2014 T4 Discovery

Discovery is a time when we get to opt into a variety of activities that have been set up by the teachers. We work in mixed groups of Year 1 to Year 3 children. We are allowed to choose another activity when we have finished the first one.

Each time there is a focus for that Discovery time on one of the Key Competencies of…

I made my own board game in Mrs Small's group.

I chose to play on the computer.

2014 T4 Reading

We are learning to …

§  read and respond critically to short texts and extend our reading interests.

We know we have done this when…

§  we can answer comprehension questions

§  we can understand the meaning of new vocabulary and work out unknown words using the context

§  we have a good working knowledge of word structure e.g. prefixes, suffixes, syllabification

§  we can recognise homophones, synonyms, similies and onomatopoeia

2014 Term 4 Written Language

We are learning to write a recount about the Oaklands School 50th Jubilee or the school Production for the Jubilee.

We know we have done this when...

- we have written some details about some of the events.

- we have written the details in order.

- we have made it interesting for the reader to read.

TERM 3 NUMERACY 2014

I AM LEARNING TO …

Subtract by splitting numbers instead of counting down.

I need to split the number I am taking away so it is easier to take it away from the original number to make a complete ten so it is easy to take away a single digit.

Term 3 Topic

I went to Music and Dance.

Written Language Term 3

WALT write a narrative about before during and after an event in an image.

We know we have done this when we have …

• ·      Written what happened before the image.
• ·      Written what happened during the image.
• ·      Written what happened after the image.
• ·      Described the characters and the setting.
• ·      Added extra details to our ideas.
• ·      Started our sentences in different ways.