Ask me –

1. How many minutes are in an hour ?
2. To read o’clock times on a digital and analogue clock
3. To spell the words pink, rink, sank, tank,
4. To tell you about skunks.

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Our learning this week

Here are some photographs of us developing our skills through our independent learning opportunities and experiences this week. Please take time to share these photographs with your child so they can share their learning with you.

Literacy focus

Story Writing

Our story writing prompt this week was “The pink pig.”

This week we have been learning about consonant blends and the end and beginning of words. This week’s sound was nk

Tricky words

This week we introduced two new words from block 2 – into and here. Please support your child at home with learning to both read and spell these words.

As requested at parent’s night please find below a list for reference with block one and block two words introduced so far

Block one – I the to was saw put he he me is his want

Block 2 so far- she we be all are they come some said one were there into here

Maths and numeracy focus

We have started to learn about time. This includes days of the week, months of the year, seasons, routines, and reading digital and analogue clocks. This week’s focus was reading anaologe and digital clocks to the whole hour ( and half past for some pupils)

Other areas of the curriculum

We have been exploring the RSHP unit ‘Asking questions, making choices’ We have talked about questions with clear yes/ no answers such as ‘ Is this Thursday?’ and preference questions such as ‘ Do you like brocolli ? / ‘Would you like to read a book or draw a picture?’ We also learned about question marks.

In PE we have been playing games and working at stations designed to revise all the skills we have been developing recently – core strength, balance, fitness, dexterity, hand/eye coordination and shoulder pivot.

Looking ahead to next week

Last day of term is Thursday – finishing at the usual time of 2.55. There will be no Friday blog post next week. Have a peaceful Easter break.

‘Homework’ ( things to practice at home)

Look around the house for different clocks/ways to tell the time. Do you have a calendar? What information do you put on your calendar?

Use this game to practise telling the time. Choose your own level of difficulty.

Play this Subtraction game – choose the ‘less than’ option and then select from the number range options

Use our class spelling city page to play games which will help you to learn to spell our block one and two tricky words. Follow this link and then choose the list you would like to practise.

Revise your phonics with phonics bloom or balloon phonics