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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 autumn leaves, geese and octopuses /octopi ( both are correct plurals of octopus ) Ask your child to share some octopus facts with you.

Literacy focus

This week we introduced the letters

g and o

and we introduced the tricky words

I and to.

These are words which cannot be sounded out using phonics and should be learned by memory as sight vocabulary. please practise both reading and writing these words

Here are some words to read and build. If you want a challenge you could try to write the word if an adult reads it to you.

got dot dog mop get top

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 our focus was “I am in the garden…..”

Maths and numeracy focus

Some pupils are still finding it tricky to count backwards from 20 – 10. Please practise this at home if necessary. Many thanks

We continue to 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 :

Other areas of the curriculum

In PE we have been focusing on jumping and landing, bending our knees as we take off and again as we land, trying to land quietly on our toes and roll down to our heels with both feet together. We have jumped off and over things.

We looked in detail at autumn leaves to make our own drawings.

We had our school photographs taken

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.

Looking ahead to next week

We will be going for a walk in our local area on Thursday – more information to follow on Monday via email.

‘Homework’ ( things to practice at home)

Write these sentences. An adult can read one to you and you use your knowledge of the tricky words and blending sounds to write independently. Give it a go, even if it is a challenge for you. Challenges are how we learn.

I am a cat.

I am ( insert own name).

I can hop.

Count back from 20 -10

Write your name. Try to use correct letter formation for all the letters. Remember, only the first letter should be a capital. As a challenge, try writing your surname too.