Thank you very much to Ava's Daddy who came into school to teach us about Africa. He showed the children lots of photographs and talked about the differences in culture to the United Kingdom. The children were very interested in learning about Africa and they asked some great questions !
This week we have been learning the last 3 trigraphs. These are sounds which use 3 letters together but only make one sound ! These are 'ear', 'air' and 'ure' and we have been learning to hear, read and write these sounds. We have been practising reading our sounds and tricky words in sentences and funny questions and we have been trying to decide whether the questions are real or nonsense.
In Maths this week we have been learning all about 3 d shapes. We have been learning how to describe the shapes using mathematical language and talking about their properties. Can your child tell you about any 3 d shapes that they have learnt this week ? Can they find any cylinders, spheres, cuboids, triangular prisms, pyramids, cones or cubes at home or when you are out and about ? Perhaps you could upload any photos on Tapestry to show us which 3d shapes they have found ?
As part of our topic about African animals we have been learning all about the importance of Camouflage and we have been investigating which colours are more difficult to spot in various environments and habitats.
Hopefully you have received your invitation from your child for our 'Maths Morning' next Friday 20th March. Thank you very much to those parents who have already sent in their reply slip.
The children are really looking forward to showing you all the exciting ways we can have fun with Maths !
A very big 'THANK-YOU' to Mia's Daddy and 'PLANTSCAPE Tree Services' for the generous donation of lots of log slices for our outdoor learning environments.
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