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Off Castle Hill, Fawkham, Longfield, DA3 7BG

01474 702107
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Steephill Independent School and Pre-School

‘Pupils are at the heart of everything we do’

Steephill Independent School
Off Castle Hill, Fawkham, Longfield, DA3 7BG

01474 702107
secretary@steephill.co.uk

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Autumn term 2

WEEK 6 CHRISTMAS PHOTOS!

Week 4

International Day

The whole school has had great fun this week learning more about Africa and taking part in an African drumming workshop. The children were amazing at following instructions and learning about the different kinds of drums and what they were made from.

They learned different ways of using their hands to make a variety of sounds and copied different rythmical patterns too. As you can see by the photos, the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves!

In English, we have been looking at instructions and what we need them for. We have looked at how to set them out and to use time connectives to order them and bossy verbs ( imperative verbs). The children all made a jam sandwich before then writing their own instructions! Yum yum!

Week 2

In Maths, we have been learning to double numbers up to 10 and 20. We have drawn legs on spider bodies and doubled them on the other side to help us. Then we have learned to double larger numbers such as 9 + 9 =. We have been learning to put the first number in our head and count on the second number using our fingers!

Next, we are moving onto halving numbers. We teach this as sharing the number between 2 groups.

E.g. Half of 8 = o o o o l o o o o

In English we have been focusing on using adjectives to describe a witch and the ingredients in a spell. This week we are using adjectives to describe fireworks and write a firework poem. We will learning about the story of Guy Fawkes, sequencing the story correctly and writing sentences. One of our main targets is to use full stops and capital letters in our writing. We are modelling how to read through their work to see where a sentence finishes making sense and to then put the full stop in. This then has to be followed by a capital letter. Any further support with this would be much appreciated!

Most of the children are now being encouraged to start cursive handwriting and start each letter with a 'slide in'. Some are ready to start joining up their handwriting. When they learn to write cursively, they need to always start with their pencil on the line to lead in.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Upper 1 team.