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Our learning this week

Here are some photographs of us developing our skills through our independent learning opportunities and experiences this week. Please take time to share these photographs with your child so they can share their learning with you.

Topics of pupil interest this week included, birds perched on trees, waterfalls and canyons, the titanic, and planes.

Literacy focus

We have focused on two letter shapes/sounds this week n, and i . As you support your child with learning their letters at home please always pronounce the pure sound of the letter ( e.g. S = sssssss and not suh or the letter name ‘ess’ ). This is very important as we begin to blend letters together to make words.

Some words to make/read

sat tap pat at as in pin sit sip (past)

Some children are already familiar with these letter sounds ( and more) and have already begun to build and blend words in class. These are skills to practise at home whenever you can.

Building a word. Using plastic letters or letters written on small pieces of card or paper an adult says a three letter CVC word ( consonant, vowel, consonant) and the child chooses the correct sounds to make the word.

Blending a word . Adult writes or uses letters to make a CVC word and the child should say the pure sounds of each letter then blend them together to read the word.

Our writing programme starts with telling stories through detailed drawing. This week we were focusing on adding facial expression so our drawing prompt was ‘I was shocked ( or surprised) ‘

Maths and numeracy focus

We have started our work on SEAL ( Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning) Pupils are working and challenged at a level appropriate to their individual development. These are examples of some of the skills we have been practising :

Counting in tens

Counting in tens off the decade

Recognising and ordering numerals to 20

Counting forward and back within 30 ( to 100 for some)

Establishing a collection.

Counting a collection with accurate 1-1 correspondence

Subitising ( recognising an amount without counting )

Watch THIS VIDEO and try to say the amount before you see the number

Other areas of the curriculum

Scissor skills .
We practised cutting along straight lines.

We have enjoyed playing some singing games and rhymes with Mrs Cross, developing our skill in keeping a steady beat and also exploring different ways in which we can use our voices.

In PE we began to practise throwing, catching and timing skills. We have learned about underarm and overarm throwing.