Monthly Archives: April 2016

This Week

This week we have been practising our counting skills in Maths. In particular we have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and applying these skills to problem solving. In English we have continued our poetry topic and the children wrote their own brilliant senses poems with alliteration.  Our focus for PE this week has been preparing for the Sports day events. Please note Sports day is on Wednesday 25^th May and begins at 1:30pm.

Phonics

This week we have learnt the alternative spellings for ‘ar’, ‘or’ and ‘or’. Next week we will be revisiting the alternative spellings for ‘ow’, ‘oi’ and ‘ear’.

Home Learning

For home learning this week I would like the children to practise their multiplication skills. Children either need to practise counting in 10s, to complete the multiplication wheel or to solve the multiplication word problems. For an extra challenge why not draw your own sets or arrays to show other times tables.

Support tips:

• We have been using our fingers to count in 10s, 2s, and 5s, this week.
• We have also been referring to multiplication as ‘lots of’ so rather than saying 2 multiplied or times by 2 we have been saying 2 lots of 2 is 4.
• Drawing sets/ arrays has also helped the children with their multiplication this week. Please see the pictures below.

3 x 2 =                                  ( sets of )                                    3 x 2=                       (array)

Please don’t forget the children will need clothes for forest school on Tuesday.

Many thanks

Rachel Kitaruth, Laura Dix and Sam Barnes

rkitaruth@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

Important dates

Thursday 19^th May- Humanities day- children to dress in either historical or geographical themes.

Wednesday 25^th May- Class photos

Wednesday 25^th May- KS1 Sports day 1:30pm

Tuesday 7^th June- St Piran class assembly 2pm onwards (Parents/carers are invited to come and watch our class assembly and look at their children’s learning in the classroom)

This Week

This week we continued exploring our new topic Brilliant Bodies. In English we have been learning about senses poetry and we learnt a song about our senses.  Our learning in Maths has continued with Place Value. We have been using shapes and objects to represent numbers and cracking codes to work out the hidden value of shapes. We have also been revisiting most, least, more than and less than, and using them in sentences. Yesterday we went down to the beach to create our own beach art. The children made some excellent pieces of art and were great ambassadors for our class and our school.

Phonics

This week we have learnt the alternative spellings for ‘sh’, ‘ai’ and ‘igh’.’. Next week we will be revisiting the alternative spellings for ‘ar’, ‘or’ and ‘ur’.

Home Learning

For home learning this week I would like the children to write their own senses poem of their choice. They might like to use our recent beach trip for inspiration and write a beach senses poem, or perhaps they would like to write a forest based senses poem. For an extra challenge include adjectives, alliteration and similes in your poem.

Support tips:

• Discuss the five senses with your child.
• Help them decide where they would like to set their poem.
• Use the sentence starters below.
• Encourage your child to sound out when spelling.

I can see . . .

I can hear . . .

I can smell . . .

I can feel . . .

I can taste. . .

Many thanks

Rachel Kitaruth, Laura Dix and Sam Barnes

rkitaruth@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

Important dates

Thursday 19^th May- Humanities day- children to dress in either historical or geographical themes.

Wednesday 25^th May- Class photos

Wednesday 25^th May- KS1 Sports day 1:30pm