In literacy, you have been working really hard on your independent writing. 

• What animal(s) did you write about? 
• Can you remember any facts about them? 

In maths, we have been counting up to 20 and back down again.  

• Can you start at the number 3 and count up to 15? 

• Can you start at the number 7 and count up to 20? 
• Can you start at 20 and count down to 9? 
• Can you start at 18 and count down to 11? 

Can you tell your grown up what you did in Forest School? (went on an egg hunt) 

What was in the classroom when you got back? 

We went down to the church for an Easter Experience.  

• Who did we learn about? 
• What were given to eat? 

In PE with Mrs Davies, we continued with our multi-skills work. 

• Which parts of the body did you balance your bean bag on? 

• What did we do for 1st gear? 2nd gear? 3rd gear? 4th gear? 

As of the first week back after the holidays, ‘Things to ask me’ will only be posted on the Weduc/Reach more parents app.

Have a lovely break

Things to ask me 

• We have become authors this week! Can you remember what an author does? 
• What books have we been writing? (Dear Zoo) 
• What animals did you choose for your book? 
• We brought home some animals that we had made in Forest School this week. Can you tell me what you made them out of? (clay) 

• What did you have to do to the clay (squidge, roll, pinch) 
• In maths we have been using the scales, what do we use them for? 
• Can you remember what the scales do when both sides weigh the same? (they balance) 
• What is a habitat? (where an animal lives) 
• What does nocturnal mean? (animals that are awake at night) 

• Can you name any nocturnal animals? (bat, badger, fox) 
• What does diurnal mean? (animals that are awake in the day) 
• Can you name any diurnal animals? (birds, sheep, dogs etc.) 
• In PE with Mrs Davies, what did we use to move to? (instruments- drum, tambourine, wooden block, chime bar) 
• We played the Bean Game. Can you show your grown up : 

• Jumping bean? 
• Broad bean? 
• Jelly bean? 

A reminder that we use PE kit on Wednesday and Friday. Please can kits come in on Monday and we will send them home on Friday. Thanks!

Things to ask me 

• This week we have learnt about nocturnal and diurnal animals. Can I remember when nocturnal animals sleep? 
• Can I name any nocturnal animals? (badgers, foxes, owls, bats, hedgehogs) 
• Can I remember what we made for the birds in forest school? (bird feeders) 
• What were some of the items that we used? (tubes, peanut butter, seeds, string) 

• We have been reading ‘Oi Frog!’ this week – what is special about what all the animals sit on? (they all rhyme!) 
• Can I remember any of the things that rhyme in the story? 
• In maths this week we have been taking away. Can I use any items around the house (Lego, beads, pieces of pasta etc.) to work out these number sentences? 

3- 2 = 5 – 3 = 6 – 2 = 8 – 4 = 7 – 5 =  

• In PE with Mr Rogers we have been doing gymnastics. What were the names of the shapes we made with our bodies? (pencil, tuck, star) 

• Can you remember any of the animals we moved around like? 
• What are some of the ways we can look after our world? 

Things to ask me 

• We have been learning all about a famous explorer this week, can you tell me his name? (Ernest Shackleton) 
• Where did he travel to in Antarctica? (the South Pole) 
• In Forest School, we made dens and pretended that they were a base camp for Ernest Shackleton in Antarctica. What materials did you use? 
• We started learning about our new topic of animals this week. We sorted them out into animals that fly, walk and swim. Can you remember any of the animals that you sorted? 

• What did all the animals that can fly have in common? (wings) 
• And what did all the animals that can swim have in common? (flippers or fins) 
• In PE with Mrs Davies, we have been working on moving in different ways, making sure we’re looking where we’re going. Can you do ‘sports position?’ (Feet wide, bent knees, hands up) 
• Why is having wide feet better than keeping them together? (You don’t wobble as much) 
• In art, we did collaging. What is collaging? (layering paper to get a new effect) 
• We have been looking at 3D shapes in maths. Which shapes can you remember? 
• Can you find any 3D shapes around your house or when you’re out and about? 
• Can you remember any of the fancy words we use to describe the shapes? (Edges, faces, vertices) 

• We have been reading a book called Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers this week. Can you remember what animal was lost? (Penguin) 
• Where did the penguin come from? (South Pole / Antarctica) 
• Can you remember how the boy and the penguin travelled back to the South Pole? (by boat) 
• We wrote a list of items that the boy and the penguin might need to take with them on their journey. Can you think of anything that you wrote in your list? 
• In Forest School, we went on a hunt for signs of Spring. Can you think of anything that we found? (blossom, nests, birds, lambs, daffodils, crocuses, leaves starting to grow on trees) 

• We found lots of daffodils, but what was the problem with them? (the yellow flower heads hadn’t started to come out yet!) 
• In maths we’ve been looking at those terrible teens! What number is always written first in a teen number? 
• How many is the 1 in teen numbers worth? (eg. 16 – the 1 means one lot of 10) 
• What instruments did we explore in music? (chatterbox, claves, symbols, maraca) 
• We have learnt ‘oa’ ‘oo’ (like book) ‘oo’ like moon this week. Can you spot any of these digraphs in your books? 
• Can you write any of our new sounds? 
• Can you think of any words with these sounds in? 

A reminder that, after half term, we ask that your child brings in their PE kit so they can get changed independently. This is an important skill we’re really keen for them to master. PE days will be Wednesday as usual and Friday.  

Next half term our topic is ‘Animals!’

Finally, Antarctica have had a brilliant week this week and definitely deserve a nice break. Have a lovely half term and please feel free to share any photos on tapestry so we can show the class when they get back. 

• We have been reading a story called Journey this week. We loved it! It’s a story with no words, but you can watch a video of it here if you like. 

• What was special about the pen that the girl had? (it was a magic pen) 
• Can you remember any of the vehicles that she drew and travelled in? (boat, hot air balloon, flying carpet, bike) 
• We also listened to a piece of music called ‘A Short Ride in a Fast Machine’. What sort of machine did you think it was? 

• Where did you think the machine was going to? 
• We learnt the tricky word ‘they’ this week. If your grown up writes it down, can you have a go at reading it? 
• We went on a walk around Pontesbury this week! What vehicles did you see? 
• There were some vehicles that we didn’t spot any of. What were they? (no bikes, motorbikes or buses) 
• How did we keep ourselves safe on the walk? (partners, walking away from the pavement, grown ups wore high vis jackets so they could be seen) 

• Can you think of two numbers that make 5?  
• We watched The Mixed-Up Chameleon, can you remember what animals the chameleon wanted to be? 
• Can you remember some of the things that were similar and some of the things that were different about you and your friends in class? (hair colour, likes/dislikes, eye colour etc.) 
• What is something you are good at? 
• We listened to different vehicle noises and had to guess what they were. When you’re out and about can you listen for vehicles and guess what they might be before you see them? 

• We asked each other how they travel to school. Can you remember how many people drove in a car? Walked? Got the bus? Rode a bike? Rode a scooter? 
• What is our new sound this week? (ai) Can you write it down? Can you write it in a word? 

• We have been learning all about Chinese New Year this week. Can you remember any of the animals in the story? (rat, cat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, monkey, rooster, goat, dog, pig)
• Which animal won the race? (the rat)
• What did the rat do to the cat? (pushed him in the river!)
• What was the name of the man in the story? (Emperor)
• What year of the zodiac is it this year? (year of the rabbit)
• Can you remember why the pig arrived last? (they stopped to eat and then have a sleep!)
• What is the lucky colour in China? (red)
• We have been doing some cooking this week and made a stir fry! What ingredients did we use? (pepper, mushroom, onion, carrot, noodles)
• Can you remember what shape you had to put your hand in when you were chopping?
• In maths we have been measuring lengths and heights. Can you find an object longer than your foot? Can you find an object shorter than your grown ups/siblings foot?
• We have been learning a Chinese dragon dance. What actions did we do? (dance and prance, hop hop hop, shake their tail, turn around, go to sleep)
• We Talked Pants and watched the Pantosaurus song. Can you name someone you trust that you would talk to if you were feeling worried?
• What flowers did Mrs Roberts bring in this week, that we painted on Friday? (daffodils)
• We made dragon heads in our house groups. What did we use to decorate them? (red, yellow and orange tissue paper and crayons)
• We have learnt the digraphs ch, sh, th, ng – can you write these down or think of some words that have these sounds in?