Think, Learn, Be Excellent Together
Think, Learn, Be Excellent Together
Think, Learn, Be Excellent Together
Think, Learn, Be Excellent Together
It was brilliant to celebrate these children completing their Achievement cards. We resisted the temptation to sing a Christmas song!! in keeping with Achievement Assembly traditions we celebrated with a juice and biscuit.
t’s been a funny week, but one thing can be relied upon to cheer us all up and that’s an Achievement Assembly. This week year 1 and 2 celebrated receiving Silver, Opal, Topaz and Amethyst certificates. The children shared their achievements with their guests and a juice and biscuit!
This week we are learning to subitise. We now know this means we do not count the spots that we see. Our flashy fingers have quick muscle memory now when we see 1, 2 or 3. In our group work, we have been finding groups or collections of 3 for the Three Bears. Our challenge was to say how we knew there were 3 things. Our teachers asked us if we could count something we cannot see. Some of us worked out that we can count sounds and challenged our friends in a game using a chime bar! Can you find a collection of 3 at home?
Our final Achievement Assembly of the half term saw children in Year 1 and 2 receive their certificates. The children shared some of their achievements, including being kind to others, impressing teachers with their reading, being able to make numbers in lots of different ways and following the Golden Rules. Of course we celebrated with juice and a biscuit.
On Friday, Both Langstone schools celebrated ‘Proud to be Pompey’ Day. This was an initiative set up by the current Lord Mayor Cllr Tom Coles, to encourage children to celebrate the city they live in and learn more about its history. He also wanted to raise money for the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Appeal, which this year is supporting three incredible local organisations, Portsmouth Hospitals Charity, Home Start and the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC).
We were even lucky enough to have a visit from the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress who were shown round the new sensory garden by the School Council!
During RE day Year Two looked at ‘Belonging’, what this means to us and what it means in Judaism. We thought about things that we belong to, like our families, the school community and clubs outside school. We found out about the Jewish day of rest, which is called Shabbat and is celebrated on Saturday each week. We found out that Jewish people are not allowed to use lights or electronic devices during Shabbat! Also, they’re not allowed to go to the shops or do homework. Instead they spend time together, sing, read and play board games. We talked about celebrations we share with others and special meals. We ended the day by trying Challah bread, special bread that is always part of a Shabbat meal. The bread was made in the morning by grown ups in each class, with help from the children. Everyone seemed to enjoy eating the bread, but the star baker is yet to be announced!
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This week in reception, we have been learning to subitise to 3. We have also been learning to count out a quantity. The teachers had a bag with hidden objects inside. We had to say how many we thought were inside and then, count it out.
As part of our science learning we have been talking about the senses as super powers. We explored our senses by making popcorn. We used our sense of sight and touch to see how the popcorn looked and felt before and after cooking. We used our sense of smell during the cooking process and also used our sense of hearing to listen to the different sounds it made. Finally we used our sense of taste when eating the popcorn. We had great fun!
The children in Year One have been exploring the concept of aerial views. As part of this learning, they worked in small groups to create an aerial plan of the classroom. They thought about key features, position and layout, and used colour coding as a simple key.
This week the children used an aerial plan of the school to identify different locations within the building. They then used the map to search for hidden clues in different locations and we marked them on the plan.
What a beautiful day to celebrate the children’s wonderful achievements. It was lovely to hear all the things they have received their merits for including reading lots at home, being kind when people are sad and knowing lots of ways to make different numbers in maths. We sand one of our songs and of course had juice and a biscuit with our visiting grown ups. Well done.
This week in early years we have been learning to subitise. The children were shown a dot pattern and had to say what they saw without counting it. They met number block 3 and he challenged them to find groups of 3 in their environment. Look at the wonderful things they found!