Dear Parents,
We hope you had a great week.
Important Information
Please return your child’s learning story.
We have a session of Loose Parts on Wednesday. Please come dressed for the weather!
Here is a summary of our learning this week:
Literacy
This week we have introduced the oi and aoy digraphs. As in ‘coin’ and ‘boy. We know that when the sound is in the middle of the word it will be the oi pattern and when it is at the end of the word it will be the oy pattern. Here is the visual prompt we have been using in class.
We have started to work on tricky words from block 3: any, many, very, every.
It would be very helpful if your children practice to read and write these words.
Please also revise the ones from block 1 and 2.
In writing we are learning to write a set of instructions. This week we have been learning how to cross the road. We linked this with our discovery walk around the local area. We have focused on using words of order and bossy verbs.
At story time we have worked on predictions.
Ideas for learning at home
– Please continue to read stories to your child at home. Building on our work from story time this week, can they predict what is going to happen in the story based on the information they have or on previous experiences?
-Please continue to encourage your child to read at home. We have noticed that some children have lost fluency over the summer.
– Here is a fun video introducing the oi sound. Alphablocks
– Ask your child to write the words below
oi words boil, foil, coin, join, soil
oy words boy, toy, joy
Ask them to write the oi /oy sound with a different colour than the rest of the sounds in the word.
- Spin a word game attached.
- You can use this online game. Please choose the sounds that we have worked on so far.
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html
Maths
We have been learning to add and subtract. We have been working on holding a number in our head then counting forwards (for addition) or backwards (for subtraction).
We have also been learning to name the months of the year, put them in order and link them to the seasons.
Ideas for learning at home:
- Ask your child to add two numbers together. For some, this might be with two single digits, for others it could be a 2 digit number plus a 1 digit number. For example 34 + 4. Encourage your child to ‘hold’ the big number in their head then count on using their fingers.
- If your child is finding this difficult, make the numbers smaller and use counters or small objects for them to count.
- For more challenge try this game:
- You could also look through a calendar at home. If you start to read the months in sequence, can your child continue to name the months in the correct order? Can they find the birthday months for members of your family?
Other areas
Social Studies
We have continued to learn about houses and homes. First, we looked at houses around the world and built our own houses using the items from loose parts. We all worked well in teams and constructed amazing houses. Following that we have been looking at houses in our community. On our discovery walk we were able to identify different types of houses. Thank you to the parents who were able to help on the day.
PE
We have continued to develop ball control with our feet.
HWB
We are learning to develop our personal coping skills. We read a booked called Izzy Gismo and talked about resilience and how sometimes things don’t work the first time we try.
We hope you have a lovely long weekend! (Remember there is no school on Monday!)
Mrs McFarlane
Buckstone Primary School 