Sorting Rubbish

The Pioneers looked at the contents of my bin and got down to sorting it for recycling. We had lots of chat about how to name our categories  of waste. We had to identify what each item was made of.Sometimes there were a number of materials to name. We sorted our rubbish into Glass,Plastic,Paper,Compost and Other Waste. We took photographs of each pile and then the Pioneers used their phonics to write labels.

Please try this rubbish sorting at home. 

Send me your photographs on Tapestry. Id be delighted to see what is going in which bin.

Happy Learning

Useful Website To Support Learning

Below you will find a list of fantastic websites to support you and your family in their learning.

These websites can be used by all learners. 

https://www.teacherled.com/

This website has lots of fun maths gadgets to play around with. Look out for dice,clocks and geoboards.

https://wodb.ca/

Which One Doesn’t Belong? Have a chat about the shapes and numbers and patterns. Do you agree about which is the odd one out?

https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/apps/number-pieces

Make number sentences and move 100’s,10’s and 1’s.

http://proudspark.co.uk/numicon/

This is only a trial version but you can do a lot of counting in 2 minutes!

https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/52060

A List of Numberblocks episodes and powerpoints.

https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-line/

An interactive Numberline-write,draw,count.

https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html

A wonderful rich collection of videos and ideas-really great stuff

https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-activities/science/

A collection of interactive Learning resources.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/british-wildlife.html

A wealth of science discovery

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/all-resources/zdg3t39

Watch a selection of Orchestra perform major music masterpieces.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-bedtime-stories

A fine selection of stories for any time of the day

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

Games to play to support learning. Follow the link and find your age range. Suitable for all.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

Follow the link and select your age range. Suitable for all.

http://theimovement.com

Active quick blast maths and literacy activities to keep us physically well-interval training  and yoga.

Happy Learning All

Beautiful Patterns

Our investigations of pattterns  developed quickly with the Pioneers leading the direction as always. We followed patterns made with Cussinaire Rods and Numicon before creating and recording our own. The exploration was extended by the addition of a variety of stuff-keys,jewels,records,washers and beads. The language used to describe the resulting patterns was detailed and specific.Things moved rapidly when one Pioneer began building upwards. The learning changed direction and the interactions were quite spectacular.

This was so exciting and the collaboration was quite amazing. The Pioneers worked together,talking and listening,changing and observing. They were unstoppable. 

Very Happy Learning Together

Tell Me A Story

This week has been all about story telling. Could we change the world with three wishes? Our story characters Pat and Ned met a fairy,trapped in a jar, who told them that she could grant them three wishes. The wishes were soon used up as they argued over a sausage! They both realised that they didn’t actually need anything more than they already had. The week has been filled with dressing up,magic lanterns,wonderful Wish Sticks and fabulous stories.

The story telling will continue next week with the introduction of some new props,music and books.

Happy Stories Everyone!

Getting Sticky. Cool Badger Food

The addition of flour and water made the compost much stickier and the children experimented with the consistency. They were very restrained when helping themselves to their required ingredients. They helped each other and at one point I heard a little voice say,”We are a team.”

Look out for some fabulous writing done on Friday. This will be displayed in the classroom from Monday.

Cool Badger Food.

So many beautiful moments in learning.