Learning News K/1

Writing

We have started our unit all about fairy tales. Look at some of our amazing descriptions of Jack from Jack and the Bean Stalk!

Maths

In Kindergarten for the next 3 weeks, we will be focusing on addition. Here are a few ideas to practice at home!

• playing adding board games such as Snakes and Ladders
• using everyday materials to model addition. For example, start with 5 spoons from the cutlery drawer, now add 4 more spoons. How many are there altogether? 
• Encourage your child to help you when out shopping by counting and collecting objects to put into the basket, e.g. ‘Can you get 2 apples? (add more) How many do we have altogether?’
• When playing with building bricks or small toys, encourage your child to count how many of each colour or size. 
• Play simple board games and encourage your child to count the spots shown on the dice and the number of spaces to move. 
• Sing number-themed ......... counting rhymes and use your fingers or small props to help count the items, e.g. 10 Green Bottles. 
• Watch Number Blocks with your child and discuss the concepts. Each episode has been carefully crafted with the help of the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics) and it helps children to see how numbers really work − and master a new key math skill with every adventure.

Year 1 are continuing to focus on multiplication until the end of Week 3. Please continue to practice these things at home!

• playing skip counting games or taking turns to count by 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s
• using 5c, 10c or $2 coins to skip count money
• drawing a skip counting hopscotch path with chalk. Use the hopscotch path in reverse to skip count backwards.

Geography

This term in Geography, we are learning all about ‘Local Places’. Last week, we explored all of the natural, managed and constructed places in our school!

Science

In Science this week, we started our new unit for the term. K/1 discussed the difference between light and sound and played a Light & Sound board game to consolidate their understanding!

Please remember to continue to read your home readers and tricky words each night!