We have had a lovely week in the Hedgehogs class this week. We have done a lot of practical, fun learning this week so look below to find out what we have been learning about this week!

Maths

In our Maths learning, we have been continuing to count in our 2s, 5s and 10s, but we have been understanding how to use this knowledge to count equal groups. See if you can count the pictures below! Remember, you only need to count one group first, and then you can count in your 2s, 5s or 10s as they are all equal!

We also looked at arrays. Arrays are a way of arranging objects, numbers, or pictures into rows and columns. We learned that arrays are helpful to count objects correctly. They are also good for exploring and counting in groups too! Here are some arrays that we made using 20 cubes!

English

In our English, we have been working really hard in writing our own innovated stories of the 'Bridge' this week. We carefully planned our stories over two days, and then we wrote them over two days. The children produced their best pieces of writing yet, and the stories were so creative! The children loved doing them so much, that they created front covers for their stories and we have a book in our classroom with their stories typed up so they can read them at any time! Well done Hedgehogs! Can you remember what your story was about? How did your story start? What was the problem in your story?

Science

In our Science this week, the children have been doing some experiments to explore their senses. Here is what we have done this week.

Touch and Smell - We talked about our sense of touch and smell is good to alert us of any dangers, and to let us know about our surroundings. The children had to rely on their senses alone to work out what things were inside a box, and what things could they smell! We touched rocks, herbs, foil, lime and even baked beans! We smelled toothpaste, coffee beans, cheese, garlic and the worst of all, vinegar! You can find the photos below.

Sight - We also did a quick experiment to see how our sight can change for some of us. We talked about how some people need glasses or contact lenses to see. We looked at an image to explore what short-sightedness looked like for these people. You can use this link to have a look at this at home.

Hearing - We also looked at how sound travels through our ears through sound waves to hit our ear drum. We looked at how listening to loud noises for too long can damage our ears. We explored what noises were loud and what noises were quiet using an online soundmeter (which you can have a go at using at home here!)

Computing 

In our Computing, we looked at creating our photo stories, using plans we created last week. The children learned how to take a good photo with the IPAD. We learned that bad photos may be blurry, or have people in the background, or may be too dark/bright. Here are some of their examples of photograph stories below!

Phonics and Spellings

This week in our phonics, we have been recapping the ir, ur, oo and oo digraphs. Please use the Monster Phonics booklets to practise any sounds covered this week. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Armishaw