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We really enjoyed looking at all of the amazing pumpkins children and their families throughout the school had carved and decorated. Here are some pictures of the brilliant creations!

We hope you all had a great October break and we enjoyed welcoming you all back to class this week. Another busy week of learning.

Literacy

• Reading in our reading groups and in BEAR time
• Continuing to enjoy the story of James and the Giant Peach as a class
• Listening to and then sequencing a funny Halloween themed story: A Magical Muddle
• Spelling sounds:
• Team Jewel- single sounds i, s and m
• Team Gold: the aw/au sound for example paw, jaw, yawn, haul, haunt, Paul; Tricky words: do, as
• Team Treasure: igh/-y revision; Core list: right, sight, flight, sunlight, goodnight, spy, trying, why, frying, sty; Challenge list: bright, slightly, frighten, sunlight, goodnight, spying, trying, why, frying, shyly; Tricky words: what, when
• Writing about a favourite holiday activity using super sentences
• Continuing to work on handwriting, focussing on correct formation
• Practising alphabetical order

Ideas for home learning

• Help your child to learn the alphabet…lots of us know the first part but get in a muddle after L!

Numeracy

• Ordering numbers from smallest to largest
• Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards (and backwards for a challenge) from different starting numbers
• Finishing our learning about information handling
• Practising our addition skills by solving some Halloween themed puzzles

Ideas for home learning

• Practise your counting with these catchy songs

Other Areas

• Cosmic Yoga- we enjoyed the Ruby Broom adventure
• Pumpkin Trail- we had so much fun looking at all the different designs
• Resilience- revising what we have already learnt about being resilient

Here are some Halloween themed activities in case you are looking for some inspiration!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Tweedie and Mrs Graham

Spelling this week below, we will do a dictation activity including our sounds on Friday each week.

Team Jewel: single sounds i, s and m

Team Gold: the aw/au sound for example paw, jaw, yawn, haul, haunt, Paul.

Tricky words: do, as

Team Treasure: igh/-y revision

Core list: right, sight, flight, sunlight, goodnight, spy, trying, why, frying, sty

Challenge list: bright, slightly, frighten, sunlight, goodnight, spying, trying, why, frying, shyly

Tricky words: what, when

Another super week in the Golden Treasures class. Here’s what we’ve been learning this week. 

Literacy

• Spelling- Team Jewels: initial sounds a, t, p, n
• Team Gold: revision of the ow/ou sound for example: cow, owl, bow, town; loud, cloud, proud, shout Tricky words: into, here
• Team Treasure: spelling words with ai/ay for example: aim, chair, train, straining, stay, pray, today Tricky words: only, old
• Reading- continuing to work on our fluency skills when reading aloud; we completed a how many letters activity and we made character profiles of characters from James and Giant Peach
• Handwriting- continuing to practise our letter formation. We have worked on forming c, C, d, D, e, E and f, F correctly this week.
• Writing- writing super sentences with capital letters and full stops about our friends.
• Dictation of our spelling sounds and writing a sentence.

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Numeracy and Maths

• Sequencing/ordering numbers from smallest to largest.
• Counting from a variety of starting points both backwards and forwards.
• Practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
• Working on number bonds to 10, 20 and 100 and knowing these really confidently; making posters about bonds to 10 and 100 with a partner.
• Addition skills: bridging through 10 to add numbers.
• Reading and displaying information in charts: creating our own Carroll diagrams.

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Other Areas

• Continuing our learning about sound in science. We thought about how instruments make sounds that were quiet, loud, high and low.
• Outdoor- games to help our teamwork and listening skills- and Letters and Numbers and PE with “Joe”. Choosing our own games to play.

Have a great week off and we look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 27th October.

Mrs Graham and Mrs Tweedie

• Team Jewel: single sounds a, t, p, n
• Team Gold: ow– cow, town, clown, flower, down, bow and ou– shout, loud, out, mouth, ground; Tricky words: into, here
• Team Treasure: Core list: aim, pail, chair, train, straining, way, staying, pray, today, spraying; Challenge list: aiming, railway, chairperson, training, strained, always, stayed, prayed, Wednesday, anyway; Tricky words: only, old

On Friday, we will try a dictation activity using a selection of these words so if you can, have a practise throughout the week.

Another super week in the Golden Treasures class. Here’s what we’ve been learning this week. 

Literacy

• Spelling- Team Jewels: initial sounds
• Team Gold: revision of the igh/-y sound for example: fight, might, tight, night, sight, my, why, shy, by. Tricky words: come, said
• Team Treasure: spelling words with a ea sound– tea, meat, east, steal, cheat, beast, beach, scream, speaking, reaching. Tricky words: little, down
• Reading- continuing to work on our fluency skills when reading aloud; predicting what will happen in our new reading books.
• Reading- enjoying the story of James and the Giant Peach and drawing pictures of the characters Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker.
• Handwriting- continuing to practise our letter formation. We have worked on forming b, B, c and C correctly this week.
• Writing- descriptive words for George’s Marvellous Potions.

Ideas for home learning

• Spelling: draw a spelling flower where each petal has a word written in it from your spelling pattern (as practised in class).
• Choose a character from a book, TV show or film and talk about or write a detailed description of them.
• Practise reading and writing your tricky words. Here are all the tricky words on flashcards for Block 1-4 in case this is a handy guide for you. Try to use the correct letter formation if you’re writing them down!

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Numeracy and Maths

• Sequencing/ordering numbers from smallest to largest.
• Counting from a variety of starting points both backwards and forwards.
• Practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
• Working on number bonds to 10, 20 and 100 and knowing these really confidently.
• Addition skills: using largest number first strategy and counting on using a number line.
• Reading and displaying information in charts: Carroll diagrams.

Ideas for home learning

• Play number bonds to 10, 20 or 100 Bingo!
• Practising counting on and back, especially crossing decade numbers
• Count out loud in 2s, 5s and 10s.
• Find numbers in your local area (for example, door and bus numbers). Can you add 5 to the numbers you find?

Other Areas

• Continuing our learning about sound in science. We listened to lots of different instruments being played, talked about how they make their sounds and completed a sorting activity.
• French- continuing to revise French greetings including bonjour, bon nuit, au revoir, and ca va?
• Outdoor loose parts play- we had so much fun using our imaginations with the loose parts play equipment, we didn’t let the pouring rain spoil our learning!
• Outdoor PE- games to help our teamwork and listening skills- Cats and Dogs and Letters and Numbers.

Ideas for home learning

• Do you have any instruments at home? Can you work out how they make their sounds? Do you blow, strike, bang or pluck them?
• Do you have loose parts around you house or garden? What can you do with them?

It was really nice to chat to you all at parents’ evenings this week. Have a great weekend!

Mrs Graham and Mrs Tweedie

Spelling– we have named our spelling groups, your child should know which group they are working with.

Team Jewels– initial sounds (a and t)

Team Gold– revision of the igh/-y sound for example: fight, might, tight, night, sight, my, why, shy, by

Tricky words: come, said

Team Treasure– revision of ea words. Your child will have chosen either the core or challenge list in class.

Core list: tea, meat, east, steal, cheat, beast, beach, scream, speaking, reaching

Challenge list: dream, leaf, Easter, cheating, beastly, screaming, reached, cheater, steal, steel

Tricky words: little, down

Important note: please can children come suitably dressed for the outdoors on Monday (5th).  We will be using the outdoor loose parts equipment in the playground in the afternoon and are likely to get muddy and wet! Thank you!

Another super week in the Golden Treasures class. Here’s what we’ve been learning this week. 

Literacy

• Spelling: Team Gold: revising oi/oy sound, for example, coin, join, foil, soil, joy, boy, toy, annoy
• Team Treasure: spelling words with a k/ck sound. We learnt that the rule is- words with a short vowel sound need a ck and those with a long vowel only needs a k. Examples: shock, block, black, attack, book, seek, meet, croak. We all enjoyed playing a popcorn game using our sounds.
• Reading- continuing to work on our fluency skills and choosing our favourite characters and why we like them.
• Reading- enjoying the story of James and the Giant Peach.
• Handwriting- continuing to practise our cursive letter formation. We have worked on forming an ‘a and A’ correctly this week.
• Writing- continuing to work on what makes a super sentence? 

Ideas for home learning

• Spelling: can you make your own version of the popcorn game to play with your family?
• Choose a character from a book, TV show or film and talk about why you like them.
• Can you write a super sentence at home that starts with a capital and ends with a full stop? Can you add an awesome opener?
• Practise reading and writing your tricky words. Here are all the tricky words on flashcards for Block 1-4 in case this is a handy guide for you.

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Numeracy and Maths

• Saying numbers sequences forwards and backwards from a variety of starting points
• Practising counting in 2s and 10s.
• Working on number bonds to 10, 20 and 100 and knowing these really confidently.
• Consolidating our understanding of place value, linking this to money.
• Working on our doubles to 20.
• Reading and displaying information in charts: continuing our work on Venn diagrams.

Ideas for home learning

• Use the links below to hear songs about counting in 2s, 10s and to practise your number bonds.
• Teach an adult how to play number bonds to 10 Bingo!

Other Areas

• Outdoor PE- games to help our teamwork and listening skills- Cats and Dogs, Simon Says and Letters and Numbers.
• Continuing our learning about sound in science. We made our own cup and string telephones to show us how sound can travel.
• French- continuing to revise French greetings including bonjour, bon nuit, au revoir, and ca va?
• Drama outdoors- acting out a scene from our class novel.

Ideas for home learning

• Make your own cup and string telephone at home.
• Act out a scene from a book or show you enjoy, can someone at home work out who you are?

Have a great weekend, we’ll “see” you all next week at our virtual parents’ meetings.

Mrs Graham and Mrs Tweedie

***Please can you check with your child that they still have all of the equipment they need for their learning in school. This should include: writing pencils (at least two would be very helpful), coloured pencils, rubber, sharpener. Thank you!***

Spelling

P2s- revision of the oi/oy sound for example: coin, boil, foil/toy, boy, annoy

Revision of tricky words from block 1 and 2.

P3s- words with k/ck endings (Rule: long vowel sound = k ending; short vowel sound = ck ending)

Your child will have chosen either the core or challenge list in class.

Core list: sack clock thick track shock week leek cloak look cook

Challenge list: thicken tracked shocked week weak leek leak cloakroom looking cooked

Tricky words: give, have

Reading

New reading books will come home today (Monday). Please remember to bring in your book every day so that you can work on tasks in class. We will collect books in on a Thursday. Most children are remembering their books every day- well done Golden Treasures!

We are continuing to work on reading with fluency. Practise reading as much as you can at home. Keep practising reading the tricky words. We are also looking at our favourite characters in the stories we read and why we like them.

The end of another busy week in the Golden Treasures class; we hoped you all enjoyed the Monday holiday.

Here’s what we’ve been learning this week.

Literacy

• P2s and P3s- continuing to revise our tricky words from Block 1 and 2- reading and spelling
• P2s- revising ew/oo sound, for example, chew, few, zoo, room
• P3s- spelling words where we need to double the consonant at the end for example, words with ss, ff, zz, ll endings, for example, hiss, huff, buzz, will
• Reading- continuing to work on our fluency skills and making predictions about our reading books.
• Reading- finishing our class novel George’s Marvellous Medicine and starting to read James and the Giant Peach.
• Handwriting- continuing to practise our cursive letter formation. We are working on curly caterpillar letters– we have practised c, a and o. We practise cursive writing throughout the school. At the moment we are continuing to work on our letter formation and are not joining our letters yet.
• Writing- continuing to work on what makes a super sentence? We wrote a piece of big writing using what we had learned.

Ideas for home learning

• Write down some words containing your spelling pattern using really fancy writing.
• Make a prediction about a book/story/tv show you haven’t watched before based on its title and and front cover/pictures. Share your predictions as a family.
• Can you write a super sentence at home that starts with a capital and ends with a full stop? What about writing a sentence that will end in a question mark?

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Numeracy and Maths

• Saying numbers sequences forwards and backwards from a variety of starting points
• Saying the next three numbers in a sequence for example 20….21, 22, 23
• Sequencing and ordering numbers from smallest to largest and from largest to smallest
• Counting in tens both forwards and backwards from different starting points.
• Consolidating our understanding of place value, linking this to money.
• Reading and displaying information in charts: using tallies to record totals and displaying information in a pictogram. Starting to find out about Venn diagrams.
• Practising answering our ‘learn-it’ sums as quickly as possible.

Ideas for home learning

• Practise counting in tens- challenge: how far can you go? Can you count backwards too?
• Can you use tally marks to collect some information at home? Ideas could be counting the number of knives, forks and spoons in your cutlery drawer. Challenge: you could try to put this information into a pictogram of your own.

Other Areas

• Outdoor PE- fitness circuits and running- please remember to wear PE kit for school on a Tuesday and Thursday
• Continuing our learning about sound in science. We used our listening skills to figure out as many of the sounds as we could in a quiz. We’ve attached the link below in case you want another go at home.
• French- revising French greetings including bonjour, bon nuit, au revoir, and ca va?
• Drawing our own upside down houses in the style of Quentin Blake, using The Twits as our inspiration.

Ideas for home learning

• Have a short conversation at home using the French words you can remember. Listen to the French greetings song we enjoyed in class:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXkJ88ygPY0
• Have another go at the sounds quiz below:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1m4h79JZso

Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs Graham and Mrs Tweedie