Week Ending 22.1.16

This week we have started our topic 'Let's Pretend..'. We have been pretending to be pirates.

We went on a pirate treasure hunt where we had to travel through swishy grass, over soft golden sand, through a dark cave and across the ocean. The children even had to escape a crocodile but they eventually found a treasure chest.

The children drew their own treasure map and labelled it, trying to hear as many sounds in each word.

In maths we have been working on subtraction. We used to number line and counted backwards and also have pirate coins to be able to solve subtraction number sentences e.g. 10 - 4 = It would be great to practise subtraction at home - the children can use their fingers and do subtraction by putting their fingers down to find the answer. We used the vocabulary subtract, minus and take away so the
children get used to all of these different words.

We have put the children into phonic groups so that they are being taught the sounds they need to know next or recapping on sounds that they haven't retained yet.

Week Ending 15.1.16

This week we had the story 'The 3 Little Pigs' and the children were able to retell the story verbally. They also wrote a sentence about the story. The children also had a go at writing another sentence using simple cvc words, this was to encourage them to think about the sounds they could hear in the words, work on letter formation and remember finger spaces and full stops. The children tried really hard with this. The children can practise writing at home too - please encourage them to remember about listening to the sounds and forming the letters correctly.

We have learnt the tricky words the, I, to, go and into. these are words that the children need to learn to recognise as they cannot be sounded out. Please feel free to write these on cards and have them up at home to practise.

In maths we have been revising one more and one less than any given number to 20. the children have looked at numberlines to help with this and they have have used objects so they can do the activity practically.

We also assessed what sounds the children have remembered so that we can give out sounds games, blend games or reading books depending on how they got on with the sound checks.

Week Ending 8.1.16

Happy New Year!

We're pleased to see all the children settle back into school after the Christmas holidays - we hope you all had a good break.

Thank you for helping with the handwriting homework - this will really help this term when we start to do more formal writing.

This week we have discussed our holidays. We talked about the things we liked doing with our families and about the presents we got for Christmas.

We have been assessing how much progress the children have made with their maths. Thank you for the maths work you are doing at home as it is making a difference!

We introduced our new topic 'Let's Pretend' and the children discussed what they would like to learn in this topic and what they wanted to pretend to be - some very interesting ideas came up!

Don't forget next week the children will be starting PE so they will need a PE kit but they will not need PE shoes until the summer term.

Have a good weekend!

Week Ending 18.12.15

Can you believe this is the last week and we have completed our very first term at school!  This term we have learned lots of new and wonderful things from adding one more and writing our names, to doing our own coats up and getting our shoes on the right feet!!

In school this week we have made gingerbread reindeer biscuits and then decorated them, and we have also made some magical reindeer food which we can sprinkle on Christmas Eve so that Santa's reindeers can eat it to help them fly.

We have retold the story of The Snowman.  We watched it on DVD but it didn't have any words so we had to think of our own.

This week's sounds have been, u, y, e, k, g as well as practicing all the other ones we've learned.

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and we will see you on:

TUESDAY 5th JANUARY 2016

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Week Ending 11.12.15

What a busy week it's been for us!

Did you enjoy our Nativity play?  We were brilliant and Miss Banner and Mrs Sturman were very, very proud of us!!

This week we have been learning more sounds, r, h, n, j, m so be sure to keep practicing them with us.  We have also been baking biscuits ready for the Christmas Fair so they can be decorated on a stall.

We have been learning about adding one more to numbers to 20.  Can you test us?  Ask us what is one more than.....?  I bet we are really good!!!

One more week to go!

Week Ending 4.12.15

Well, we have been busy rehearsing our Nativity this week and it is going well....kind of!!  We have also been learning our next lot of phonic sounds, a, d, b, qu and p.  Ask us to show you the actions for it and see if we can point them out to you in our bedtime stories.

We had an absolutely fantastic end to the week by attending The Playhouse and watching 'What the Ladybird Heard'.  It was amazing and we all loved it.  The grown-ups says it is the best one they've seen!

We have also begun tracing our names so if you could practice this at home with us, making sure we start the letters in the correct place (usually at the top) that would be great!

We are looking forward to you coming to watch us next week in our play.

Week ending 27.11.15

This week has been another busy week! We have been working really hard on our nativity play. The children have practised their singing, drama skills, saying their lines and remembering when it is their turn to get up and come to the front of the stage.
Some of the children have lines to learn and we would really appreciate your help with practising these at home. The children are all doing really well and we hope you're looking forward to seeing the performance.

We have started teaching phonics this week. The children have learnt i, l, c, o and t this week. There is an action and a story to go with each sound and there is a sheet in each child's book bag so that they are able to practise their sounds at home.

We have continued to develop our gross and fine motor skills by doing squiggle. We have been doing circle shapes and revising lines from top to bottom and left to right.

In maths we have been comparing groups and saying which have more or fewer in them. We have been looking at a number line with a missing number and working out what that number is by counting forwards.

The children have also been learning through play and have had a great time trying to rescue numbers that had been frozen in blocks of ice. They had to find out how to melt the ice and get the number out. They really persevered with this activity and had fun trying!