In our lesson today we were recognising and finding half of a quantity. We know from our previous lessons that finding a half is when there are two equal groups. Around the room we had different numbers that the children worked in groups to find half of.
We then talked about having an odd numbers. We cannot find a half of an odd number as there will always be a spare.
Today 1/2K started our new Maths unit. We began by introducing the vocabulary “heavier” and “lighter”. We then looked at different objects around the room to find out which objects were heavier/lighter than others.
After that we started an investigation. We wanted to measure the mass of three items in our classroom. The children did this using a scale and cubes. We discussed around the importance of accuracy when we were conducting our experiment.
In Maths this week we have been exploring the numbers 11-16. We used our tens frames to represent the numbers and found that they all had 1 ten. We had to make sure that when we write them that the 1 always goes first (because it’s a bossy teen!)
Before starting the teen numbers, we recapped all the different ways we could make 10.
This week 1/2K have been recognising coins and notes. We have ordered them from the lowest to the highest values, discussed the materials they are made out of and used an online piggy bank to help us recognise the different coins.
What we got up to last week:
In PE we have been continuing to work on our team work skills. The children were split into small groups and had the task of getting across the playground using only two skipping ropes without falling off. They were amazing!
In Maths we have been looking at subtraction. We looked at this in a variety of different ways.
Kindness Week: We have loved all of our kindness week activities as part of our new case study! We have made kindness badges (with the help of our lovely Year 6 students) to remind everyone to be kind. We talked about the importance of friendships and what it takes to be a good friend! We had a very special visit from some nurses for our Safe Touch talk. We discussed the importance of positive relationships, what they look like and the importance of trusted adults.
Maths:
This week 1/2K have been getting active in the classroom. We’ve been enjoying some counting exercises to warm up for Maths! We have also been bringing technology into the classroom during our Maths lesson and working in pairs to develop our team working skills.
English:
This week we have been learning all about independent clauses that contain a subject and a verb with a little help from Beyoncé. We used pictures from our class story to inspire our writing and the children wrote some excellent sentences! I’m so proud of them.
Art:
As part of our remembrance topic, we have been creating Poppy art. First we drew our poppies using wax crayons. Then we used the water colours to create a background. We were able to wash over our wax crayon picture without it smudging; it was like magic! The children talked about using different colours to represent the smoke there might have been or browns puddles to make mud. We also made poppies using wire, buttons and cupcake cases. It was very fiddly but we are so pleased with the result.
Crew:
As part of our We Care Wednesday, we were exploring the nature of friendships and discussing what it takes to be a great friends. We decided that the most important quality in a friend is to be kind and caring.
This afternoon we explored systematic number bonds. We used the iPads to display a tens frame that we could use to work out all of the different ways to make up numbers.
This afternoon we have been using a whole part model. They used the whole part model to work out some simple additions.
