and wrapped themselves up into their cocoon.  We were amazed to see how much the cocoons wiggled!

Today Class 1 practised running around with a number 0 -20, then getting themselves into the correct order on the signal.

Over the next few days we will be concentrating on counting back (early subtraction).

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Today the children in Class 1 practised writing their numbers, some did a numberline all the way to 100!

The children have impresssed me with their adding skills this week.