This week we have had the excitement of seeing a crane deliver two new temporary classrooms on to our playground!  We have also finished our bean diaries and Dragonflies have kindly set the beans out for us.  The children have worked particularly hard this week on 3D shape and using maths vocabulary to describe their properties as well as likening shapes to real objects in the environment. We have also explored which shapes roll or slide and those that can do both.

When we return after the Easter holiday break we will begin our new topic, 'Out of the Egg' and we wil be asking the children to tell us which animals come out of an egg. Our book focus will be 'The Odd Egg' by Emily Gravett. In mathematics we will be focusing on pattern.

Over the Easter break could you please encourage your children to keep up with their reading and sound books.  Also, creating patterns with your children would be a great introduction to their maths when they return to school.  Please bring in their work so we can celebrate together!

Maths websites:

http://www.mathplayground.com/patternblocks.html

http://www.abcya.com/shape_patterns.htm

http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/sequence_game_US.swf

We hope you all have a lovely Easter break and we look forward to welcoming you back into school on Wednesday 19th April for our final term together.  Please select HERE to see our photos.