This week in Falcon class….

·        In Literacy this week we have been busy retelling the story of 'Handa's Surprise.' We read the story and watched a short video clip before writing down the main events. We have also been busy writing messages in our Mother's Day cards.

·        In Maths this week we have been busy recognising 2D shapes and describing their properties. We have also been working on recognising and ordering numbers to 20.

·        In our Topic work this week we have been learning a song for our class assembly next week. In science, we took part in an investigation to find out which material was the most visible in the dark and in art we have been busy making Mother's Day cards and gifts - we hope you like them!

     Finally, a big thank you to all of the Mums and Grandmas who came into school on Friday afternoon. :) 

A message for our Mums!

This week in Falcon Class...

  - In Literacy this week we have been reading the story ‘Handa’s Hen. ’ We talked about where the story was set and created a story map to show the main points of the story. We then had a go at retelling the story in our writing.
-In Maths this week we have been working on our subtraction skills. We took away small groups of objects from ten and recorded our work in a number sentence.

  - In our Topic work this week we have been thinking about animals that feature in the ‘Handa’ stories. We talked about where you would find the animals and had a go at painting a picture of one of them. In science we made some puppets and then used a torch to create shadows of our puppets on the classroom walls. We also celebrated National Science Week by investigating how to make a balloon rocket!

Science Week!

During science week we took part in an experiment to find out how to make a balloon rocket. We tied a balloon to a piece of string and found out what happened when we blew different amounts of air into the balloon and then let go. 

This week in Falcon class….

• In Literacy this week we have been reading the story ‘Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted.’ We talked about where she lived and made a map of the different locations on the island. We then described what the island was like during the thunderstorm.  
• In Maths this week we have been practising our addition skills. We added small groups of objects together and recorded our work in a number sentence. We also tried to find all of the different ways to make ten e.g. 1+9, 2+8, 3+7 etc.
• In our Topic work this week we have been thinking about different sources of light. We painted a picture of a light source and tried to figure out if it was natural or man-made. On Monday we took part in some maths-based activities as part of World Maths Day and we also watched lots of fantastic experiments during the ‘Mad Science’ assembly.

Thank you to all of the parents who attended World Maths Day – we had lots of fun!

This week in Falcon Class...

• In Literacy this week we have been reading the story ‘Harry and the dinosaurs go on holiday!’ We talked about the kind of things that Harry might need to take with him on holiday and then wrote a list of what he should take. We also looked at an image from the story and wrote a caption to describe what was happening.
• In Maths this week we have been working on our data handling skills! We carried out some surveys to find out which were the most popular colours, food and pancake toppings in the class.
• In our Topic work this week we have been busy making seaside pictures, linked to the story that we have been reading this week. We talked about what you might find on a beach and compared it to Caythorpe. We also took part in the pancake races and talked about why we eat them at this time of year. On Friday we celebrated World Book Day and had a great time looking at all of the book-themed creations!

World Book Day continued....

During World Book Day we painted a picture of part of our favourite books. We were also lucky enough to share our books with some children from Osprey.