Here's wishing you all a very happy and restful holiday. Your little people have worked incredibly hard over this long and busy term, and totally deserve the rest.
Here are the highlights of our last busy week for the term.
Maths - Addition
Marbles
Our work with addition continues this week.
We played a new game called 'Marbles'.
The children rolled 2 dice.
Using an abacus they added the 2 numbers together.
The children played with a patrner.
The children put their coloured marble into their answer.
If they got the same answer as their opponent, they could remove their opponent's marble.
The child with the most marbles at the end of the game wins.
Clocks.
Clocks operates along similar lines to marbles.
However this time the answer to the addition sum tells the children which o'clock time they must fill in on the clock sheet.
The child with the most clocks filled in at the end of the game is the winner.
The children used the abacus or their fingers to add the two numbers together.
Many of the children are starting to quickly recall some number facts without having to use fingers or counters.
Making Connections
In spelling we are learning to make connections between words.
Because I can write 'my' I can now write 'by'. etc.
Craft
You will have seen the lovely little stage and finger puppets that your child brought home.
The children enjoyed making their theaters.
This was a lovely way to end our work for this term.
Netball - Teachers v Children
The 5/6 children and the teachers played an entertaining game of netball on Thursday lunchtime.
Footy - Teachers v Children
Friday lunchtime saw us all enjoying a game of footy between the 5/6 children and the teachers.
