This week we have started to change the story Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car by thinking of our own modes of transport and then how that might change the events in the story. Reception have been working on writing simple sentences and Year 1 have been focusing on adjectives and correctly punctuating sentences with capital letters and full stops.

In Maths, Reception have continued learning about numbers 11-20, playing lots of games to match objects to numerals, ordering numeral cards and trying to trick each other by mixing them up or removing cards and seeing if their partner can identify what they have done. Year 1 have continued their unit on Multiplication and division, learning about arrays, equal groups, doubles and grouping. Please keep practicing counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s and remember the children have access to Mathletics, Numbots and White Rose Minute Maths (all free apps or accessible via a web browser) to practice maths skills and recalling number facts.

Please remember to name ALL jumpers, cardigans and coats. As the weather is warming up, children are tending to remove layers but don’t always remember to put them on their pegs or in their trays/bags. We have accumulated a LOT of un-named jumpers and cardigans in the Reception/Year 1 lost property box, so if your child is missing a jumper or cardigan please ask a member of staff if you can see the lost property.

Have a lovely weekend.