Happy Friday everybody! Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn Term!
Upcoming Events
A few notes for your diary for things coming up soon - more details will be on the newsletter as we get nearer to the time so keep a look out!
- 11th November - Flu Immunisations
- 15th November - Children in Need Non-school uniform Day (Wear something bright!)
- 19th/20th November - Parent/Teacher Consultations
- 6th December - KS1 PTA Movie Night
- 10th December - KS1 Pantomime Trip
- 17th/18th December - KS1 Christmas Production
This week, we would like you to look at pages 20 & 21.
For Year 1's this focuses on number bonds to 10. I don't think we can overstate how important this skill is. Being able to recognise pairs of numbers that make 10 underpins almost all mental maths calculations and will benefit the children in every area of their maths development. Once you've worked through the page treat yourself to the "Ten Thing Bowling" episode of the Number Crew - an oldie but a goodie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5R0QZfACbo
For Year 2's this focuses on number bonds to 20. This builds on the above Year 1 concept but simply extends this to 20. But really, all you are doing is focusing on the ones of the 2-digit numbers and applying your number bond knowledge to 10 again. We have also been exploring this week how addition and subtraction are the inverse of each other. So if we know that 14 + 5 = 19 then we know that these 3 numbers make up a number family and can also derive 5 + 14 = 19; 19 - 14 = 5 and 19 - 5 = 14. The link below is a good game to further explore 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 - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development.
If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day. Just come down the steps to see us!
Have a lovely weekend!
Best wishes
Mr Jude, Mrs Yuille, Mrs Holmes & Miss Smith
