Researching our Design Project
The budding designers in Year 1 are wanting to make their own playground. As part of our research, we went into our own playground to see what designers before us have achieved!! While we were there, we had a bit of fun investigating how to use the equipment!! Watch this space to see our own designs. 
Maths: Understanding Data
In Maths we have been collecting data on Class 2’s favourite toys and showing our findings in bar charts. Some of the bar charts the children have created this week have been incredible. They can answer questions about a bar chart, too: What is the most popular toy? What are the two least popular toys? Also, they can draw a pictogram to show their findings. In one of our lessons, we wanted to find out Class 2’s favourite football team. Disappointingly, Manchester Utd was the most popular team so I took that out of our findings. Here, Cubes group represent our data in the form of a 3-D bar chart.
Literacy: Instructions
Follwing on from writing their own instructions, Class 2 have had the opportunity to make something. We decided to make some sandwiches so why not ask your child for your favourite one and they should be able to make it for you! Here are some pictures of the fun learning:
To tie in with our topic this term, Toybox, the children this week will be learning how to make a paper aeroplane – so I apologise in advance if your home turns into a landing strip. At the end of this week, ask your child to instruct you to make a paper aeroplane and see if they can use:
- time connectives (then, after, first, finally etc)
- numbers for a list
- ‘bossy’ verbs (place, fold, put, bend, touch, go)
Practical Maths
One of our Year 1 pupils estimated that there were 30 Smarties in his box. He then counted them and wasn’t far off. There were 27!
Next, he sorted them into colours and wrote down the correlating number and number name.
The whole class enjoyed learning how to estimate and write number names.
Enjoying Golden Time
Class Assembly
Well done to the whole class for an excellent effort with their class assembly!
Don’t forget ‘Relax and Read’ every Wednesday!
Class Novel: A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch
Following on from our first class novel (‘The Worst Witch’), Class 2 have entered into the world of Mildred Hubble again in ‘A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch’. If you answer a question right about the story then you become one of the lucky ones to wear Mildred Hubble’s own hat!
Those who wear the hat are said to inherit her magical powers. Luckily none of the children have turned me into a frog yet!
New Literacy Module: Instructions (Video)
The children have started their new literacy learning, which is all about instructions. We have been practising reading and writing instructions, and even doing the actions!
Tomorrow we are going to see if we can write some instructions on how to make a sandwich!
PE with Leeds Met Sports Coaching Students
Year 3 are just one of a number of classes who are currently working with Sports Coaching students from Leeds Met as part of their school placement. The sessions have been very active and enjoyable with the children learning and practising lots of multiskills.
