Hello everyone,
This is what we have been learning this week:
LITERACY
We were revising the digraphs th and wh as the children are finding these sounds challenging. Some of us were revising single sounds.
We were revising the tricky words: no go be she me we.
We were learning to write the capital letters: A B C.
We were writing about Fluffy and a possible adventure he could have.
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 and the child says the pure sounds of each letter to blend together to read the word.
Write down the tricky words 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).
NUMERACY AND MATHS
We have continued to work on core numeracy skills: recognising numerals, saying forward 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 were identifying coins and played a game on the Smartboard and the iPads.
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 comparing life there to life in Scotland.
We were learning about Chinese New Year.
FRENCH
We continued to learn the words for numbers from 1-10.
LOOSE PARTS
We had a cold but sunny afternoon at loose parts and the children were very busy building, creating and working with their friends.
Next date for loose parts is Friday 1 March.
Here is a whole school quiz for you to try at home, there may be a prize for the winner!
Robert Burns’ Quiz (office.com)
Some examples of independent learning taking place this week:
Have a lovely weekend.
Buckstone Primary School 