Talk for writing

This term our story is How the World was made. Every day we practise learning parts of the story using a text map and physical actions developed by our class. Every day we build on our knowledge of the story by learning the next sentence and over the term each individual becomes more confident at retelling the story orally. 

"Children who are read to at home, or who come from an oral tradition of storytelling, embed such patterns without really knowing it, as if some form of linguistic osmosis was at work. At this early stage, it is significant that the child is ‘hearing’ the language. This matters because we learn language by hearing it and then by saying it. So, storytelling and rhyme chanting are powerful aspects of acquiring language patterns that might not be met in everyday talk." Pie Corbett 2008.

 Keep your eyes peeled for our text map and videos of our retelling.

Inspire Maths

This term the focus will be Division, Money and numbers to 100 including addition and subtraction.

• Division - To represent division as sharing equally, to understand division as grouping.

• Money - to recognise and name different notes and coins,  match coins to equivalent sets, count of a given amount of money, solve problems in relation to money.

• Numbers to 100 - To read write and recognise numbers to 100. To order and compare 2 digit numbers. To partition a 2 digit number and say what each part represents.

We develop our understanding of numerical concepts using the Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract approach. We enjoy discussing our ideas with our maths partners, talking about what we can see in our Inspire Maths textbooks then demonstrating our understanding using equipment before moving on to recording activities in our books. 

We Love Maths!

Cwl Cymraeg! 

We promote using Welsh at every opportunity in and around the school, see below for sentence structures we are working on so that you can practice at home.  

Beth sy’n bod?

Mae pen/ bola/ bys/cefn/ coes tost gyda fi. 

Sut wyt ti?

Dw i’n drist.

Pam?

Dw i’n drist achos mae coes dost gyda fi.

Mae frech goch arna i.

Sut mae Sam?

Mae Sam yn drist/ hapus/ bendigedig/da iawn/ ar ben y byd. 

Oes brawd/ chwaer gyda ti?

Oes, mae 1 brawd gyda fi

Nag oes, does dim brawd gyda fi.

RWI