P2D Reflective Friday 15.12.23

Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope that you enjoyed our Carol singing performances on Wednesday. We have had a very busy week in P2!

Important Information

We are sorry but due to technical issues we haven’t been able to send you the link with the Carol Singing. We will record it again and send it to you. Please, could all children please bring Christmas jumpers and Christmas headbands/ hats on Monday? Thank you.

Please send in a carrier bag on Thursday 21st December. We intend to send home all indoor shoes and spare clothes on that day. This should give you time over the holiday to check that items still fit. Some of the velcro on the gym shoes has lost its ‘stick’ and they are becoming unsafe, especially for PE. Please feel free to send in an existing pair of trainers from home which can be used for the classroom as well as indoor PE if it saves you buying a pair of new gym shoes.

We will not be sending reading books home this week. Please send in any books you may have at home to allow us to collate the sets in time for the new term in January.

Here is a summary of our learning:

Literacy

We wrote letters to the elves asking about their jobs.

In phonics our focus has been on the final consonant blends ng and nk. We have been finding this really tricky! Examples of words with these sounds are ring, king, tank, sink.

In spelling we have assessed all children on their spelling of tricky words.

Ideas for learning at home:

Here are two fun videos to watch to reinforce the ‘ng’ and ‘nk’ patterns.

Alphablocks – Volume 3 Episode 2 – Song (Digraph NG) (youtube.com)

Alphablocks Series 3 – Ink – YouTube

Here is an online game to play – pairs with ng and nk words.

-nk & -ng – Matching pairs (wordwall.net)

Please continue to practise reading and spelling the tricky words.  An idea is to play Kim’s Game. Write some of the words on separate pieces of paper. Ask your child to read the words. Turn the pieces of paper over and ask your child to remember what was written on each one.  Try it with different words.  

Here is the link to the website we use for handwriting. You can watch the animations at home and ask your child to practise the formation.

Continuous Cursive letter choice 3 beginners (teachhandwriting.co.uk)

Numeracy and Maths

We have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Some of us have also been counting in 3s and 4s.

Here are some of the songs we have been using to memorise the number patterns. You may find it helpful to sing these at home.

Counting by 2s (youtube.com)

Counting by 3s (youtube.com)

Counting by 5s (youtube.com)

We have also been learning about symmetry. You may find this game useful to use at home.

Symmetry Sorting Game – Sort symmetrical and non-symmetrical images (topmarks.co.uk)

You could also practise making symmetrical models with lego or other building bricks. Or even making symmetrical pictures of funny faces or patterns using small objects from around the house.