Children on the challenge table have been showing off their independent skills, as they answer abstract maths questions. Well done to Kingsley and Dallas who have been independently using maths manipulative to answer questions. Crew Farrow are very proud of you! ✨
Category : Crew Ramsey 25/26
Measuring in maths.
Last half term, we started measuring our growing plants to see how big they would get. We were amazed to discover that in just three weeks they had grown an incredible 60cm tall!
This week’s maths focus is all about measuring and comparing size. Today we explored our classroom, measuring different objects and seeing what we could build. As our structures got taller, we practised measuring them and comparing their heights.
We also developed our counting skills by adding one more resource each time and then remeasuring to see how the height changed. This helped us to understand measurement, counting, and the concept of “one more” in a fun and practical way.
Practicing our fast running!
With the field marked out into lanes, we decided to practise how fast we could run while also learning the importance of staying in our own lane. The children showed good listening skills, waiting to start until they heard “GO!”. There was some fantastic running and listening throughout the activity. We’ve enjoyed the nice weather over the past few days, burning off some energy.
Have a lovely half term 🙂
Colourful Semantics
Today we used colourful semantics to talk about our activity. Colourful semantics is used for sentence building to help children understand how to make a sentence and the order we put our words and phrases in. The children first start with a “who, doing, what?” structure, which is then built upon depending on their understanding.
Today’s activity involved more planting, and today we planted thyme, basil, and oregano.
Independent Writing!
This week we have started our independent write about an endangered animal searching for food. We have loved inventing a new story… here we are using our plans and resources to help us produce beautiful stories.
5 x Readers In KS1!
Here are our magazines all lined up ready to go for Friday’s assembly! If your child has read 5 times at home this week – and it is recorded in their reading record – they will get a raffle ticket for our VERY EXCITING raffle in Friday’s community meeting!
2 winners will be chosen each week at random and they will be invited to select a comic book from this gorgeous range!
This week there will be 4 winners due to last weeks assembly being cancelled.
We cannot wait to see who our first winners are!
You’ve got to be in it to win it: 5 reads, over 5 days, recorded in planners.
Finding Fractions!
Crew Ramsay got stuck into some Concrete Maths to conceptually understand fractions of an amount. We divided an amount into 4 equal parts to ‘see’ the quarters. We then found 3/4 of the amount by adding 3 of the equal parts together. Here we are getting stuck into some part, part whole activities.
Mastering Doubles and Near Doubles
Today, Crew Ramsay learned how to use our knowledge of doubles to make near doubles. We added 1 more to known doubles on the rekenreks to see the structure of near doubles. Here we are recording expressions and getting stuck in!
Blending in Phonics.
Using our anchor charts in Phonics today, we often use these whilst in choosing, but today we sat and did the whole lot! Well-done Alexis, great blending!
Plant Progress.
After a week the beans started to sprout! Look how excited we are 🙂
This was them after 2 weeks! Look how tall they are! Notice the difference with 4 days? WOW! We measure each day and write it on our chart. We’re excited to see how much they grow over the weekend.
The seeds we harvested from our tomatoes have even started to grow! Amazing!
