Week Beginning 30th September

Maths

• Use fact families for addition and subtraction to 20
• Write fact families using bar models
• For this bar model we could write number facts such as: 20=5+15, 5+15=20, 20-5=15, 20-15=5
• Recognise number sentences
• Make number bonds to 20 using counters and tens frames
• Use inverse operations to check calculations

English

• Genre this week is songs and repetitive poems
• Study the poem: 'If I had Wings' by Pie Corbett and write our own version but changing it to 'If I had Fins'
• Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify eg. the blue butterfly
• Use commas to separate items in a list
• Identify nouns and adjectives in sentences
• Homophone of the week: 'not' and 'knot'

IPC

• Use a selection of everyday materials and objects to make sounds
• Explore 'pitch' and learn the difference between 'pitch' and 'volume'
• Investigate light thinking about sources of light and those things which reflect light
• Investigate a selection of different materials to help decide which material would be the best to make accessories so we can be seen in the dark

Events this week:

• Thursday 3rd October: Prep School Harvest Festival, 8.45 am.  You are all warmly invited to join us for this event

Events on the horizon:

• Monday 7th October: Year 1 and Year 2 Trip to The Life Centre Newcastle, all day.  If you would like to offer your services to come and help out on this trip please let Miss Hall Know.  Names will then be drawn out of a hat
• Friday 11th October: Phonics Parents Workshop.  3.30pm-4.30pm in Year 2 classroom