Hello everyone,
This is what we have been learning this week:
LITERACY
We introduced two new consonant digraphs this week: wh and th. Digraphs are two letters which go together to make one sound. We were building /writing these words : which, that and blending sounds together to read: when then.
Our new tricky word this week is are.
We were writing about being in the bath to practise using our new th sound.
We are encouraging the children to use the tricky words they know and the sounds they have learned to ‘have a go’ at writing independently. If the word the child wishes to use is too difficult to sound out, they can still write the starting letter. We are trying to remember to use finger spaces after every word so that our writing is not squashed together. The children have also been given free writing jotters which they can use for their own ideas and drawings whenever they are given the chance to choose their own learning.
We had new reading books this week. The children have been reading in groups at the teaching table. As well as decoding the words we have been discussing title and author, talking about the characters, and predicting what might happen next in the story.
THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Hold up the digraphs and ask your child to tell you the sound they make. Ask them if they can think of a word containing that sound.
Use letters written on a piece of paper or card to ‘build’ a word. The adult says a word and the child choses the correct sounds to make that word.
An adult makes a word using the digraphs th and wh and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.
Write down are on a piece of paper or card, hold the card behind your back then show it to your child and ask them to read the word you have shown them. Your child could practise writing the tricky 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).
NUMERACY AND MATHS
We have continued to work on core numeracy skills: recognising numerals, saying forward and backward number word sequences, sequencing numerals, counting items, saying the number before and after and adding numbers together in our heads.
We continued working on money. We were adding amounts to 10p and beyond. We used the iPads to play some money games.
THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Have a look at some coins at home, talk about their value and if possible, use them to pay for some items in a shop.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
PE
We have been working on using repeated patterns of movement to create simple sequences and have practised moving in time to music. We worked together with a partner to make our own sequence of movements. We were an audience for our friends and made positive comments about their performance.
FLUFFY!
Thank you so much for all the entries in Fluffy’s journal. It has been lovely to see the children’s enthusiasm and eagerness to take him home. At the moment, we are just allowing the children to keep him for two nights so that everyone can have a turn as soon as possible but if you forget to bring him back to school, please don’t worry.
We really don’t want to give families anything extra to have to think about so PLEASE don’t feel you have to add to the journal. Your child will be given the chance to speak to the class about what they have done with Fluffy.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We were talking about Antarctica and learning about some of the other animals who live there. We also discussed what else we would like to find out about this continent.
FRENCH
We started to learn the words for numbers from 1-10.
LOOSE PARTS
Next date for loose parts is Wednesday 7 February.
Some examples of learning taking place this week:
Have a lovely weekend.
Buckstone Primary School 