In the learning centre we have had lots of fun learning about Scotland. We listened to
traditional Scottish music and learned about the poet Robert Burns. The children
thoroughly enjoyed engaging in a Burns Supper and tasting some traditional Scottish
foods including ‘haggis, neeps and tatties’.
This term we will also be learning about water. The children are keen to engage in science experiments involving water and its changing states. They are also keen to learn about how we use water, preserving water and our environment and saving our oceans!
In Numeracy we are gaining confidence solve mathematical problems including word problems and developing our understanding of the processes involved.
We have also explored time concepts and gained accuracy in our ability to tell the time
focusing on o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. We have enjoyed learning
about seasons and matching the months of the year and appropriate clothing and events to the relevant season. We are going to be learning about reading calendars and calculating durations of time next.
In literacy we have enjoyed exploring the differences between fiction and non-fiction.
We have explored the features of non-fiction texts including the contents page and indexes and used these to help us fiction information. We have also investigated the difference between facts and opinions. have been exploring the difference language between statements of fact and opinions and can recognise these in texts with growing confidence. We have all
recognised the importance of valuing each other’s opinions, even if they differ from our own. We have connected this to our rights and recognise that we all have a right to think and believe what we choose to as long as these do not stop other people from enjoying their rights (UNCRC 14).
In our Health and Wellbeing we have been learning about the perspectives of others and continuing to develop our emotional literacy. We are developing confidence name our emotions and how these can make us feel.
Learning Support
For Conversational English, Mr. Lopez has been introducing winter vocabulary in addition to frequently used common words. Currently, we are enjoying and carrying out a craft task about clothing (good for the cold/wet weather). The classes have beenreading and writing about verbs (action words) both in present and past tenses to describe what they do today (daily routine) compared to what they did yesterday or during the holidays. We will chat and learn
things about Ramadan and Easter. We are also exploring and discussing identity, culture, resilience and being unique. For Nurture, we are learning about the
importance of transitions including visits to Hermitage Academy.