This week we have continued our learning all about The Great Fire of London and learned about what changes happened afterwards so that the awful fire didn’t happen again.  The houses were rebuilt using stone and brick and were not allowed to be built using wood again. They were built much further apart and the streets were made wider.  Fire fighters were also employed and fire carts were introduced with equipment to put out fires in the future.

In English we wrote simple sentences about what we may hear, feel, see and smell in the Great Fire, following on from last week’s lesson.  The children wrote ‘It is hot’ or ‘I will run’, etc, using the phonics they have learned to date.  They are beginning to develop more independence with this, and hear the sounds in simple words more confidently.

In maths we explored the composition of 5 by using Numicon shapes to place together to make 5.  We found 4 and 1, 2 and 3, 1 and 1 and 1 and 2, 3 and 1 and 1 etc. There were lots of ways to make 5. We talked about the parts of 5 and the whole. We then played a game to help with our conceptual understanding of 5, where Mrs Riley place 5 bears under a pot, then she took some out. We looked at the amount out of the pot and could say how many were underneath!  Some of us used mark making to help us with our calculation.  We are getting really good at recalling the number bonds to 5 without counting.

We had a fantastic day on Tuesday, where we watched the Pantomime, 'Jack and the Beanstalk' in school.  It was so much fun and the children loved it.  Thank you to the PTFA for this treat.  

In Monster Phonics this week we learned the digraph ‘ar’.  We know that Tricky Witch has changed the sounds a and r to make an ar sound. We worked together on different writing and reading activities associated with this digraph and our tricky words too.

A reminder that our Christmas party is next Tuesday afternoon. You will find a slip in your child's book bag, asking for a specific food contribution, please. Many thanks.

Have a lovely weekend!