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Weekly Update 6.11.20
Posted: Nov 4, 2020 by: Mrs Connolly (v.connolly) on: Pear Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
Hello!
Welcome to our class blog! I am looking forward to being able to update you each week with a short post on the various things we have been getting up to in Pear Tree Class.
The children have returned to school with such a positive learning attitude and we are really proud of them all.
This week in maths we have been working on our bonds to 10. The children are very good at them already and we will be doing lots of quick recall work on our bonds to 10 over the next half term. We have also started looking at the tricky concept of balancing number bonds. This looks like 6+2 = 7+1. The children should be able to tell you that they are the same because both number sentences make 8. We will also be finishing off our addition work before moving onto subtraction soon.
This week in English we have been recapping on our Year 1 Non-Negotiables. They are:
capital letters (for the start of a sentence and a name)
finger spaces between words
full stops at the end of the sentence (not the end of a line)
We have also talked about reading our work back to check for any mistakes as well as learning how to use the conjunction 'and'. We spent some time using this conjunction to join sentences and clauses together.
We have also started our Florence Nightingale topic this week! We were very enthusiastic to learn about who she was and the amazing things that she did. Try asking your children about it and see what they can remember!
Additionally the children were given homework books at the end of the day on Friday. We ask that homework is completed neatly in pencil and is returned by the following Thursday. On Monday 9th, children will start receiving spellings to learn each week. The children will be tested the following Monday (I can assure you that they actually do enjoy doing mini tests and there is never any pressure on the children) and then the new spellings will be taught and sent home.
I hope all the children and adults have a restful weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone again on Monday.
