Amethyst & Emerald Blog - Friday 28th April 2023

 Happy Friday, everybody! It has been a busy first couple of weeks back in Key Stage 1 and we have been looking at writing non-chronological reports all about garden birds in our English lessons and exploring all aspects of money in Maths!

Coronation Celebrations

On Friday 5th May, everyone at Down Hall Primary School will be engaging in different activities to celebrate King Charles III's coronation which is being held on the 6th May. On this day, the children can come to school in non-school uniform and we ask that they dress in clothes that represent the colours red, white and/or blue in celebration of this National event.

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 50 & 51.

For Year 1's this continues to focus on volume. Continue to try some of the practical activities discussed last week - look at the volume of different bottles and cans around the house to compare and order them or use an egg cup to see how many cups it takes to fill different containers. Below is a game that builds upon this idea:

Bubble Bath Game

For Year 2's this focuses money. The use of coins in shopping is becoming less and less common in our everyday lives but it is still part of the curriculum for the children to recognise the different coins we have and use different combinations of coins to make amounts. Dig out your change drawer and practise making amounts and counting money or bribe incentivise your child to do jobs around the house for a set "wage." Below is a link to lots of games that support the concepts of money in Key Stage 1:

Money Games

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions we have discussed previously as well!

If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you!

Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille

Amethyst & Emerald Blog - Friday 21st April 2023

 Happy Friday, everybody and welcome back to the Summer Term! This promises to be a very busy term with lots going on and we will keep you up to date with all the things you need to know each week in our blog. We usually publish this every Friday by 1pm so please find 5 minutes to check this each week.

"Down At The Bottom Of The Garden"

This term our new project is - "Down At The Bottom of the Garden!" Click on the link below to see our Knowledge Organiser which explains the learning that we will be covering.

Down At The Bottom Of The Garden

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 48 & 49.

For Year 1's this focuses on volume. Many of the practical activities discussed around length and mass in previous blogs hold true here - look at the volume of different bottles and cans around the house to compare and order them or use an egg cup to see how many cups it takes to fill different containers. Below is a game that builds upon this idea:

Bubble Bath Game

For Year 2's this focuses on comparing measurements. This gives another opportunity to using greater than (>), less than (<) and equals (=) signs to compare amounts, ordering values and linking units of measure to length, mass and capacity. Below is a game to help read amounts on a labelled scale - start off with the simple challenges and build up to scales where not all the numbers are labelled:

Capacity Countdown

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions we have discussed previously as well!

If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you!

Have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille