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The Orchard Blog 13.11.26

Welcome back to The Orchard blog! We have had a wonderful, busy week full of exciting learning and hands-on activities. Here is a look at what the children have been up to across all of their lessons.

Maths:


This week in Maths, we focused on addition and subtraction up to ten. In our group sessions, we used linking cubes to physically demonstrate how addition and subtraction work. Some children also challenged themselves by using Numicon to build numbers bigger than ten

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English

English, we have been working hard on our writing skills and enjoyed looking at non-fiction texts together. Using what we discovered, the children wrote fascinating facts all about penguins. We also practised finishing sentences using the starter “I can see…” to describe different animals.

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PSHE


In PSHE, we explored the theme of being a good friend. We talked about what makes someone kind and helpful, and the children wrote their own sets of instructions on how to be a good friend.

PE


During PE, we practised our ball control and coordination. The children worked on their kicking skills, passing the ball accurately, and bouncing the ball back and forth to their partners.

Geography


Our Geography topic took us around the world as we focused on hot and cold places. The children categorised pictures into hot and cold environments and had great discussions about the different types of clothing we need to wear in hot and cold countries.

Explore time

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We made the most of our Explore Time with lots of creative and active learning:

  • We went on an autumn nature walk to collect fallen leaves and used them to create wonderful leaf pictures.
  • We used finger painting to create lovely poppy pictures.
  • We combined movement with literacy by throwing bean bags onto the correct phonics sounds and letters.
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