Happy Friday, everybody! We hope you had a fantastic Easter break and amazingly here we find ourselves in the Summer Term!
At The Seaside
Our project for the Summer Term is "At The Seaside." We will be learning about the animals and environmental features of the coast as well as looking at seaside holidays in the past. Below is a link to our project page from our website which goes into more detail about the areas of the curriculum that we cover and helpful information to support your child's learning at home.
Maths Homework
This week we would like you to look at pages 50-51.
For Year 1's this continues to look at the measure of volume. Just as last time, explore the vocabulary of full, empty, nearly full/empty, half full, more/less than half full. Have fun with cups and bowls and water and see if you can make all these different capacities and explore how many cups/egg cups of water are needed to fill different larger containers. Make an estimate first and see how close you are!
For Year 2's, this is looking at money. We are increasingly living in a world where people do not have as much contact with coins as in the past. It is important, therefore, that the children are aware of the different coins we have and how different coins are worth different amounts. If you can, do some practical counting of different coins and ask the children to give you different amounts of money from a pile of mixed coins. Finding different ways to make the same amount is another important skill we teach the children.
If you do not have much change at home then the games on the link below are also very good for reinforcing these ideas:
Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home as well as either your phonics or comprehension homework books - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development.
As always, we are available on our Key Stage 1 email. However, we would encourage you to come and see us at the end of the day if there are any issues or questions that you have. Just come down the steps to see us!
Have a lovely weekend!
Kind regards
Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs O'Connor & Miss Langley
