We hope that you enjoyed our assembly this week and thank you for visitng the classroom afterwards.
          
We were very excited this week when Rothamstead came to film us singing 'Fertilizer'! The children were amazing and Erin and Gary, from Rothamstead were very impressed. Here is a link so you you can share how fab they were!
Today we have been getting excited about the royal wedding! In the morning we made crowns and bunting and joined in the Royal Run. During the afternoon we have enjoyed the wedding picnic and played games. Have a look at our photos to see what fun we had!
                                
Please
ask your child to tell you the story this weekend. You could also ‘innovate’
with this story by changing the vegetable that is grown and by changing the
characters who try and pull it up!
This week in maths we were learning about sharing equally. We used practical apparatus in our first lesson. In pairs we shared 10 cubes equally between us. We said one to you one for me until all 10 cubes had be shared equally. We talked about what would happen if we were sharing 9 cubes.
We then used 20 cubes
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Can
you share the cubes between 5 friends?
20
shared between 5 equals ____
Can
you share the cubes between 2 friends?
20
shared between 5 equals ____
Can
you share the cubes between 5 friends?
20
shared between 5 equals ____
You may like to try this at
home
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Which
of these numbers - 12, 15, 20, 27, 30 can be shared equally between
2
groups
5
groups
10
groups
Ask
your child to explain how they know.
In our next lesson we recorded our thinking
and then challenged ourselves to solve simple word problems.
Please keep practising:
·
counting in 2s to 20 backwards and forwards
·
counting in 10s to 100 backwards and forwards
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counting in 5s to 50 backwards and forwards
doubles
(double 1,2,3,4, 5) first to double 5 then to double 10 (double 6, 7,8,9,10)
either use Hit the Button or play Hubble Bubble
After
counting in 2s 5s and 10s ask your child
·
how many 2s there are in14
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how many 5s there are in 25
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how many 10s there are in 40
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Will 13 or 18 be in the count of 2s – prove it
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Will 24 or 30 be in the count of 5s – prove it
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Will 30 or 13 be in the count of 10s – prove it
This will really help your child in their
lessons.
In Geography this
week we looked at a map of the world and located and named the
continents. We then watched two video
clip of Barnaby Bear in Mexico. You
may like to look at these at home and talk about the similarities and differences
between how we shop in Harpenden and the type of food we eat compared to
people in Mexico. We noticed they ate
a lot of corn that grew in the local fields.
Next we used a map
of the world and talked about where different food was grown. We made links to our learning about the
rainforest, remembering banana trees like hot humid weather.
We have also made maps of a Mexico village, and included a key and compass. At home please encourage your child to make a map of their bedroom, house, garden or even their local area.           Next week we will be working with a partner to become 'TV Chefs'! This week we have written our recipes for our Mexican dips. We will take turns to use our D&T skills to make our dips, and use IPads to record each other, using our computing skills. the year One team |
