Dear Parents/Carers,
It was great to see so many of you today at the drop in.
Important Information
Please remember to send in a change of clothes for your child or to refill their change of clothes bag if they use their items. Please note that these do not have to be school uniform.
Here is a summary of our learning:
Literacy
We read the book Aaaarrgghh Spider! Then we did our main piece of writing around this.
Our phonics focus this week was oo and ew. Examples of words with these sounds are: book, look, few and drew.
In spelling we were introduced to 3 new words from Block 4: have, give and live. We then worked on the particular block we are focussing on (block 1, 2 or 3).
At handwriting we have practiced numbers from 3 to 9.
Ideas for learning at home:
Please continue to practise the spelling block your child is working on. Here is an idea for an activity you could try. Write the words they are finding difficult on a bit of paper but with a letter missing. Write the missing letters on the opposite side of the paper but in a jumbled up order. Your child is to find the correct missing letter and draw a line to connect the two.
Here is a link with the lists of tricky words.
Block 1 – 8 Tricky Words single sheet (wordpress.com)
To practise phonics have a look through books at home to find examples of oo/ew words. You could also ask your child to spell these words: few, new, drew, dew, book, look, moon and cool. Can they write a sentence using one of these words? Do they remember a capital letter and full stop?
Please go over your child’s reading book with them at home. This will help to build their fluency.
Numeracy and Maths
We have been learning about positional language. We are more confident now in using the words above, below, under, over, between, left and right.
We have continued to work on place value. Most of us are working on tens and ones but some of us are working on hundreds, tens and ones.
In particular we have been ensuring that we have a solid grasp of the importance of the digit zero. It is very important to keep a place in a number where there are no tens or hundreds in that column. I hope that you found the drop in session useful to see some of the games we have been playing to develop our understanding of the digits in a number, their position and value.
Ideas for learning at home:
Please continue to practise using left and right. Can your child give you directions from one place to another using left and right correctly?
Place Value Game
Choose 3 different single digits. For example, 2,5 and 8. Ask your child to write all the different 2 digit numbers they can make using only these digits. For each 2 digit number, they should partition the number and give the value of the digits. For example, 52 = 5 tens and 2 ones = 50 + 2. For more challenge, try this with 3 digit numbers.
Other areas of the curriculum
We learned about Samuel Coleridge Taylor. A British-Sierra Leonean composer and conductor.
We have learned about Diwali.
In PE we worked on our hand ball skills: we have learned how to bounce a ball with two hands, one and walking while bouncing a ball. We are loving learning pre-basketball skills.
We have been learning about anti-bullying week in assembly.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs de Bonrostro
Buckstone Primary School 