We have had another fantastic week of fact finding and celebrations. We have re-enacted the coronations of both Queen Elizabeth and King Charles, we discussed the similarities and differences between these two wonderful events. We found out that in Saturdays coronation Camilla was crowned as Queen but with Queen Elizabeths coronation Prince Philip wasn’t crowned as King. This is because traditionally Kings always reign, and Phillip could not out rank the Queen.
We have learnt more about King Charles and made a timeline to show his life. We are looking forward to learning about Queen Victoria next week and how she changed traditions and inspired new trends such as a white wedding dress and tiered cakes.
Royal Family Challenge
Thank you for all your fact finding at home, the children have enjoyed sharing their research with the class and we have been impressed with their creativity with brilliant videos from BBC Jude, Barnaby, Danny and Jude and so much more! Unfortunately we didn’t get to share everyone’s wonderful work so we will continue on Monday. Well done everyone!
Maths: This week we have continued looking at the numbers 6-10 and made our own human number line, which was great fun. We have described where the numbers sit on the number line, e.g 3 is AFTER 2 but BEFORE 4, 3 is BETWEEN 2 and 4. Please can you make your own number line at home and practice the stem sentences to describe where each number sits.
‘Without mathematics, there`s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is number’
Shakuntala Devi
English: We are busy writing up the caveman next door using our story maps and actions to help us remember our sentences. We have all enjoyed this book written by Tom Tinn-Disbury about Ogg the caveman and how his friend Penny helps him live in the modern age.
PE: We loved our joint PE lesson with Year 2, they were great role models and helped us develop our underarm and overarm throwing skills. PE will be back to normal next week and will continue to be on Mondays and Fridays.
Library
This afternoon we loved our visit to the library we enjoyed choosing our own books to take home. We will be going again after half term so bring in your library cards if you would like your child to take a book home. If you do not have a library card and would like one, please let me know. There is a party for Elmer at the library on Saturday 27th May 10am-11am.
Let’s Celebrate:
Well done to our awardees: Two Bobby Bee certificates for their enthusiasm in RWI.
Henry is going home with this person for a super week in school, well done:)
Reading Challenge: Well done to these children who recieved their certificates, there are so many that are very close, keep up the hard work :).
Reminders:
We are walking to Church on Thursday to attend Mass, please ensure your child has a suitable coat as the weather has been unpredictable recently.
Please can you try and bring in healthy snacks for your children to eat at break times, we always have fruit in school that the children can have.
Please can you double check that all items of clothing are labelled.
Please bring in spare clothes for your child.
Please check the home learning section for the homework,
Please make sure you don’t bring any nuts in for snack or in packed lunches, thank you.
Please can you ensure that your children do not bring any valuables into school as they can easily go missing.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond, Miss Johnson and Mrs Carragher