Happy Friday everybody! We hope you are feeling well and have had a lovely week. This week in Key Stage 1 we have been looking at the story "Rosie's Walk" and making changes to it to create our own zig zag books. We have also been practicing our addition skills in maths.
Odd Socks Day - Monday 15th November
On Monday, we are participating in "Odd Socks Day" to mark Anti-Bullying Week. Taking part could not be simpler - all your child needs to do (and you if you feel inclined!) is wear odd socks to school on Monday! In class, we will be exploring the theme of "One Kind Word" and linking this message to our Right to having the best possible health, including mental health (Article 24).
Children In Need - Friday 19th November
This year to celebrate Children in Need, we will be having a pyjama day at school on Friday 19th November. Children can wear their favourite PJs to school, however please remember that all children still need to wear sensible outdoor shoes so that they will be safe going outside, and to also bring a coat.
The children will be taking part in fun activities during the day, with prizes and rewards to be won. Suggested donation is £1 per child to raise money for such a great cause, but you can give more if you wish. There will be a bucket for donations at the gate during morning drop off.
Children in Need has strong links to our work on SMSC and RRS. We will be looking at the charities that Children in Need supports and making specific links to the Spiritual and Social threads of SMSC and to the following RRS Articles :
Article 1: All children under 18 have all the rights in the convention.
Article 23: Any child with a disability must be provided with support so they can live as fully and independently as possible.
Article 27: All children have the right to a good standard of living which meets their physical, social and mental needs.
We thank you for taking part and can’t wait to see everyone in their favourite PJs! If you want to find out more you can check out all of the information here.
Together we can change young lives - BBC Children in Need
Home Learning
If for any reason your child is unable to attend school and you are looking for work to complete, then please visit the Children's Hub page on our school website. Follow the link below and then scroll down to see links to some websites that will help you support your child's learning. There are links here to our Big Cat e-library, White Rose maths and Oak Academy.
For White Rose, click on the Home Learning tab and then select the appropriate Year group and week from the list that will appear. There are videos that you can work through together.
Again, for Oak Academy click Lessons; Subjects; Key Stage 1 and then there will a huge range of lessons for you to choose from.
We hope you can find things here that will engage and support your child whilst they are away from school or, even, if they wish to do extra work at home!
https://sites.google.com/downhallprimary.com/learninghub/
There are also suggestions for work you can do from Oak Academy and White Rose in our Home Learning folder, which you can access here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/149knm9VCVEVTwzWMwMeYzOGkF3RP-sOg
Maths Homework
This week we would like you to look at pages 20-21.
For Year 1's this is looking at number bonds to 10. As well as going through the pages in the book, make collections of 10 objects. Hide some and see if your child can work out how many are hidden based upon how many they can see. Below are a couple of games which also explore the concept of number bonds.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=WaystoMake
https://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/ten/
For Year 2's this is looking at number bonds and how addition and subtraction are related. One of the most important aspects of maths is how operations such as addition and subtraction are the opposite or inverse of each other. We can use this to help us. So if we know 4+13=17, then we also know that 17-13=4. After working on the pages have a look at this game for further exploring this idea.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home. We are still updating the Big Cat online library for all our children as they move up reading levels, so don't forget to use this resource if it is useful to you.
