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Weekly Update 12.01.24
Posted: Jan 11, 2024 by: Miss Cotterill (e.cotterill) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Hello and Happy New Year!
It was lovely to welcome so many smiling faces back to school this week. I think after the Christmas holidays the children have definitely recharged their batteries! Everyone has been ready and engaged with our new learning.
In English for this half term we will be looking at Traditional Tales. Cinderella is our first focus text and we have been writing from the perspective of both Cinderella and Prince Charming. We have used role play and thought tracking to support us with writing thought/feeling bubbles for these characters at different points in the story.
In Maths, Year 1 have been consolidating numbers to 20. We have been ordering and comparing numbers using vocabulary such as 'greater than' 'less than' 'equal to'. We did briefly talk about the crocodile symbols (> <) but this will be revisited later in the year. We have finished the week with addition (within 20) as counting on using a number line. Year 2 have been consolidating addition and subtraction. We have been practising the range of strategies that have been taught so far and the children have been using them to solve word problems. Next week we will be starting multiplication and division!
Our Topic for Spring term is called Yeadon Explorers. For our first lesson we spent some time recapping on the 7 continents and the 5 oceans of the world. We listened to the Hopscotch song which are a great way to learn them! Here are the links if you would like to share them at home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BE4VcYngQ
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Cotterill