P2D Reflective Friday 12.01.24

Blog 12.01.24

Dear Parents/Carers,

Happy New Year! It was lovely to welcome back the pupils this week. Everyone seems refreshed and ready for the busy term ahead.

Important Information

· Change of PE days: Our PE days will be now on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Here is a summary of our learning

Literacy

Our phonics focus has been on the initial blends bl,cl,fl,gl,pl,sl. Examples of words with these blends are: block, clap, flag, glitter, plant, slip.

We have enjoyed our reading books this week, focusing on reading aloud with fluency.

At writing we wrote about one thing that we liked about the holidays and why.

Ideas for learning at home:

Here is a fun game to play which will revise the phonics focus for this week. Examples of words are: black, blow, clip, cloud, flag, flock, glass, glen, plum, play, slug, sleep.

Silly Sentence

Write the words out on bits of paper. Spread the word cards out face down. Pick 3 cards and turn them face up. Say the words as they are turned up. Now try and make up a silly sentence that includes all 3 words on the cards.

Please also ask your child to share their reading book with you. Once they are finished you could ask them to explain what happened at the beginning, middle and end. Reflecting on the structure of books will help them as they write their own stories.

Numeracy

We have been practicing a variety of number skills this week. One of the main focuses has been on number recognition. We revised ‘teen’ and ‘ty’ numbers briefly and are becoming so much more confident with this now!

We have also been looking at the 100 square and looking for patterns which will help us to identify numbers and their value.

Ideas for learning at home

Click on this link to open up an interactive 100 square. Paint the Squares – Interactive Number Charts (topmarks.co.uk)

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

On the left hand side you will see options to ‘pick a puzzle’. These offer various levels of challenge and the class have enjoyed exploring this.

You could also make up your own 100 square challenges like in the photo below. Can your child fill in the spaces?

Try to look out for numbers in the environment for example house doors, bus numbers, items in packets at the shops. Real life examples of reading numbers can be much more interesting than a worksheet!

Other Areas

· We have been learning about the UNCRC article 3. We have been learning that adults make the best decisions for us. We thought about who are our five trusted adults.