This week we have been continued learning about space. We have been using Google Earth to look at space and zoom into planet earth, including seeing a close up of Valentine Primary School from above. We have continued to use the story ‘Whatever Next!’ We have been looking at non-fiction books about space and learning how to use the contents page and page numbers. We have introduced two more 3D shapes – cuboid and cylinder and also continued to use cube and cone. The children explored which shapes are good for building and which shapes roll. We have been finding these in the classroom and using them as a way to build our rockets to make them stand out more. We have been working on using our sound cards to help us form letters to help baby bear learn about space.
Our words of the week are ‘exhausted’ and ‘anger’. We acted out scenarios of when we have felt angry and how it made us feel. We have talked about how we can use the comfort zones to help us calm down. We have discussed these words and the children gave examples of when these words applied to them.
In Maths, we have learnt all about the number nine and creating our own personal methods to solve number problems. We have introduced them to sets and how we can group a number of objects based on their similarities, such as colour, shape or form. We have been solving problems involving one more and one less, using our personal methods to help us.
In Phonics, we have learnt how to read and write /m/ and /d/. For these sounds, we use cued articulation to ensure that we are pronouncing pure sounds. The letter formation rhymes for these sounds are as follows: m- down Maisie, over the mountain, over the mountain; d- around the dinosaurs bottom, up his long neck and down to his feet.
We are continuing to develop our ability to be independent and how to solve problems using the resources, including friends. We have come up with 4 strategies to help them children be independent which are displayed in the classrooms. They are – brainbox, friends, learning dinosaurs then adults.
If you have any questions about what your child is learning, please email your child’s class teacher.
Year R team
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