Hello Magic Monkeys and grown-ups and welcome to Term 3! We’ve had a super busy first week back at school…….
In literacy we have covered:
- Writing about the Easter Break
- Writing ‘silly sentences’ with our learning partner
- Dictation – magic e and blends
Reading:
- Whole class reading
- We focussed on listening and looking this week – we listened to an e-book then answered questions based on the text and pictures
- We also read ‘Treasure in the Garden’ and completed follow up activities linked to ‘Thought Bubbles’
In Numeracy we have covered:
- Giving and following directions
- Exploring the points of a compass (North, East, South, West, NE, SE, SW and NW)
- Using the points of a compass to navigate a map and answer questions about location
- Dividing by 2
- Partitioning large numbers into smaller numbers to make halving them easier
P.E/Outdoor Learning:
- Lots of Tig Games: Team Tig, Bunny Tig, Toilet Tig and Rock, paper, scissor Tig
- Prize Bingo
Other Curricular Areas:
- Health and Well-being (team work and positive communication)
- Health and Well-being – circle time
- Music – learning to sign ‘True Colours’
- French – colours
Learn Through Play Activities:
- Marble Run
- Block Play
- Lego/construction
- STEM activities
- Fine Motor Skills Art
- Role Play
- Arts and Crafts table – French numbers
- Literacy games
- Numeracy games
- Mindfulness colouring in
Morning Starter/Afternoon Ender:
- Holiday Whiteboard
- Mindfulness colouring in
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Letter formation practice
Extra Information
- New reading books will be sent home on Monday 26.04.2021
- Please bring reading books to school every day – especially a Thursday so they can be “quarantined” over the weekend. Thank you!
- We have had another a new pupil join us this week– it has been lovely to welcome him into our team!
Enjoy the weekend, have fun and stay safe,
Miss McGhee 😊
Buckstone Primary School 