Hello everyone, we have had a busy week in school. It was lovely to see so many parents and family members at our drop in today, thank you for coming.
This is what we have been learning this week:
LITERACY
We introduced the new sounds u and f.
In small groups we were thinking about words beginning with these sounds, playing games, and identifying the letters which make these sounds. Some of us were learning how to ‘build’ and ‘blend’ three letter words with the sounds we know.
We also introduced two ‘tricky words’ to and he. Tricky words can not be sounded out but have to be learned. We will be introducing new tricky words on a weekly basis.
THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Hold up the letters and ask your child to tell you the sound they make. Ask them if they can think of a word beginning with that sound. Play ‘I spy’ using the sounds your child has learnt.
Use letters written on a piece of paper or card to ‘build’ a word. The adult says a three letter word and the child choses the correct sounds to make that word.
An adult makes a three letter word, and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.
Write down to and he on a piece of paper or card, hold the cards behind your back then show them to your child and ask them to read the word you have shown them. Your child could practise writing these words, forming the letters the way they have been shown in class.
(If you are unsure about correct letter formation, please speak to one of us at the end of the day).
Writing – we used some of the words we have been learning for our starter sentence this week- I went to the………………
These examples of writing will go in your child’s learning story which they will be bringing home on the 1 December.
NUMERACY AND MATHS
In numeracy we have been practising careful counting and some of us have been adding two numbers together to make amounts totalling numbers between 11-20.
In measure we were using the pan balance to predict then measuring using cubes.
We were predicting which container held the most water then checking to see if we were correct.
THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Practise careful counting of a group of items. Say the number out loud as you place your finger on each item. How many items can you count correctly?
PE
We were playing running games to improve our fitness and have fun. We participated in various fitness activities at different stations around the gym hall.
HWB
As part of our Health and Wellbeing programme to help build resilience and following on from last week’s introductory assembly, we were discussing the idea of special people in our lives and how they can make us feel happy when things are not going so well. We drew pictures which showed, ‘I am happy when…………’
WALK IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
As part of exploring and discovering the interesting features of our local environment we enjoyed our walk around Buckstone. We looked at street names, the different types of houses and local amenities such as the park. We posted a letter to Mrs Conlin at the post box, and we were very excited to find out that it arrived the very next day! Mrs Conlin was delighted with her card and message from P1K.
LOOSE PARTS
Next date for loose parts is Tuesday 7 November.
Some examples of learning taking place this week:
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