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Welcome Back to Silver Class!

We’ve had such a fantastic start to the term, and the children have jumped straight into their new learning with so much enthusiasm.

📚 Literacy

This week, we began our new book The Mellons Build a House, and the children were instantly hooked. We explored why the Mellons needed a bigger home and looked at different types of houses such as bungalows, terraced houses, flats, and detached homes.

The children then designed their own dream house, letting their imaginations run wild! Later in the week, we studied the Mellons’ blueprints and talked about how each family member had their own space. The children loved creating and describing their own dream rooms, explaining what they’d include and why. They listened beautifully to one another and shared ideas with confidence.

➖ Maths

In Maths, we’ve been strengthening our subtraction skills. The children used base 10 and small toys to build their first number before taking away the second. Although this was tricky at first, they showed brilliant resilience and, with practice, everyone was able to subtract different numbers independently. We’re so proud of their determination!

🎨 Art

Our new Art topic is Post‑Impressionism, and we’ve been learning all about Vincent Van Gogh. The children had a go at creating their own version of Starry Night, and they were absolutely stunning. Their creativity really shone through.

🎵 Music

In Music, we explored the world of Musical Theatre. We compared the stage and film versions of Wicked, The Lion King, and Frozen, chatting about what we liked and didn’t like in each. The children had lots of thoughtful opinions and loved hearing the big musical numbers.

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📚 Literacy

This week, we continued reading our story The Mellons Build a House. Our focus has been on identifying the different characters and talking about what we know about them from the story.

The children were able to recognise the mummy and daddy characters, and with support, we revisited the story to look more closely at the children in the family. The class noticed that Marty is the youngest, as he is shown playing with toys on the first page. With a little guidance, the children were also able to identify the older brother and sister. It was lovely to see them using clues from the illustrations and text to build their understanding.

⏰ Maths

In Maths, we began our new topic on time. We explored how long different activities take and developed an early sense of what a second and a minute feel like. The children enjoyed choosing their answers and moving to the correct corner of the room.

We then moved on to learning about o’clock times. The children made their own clocks, carefully placing the numbers in the correct positions. We talked about how the minute hand on 12 shows it is o’clock, and the hour hand tells us the hour. The children practised making different o’clock times on their clocks and showed great focus.

🎨 Art

In Art, we have continued learning about Vincent Van Gogh and created our own version of ‘Sunflowers’.