This week we learned all about our environment by answering the question, “How can we help our environment?”  We read the story ‘Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish’ about a man that ruined the earth by building factories everywhere. The children wrote a letter to the man, asking him not to ruin the earth by writing sentences, such as ‘please do not cut down the trees, the animals will die, it will be smelly and dirty’, etc.

During topic time, we looked at photos of beautiful scenery in our country, such as hills, trees, lakes and landscapes then contrasted them with photos of unkempt areas, with litter, factories and pollution. We talked about what we noticed and what we preferred and discussed how we can make our environment better, by picking up litter, using renewable energy We explored recycling different materials into categories and learned that recycling means less waste being left in our world.

We enjoyed tasting our salad leaves that we have grown from seed this summer too. We tried lettuce, basil and parsley. They all smelled and tasted different! The onions and radishes haven't finished growing yet, so we've left them outside to grow a little more.

In maths, we found the total of two numbers by using manipulatives of our choice, such as 10 frames, counters or numicon. We selected two number number cards then worked out the total, by ‘proving it’ to each other using our chosen method of calculation. We then wrote our number sentences down.

Our Monster Phonics this week, we have been practising reading and writing ccvcc words with previously taught digraphs.  We also learned 3 new tricky words: Mr, Mrs, don't. We also read the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears, to practise this skill.  Please continue to read with your child regularly.  It really makes a difference to their confidence and fluency. Please also continue to use spelling shed.  Again, this really helps the children to develop confidence and fluency with their segmenting and spelling skills. 

Have a lovely weekend!