Weekly update 23rd February 2015

Welcome back after the half term break. We hope you had a wonderful time and are ready for another busy half term.

 

Maths

This week in Maths we will learning about weighing and time.

The Year 1 children need to compare 2 or more weights by direct comparison, measure weights using uniform non-standard measures and read the time to the hour on an analogue clock.

The Year 2 children will need estimate, measure and compare weights in kilograms and grams. Read the time to the hour and half hour on analogue and digital clocks

Some websites to help with this are:-

Measurement

http://www.edukate.net/special_files/ruler.swf use this site to practice measuring the ‘red bar’. If you can though, measuring objects around the house is a much more practical way of measuring in centimetres.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/measures/index.htm click on Reading Length.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ntrack ordering numbers on a number track. Can your child recognise the numbers? Are they able to order them? Can they locate the missing number?

http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/ruler/ruler_cm_easy.swf measure the length of the lines using the on screen ruler

http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/ruler/ruler_cm.swf move the ruler to the line to measure it in centimetres

http://www.counton.org/games/circus/ just as a bit of a continuation of the circus theme...choose the Pole Climber, Maths Pairs or Shapes and Numbers activities. With the Pole climber activity, start on level one and then see how high you can go – subtraction begins at Level 3!

http://www.numeracyworld.com/addition%20worksheets.html I have been really pleased with the number of children who have been printing off some of the activities from the websites on the blog, so this is should be a big help! It has lots of printable sheets for you to print off and practice at home for all areas of numeracy. Some are more difficult than others, but have a look through for the topic we are covering this week for some extra practice.

Time

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Higher&Lower-Reveal&Orderv4.swf select o’clock and half past, then order the cards in order of time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/5_7entry/4.shtml identify the correct hour on the clock and then order in terms of time

http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html can you get the mouse to run up the clock to eat the cheese?

The children are also working on being able to order the days of the week and the months of the year. Why not use this as an opportunity to work on the spelling of these?

 

English 

This week we are learning about letters, posters and labels. The children will be looking at a variety of posters and paying particular attention to the language used and what the poster is telling us. The children will then be designing their own bedroom posters. We will be talking about labels and looking at clothes labels. The children will be thinking and writing about their favourite T-shirt and why. They will then be designing labels for these T-shirts. Finally, the children will look at a shopping list and how punctuation is used in them.

Ask your child what their favourite item of clothing is and how they feel when they wear them.

Have a go at some fun online literacy games.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html

Topic

This week we will start our new topic for this half-term called ‘Humans and other Animals’.

It is a really interesting topic that covers a wide range of subjects including science and art.  Children will be able to name human body parts & senses & compare them with those of common animals. Draw pictograms using data about differences between people, for example, hair colour & discuss the needs of pets. So your children will hopefully be coming home with lots of interesting facts to tell you!

 

This week the children will be learning about parts of the human body, including some internal organs such as the heart, brain and the lungs.

 

Interesting fact – did you know that your nose and ears continue growing throughout your entire life?  And - as well as having unique fingerprints, humans also have unique tongue prints!

 

Come and See

We will be starting a new topic called “Meals.” The children will be exploring families and groups that share special meals.

          

 

We will ask the children to share their experiences of a special meal; it might have been a birthday party, Christmas, First Holy Communion or a Baptism celebration.

·         When might you have a special meal?

·         What makes a meal special?  

·         Who was there?

·         Who prepared the meal? 

·         What did you share?

·         How did you help?

·         What did you like best about it?  

·         How did it make you feel?

 

The children will work with a talk partner to share memories of a special meal and discuss why it was special.

 

We hope you have a great week!

The Key Stage 1 team.