Due to use having no community meeting this week, we took the opportunity to have a mindfulness crew session instead. This was such a lovely activity where we listened to instrumental music and used our pencil/pen to outline a splatter of paint. You could have heard a pin drop in our classroom yesterday morning. Definitely something we’ll be doing again.
In Crew challenge this week, we had to work together as a small crew to keep the balloon from touching the floor. We realised very quickly that we needed to use small taps and try to hit it straight up. Some great team work.
In grammar this week, we have been learning about regular verbs and how they change based on whether they are in the past, present or future tense. E.g. The dog barked = past tense, The dog barks = present tense, The dog will bark = future tense.
Children worked in pairs to decide whether a sentence was the last, present or future tense.
It was such a pleasure to have Lily-Ann offer to read her book to the Crew today. She read with such a confident voice and demonstrated good sounding and blending when she came across a word she wasn’t sure of. Great work.
Today in grammar, we have been learning about the ‘to have’ verb. We learned that the ‘to have’ verb shows when you own something or hold something.
Has is used when talking about 1 noun.
Have is used for more than one as well as with you and I.
Had is used to show the past tense.
In reading, we continued exploring The Lion and The Unicorn. In this lesson, we took on the role of Lenny and acted out when he ran away. They scampered through the raspberry brushes, weaved through the trees, went through a hole in the hedge and ran through the night.
In maths, we continued our work on number lines. On this occasion, we had some missing number and had to estimate what the number was but also ensuring they were in order.
This week in grammar we have continued to learn about the to be verb and understanding past and present. We had the Carcroft Time Machine which helped us sort our sentences.
Last week, we made Cauliflower pie using basic ingredients. This was an opportunity for us to get a feel for what it was like during the war and the challenges there would have been due to rationing. Everyone pushed the self out if their comfort zone and tried it. There were mixed reviews. Some enjoyed the crunchy top while others preferred the soft inside. Some were pleasantly surprised to discover that they actually really enjoyed it and had seconds.
Last week, we became a human number line to help us understand the different intervals. We started quite simple so children could understand that each person went up a set amount. Once we were feeling more confident with it, we missed some numbers out and children had to work together to figure out the missing intervals.
