Listen and Appraise

Speech – syllables

Speech

Clapping number of syllables in our names

Speech

Brown Bear

Speech

Developing observation skills during a game of Kim’s game.

Listen and Appraise

English

Looking at hook items from our new story

English – Hook

Looking at hook items from our story.

Maths

number bonds to 10

Speech

recognising sensible and silly sentence

English

The Storm Whale

Sharing time

Measuring fun!

What’s in the box?

The Storm Whale

Measuring adventures

The children enjoyed exploring their classroom to find items measuring approximately 1 metre. Brilliant discussions and predictions were made.

Speech

playing eye spy and hearing rhymes

The Storm Whale role-play

Listen and Appraise

Listened to country music.

English

Sequencing pictures and text from The Storm Wahl

English

Creating our own version of The Storm Whale.

English

Creating our own story in the style of The Storm Whale.

Speech

developing observation and speech skills

Curriculum time

Class 7 explored our playground and garden area to begin our new topic of

English

Exploring hook items from our new story.

Music

Learning about and exploring high and low pitch.

Music – Listen and Appraise

Survivor – The eye of the Tiger.

English

Additional hook items

The Extraordinary Gardener

What does Joe like to do?

The Extraordinary Gardener

Character profile of Joe

Curriculum time

During a science lesson class 7 planted beans

Music

Listen and Appraise

English

The Extraordinary Gardener

Maths

using different mathematical skills

Speech

Developing sentence structure skills.

Music

Listen and Appraise

Bug under the Rug

speech game

Silly sausages speech game

Disguising our voices to trick our friends

Making chocolate crispy cakes

Class 7 watched the chocolate turn from a solid to a liquid.

Icing cakes

Class 7 decorate cakes for our families and friends who came to our Easter gathering

Rhyming words from our text ‘The Extraordinary Gardener.

English

Playing speech games to develop our questioning, answering and reasoning skills.

English

Continuing class 7 learning about Joe in ‘The Extraordinary Gardener’

Listening and following instructions

Today the children used great listening skills and then followed instructions to learn our new game.

Independent learning

See you

This week we said “well done,” to 5 wonderful friends who are now returning to their home schools. They have all worked very hard to develop their speech and will no longer need to attend Pleasant Street Language Resource. The staff in class 7 are all very proud of your achievements.

Tennis

English

Class 7 found an old suitcase in our class! What was it for? What are the items in it for?

English

Offley Street. Who lives here? Is it a nice place to live? What can you hear on the video?

English

We recapped on what we could see on Offley Street and looked at the notice board. Class 7 made wonderful predictions.

Speech

Class 7 had a wonderful speech session thinking ‘What’s in the box?”

Creating ladybirds

To continue our science work learning about mini beasts class 7 made ladybirds.

Hermelin

Rhythm in the way we walk

Exploring rhythm and pulse in Music.

English

Class 7 exploring their new text

Maths

Learning properties of 2d shapes

Maths

Giving our friends clues of the mystery 2d shape.

Halving

The children enjoyed halving the cat treats to share equally between the kittens!

Listen & Appraise

This week the children listened to ‘Can’t Stop the Music’ by Justin Timberlake.

English

First read of our class text ‘Hermelin.’

Hermelin the mouse detective

Halving bingo

The children enjoyed halving numbers using a variety of methods.

National Hedgehog Week

The children learnt how to keep the creatures safe.

Speaking & Listening

It was fantastic to observe the children leading their own game of ‘Heads Up’ during choosing time this week. They have worked so hard learning different ways of questionning during whole class speech games. It was lovely to see that they can now play this game independently.

Minibeasts – bees

The children have enjoyed learning about bees this week. They have expored how bees make honey and where they live. The children enjoyed watching Mrs Grindley’s favourite childhood cartoon, Maya, to help them to explore bees further.

English

Further work on our Hermelin Book in class 7

Music

Listen and Appraise learning about Pink

Speech

Developing our reasoning skills and how to express ourselves

Science

Class 7 classified mini beasts by the body parts.

Maths

Class 7 continued to explore and secure their knowledge of 2d shapes

English

Looking at hook items and finding a stranger sleeping in our classroom.

Maths

Using 2d shapes to copy and make repeating patterns.

Geography

Looking at differences between a town and the countryside.

Water Safety

Thank you to our visitors teaching us the importance of staying safe in and around water. We learnt techniques how to keep ourselves safe and what to do if we see anyone in need of help.

‘Why?’ and ‘because’ game

The children enjoyed the challenge of answering ‘Why?’ questions about themselves. They worked hard to answer in full sentences, using ‘because’ to explain their ideas.

Hundred square challenge

The children worked in pairs to solve missing number problems on the Hundred Square. They explored how to find 10 more and 10 less and discussed patterns that emerge when finding different times tables.

Hello Lonely Beast!

The children worked in groups to generate questions to ask our special visitor. They explored different question words and what they are used to find out, including How, Why, Where, Who and What? They were delighted to receive a visit from not one, but two Lonely Beasts! They asked questions and listened carefully to the answers.

Speech

Adjective work