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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 ew/oo sound for example: chew, few, grew/ pool, zoo, foot

Revision of tricky words.

P3s- double consonant endings- for example, ss, zz, ll and ff.

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

Core list: pass, grass, dress, cliff, staff, will, shell, whizz, spilling, buzzing

Challenge list: passed, grassy, dressed, willed, shelled, whizzed, spilled, buzzed, bitter, grilled

Tricky words: live, like

Reading

New reading books will come home today (Tuesday). 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.

Another great week in the Golden Treasures class!

Learning stories- we hope you have enjoyed looking at the children’s termly plan, targets and star steps at home this week. P2 parents- if you haven’t already then please return the learning stories to school as soon as possible. Many thanks.

Almost everyone has been great at remembering their reading books each day- well done- this is so helpful!

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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 ee/ea sound
• P3s- spelling words with consonant sounds ng, nd and nk
• Reading- redesigning the front cover of the story Operation Night Monster.
• Reading- using our reading skills to find words with 3, 4 and 5 letters in them- we were amazing at this task!
• Handwriting- practising our cursive letter formation. We are starting to work on curly caterpillar letters– so far 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- working on what makes a super sentence?

Ideas for home learning

• Find words with your sound/spelling pattern in a book, magazine or newspaper
• Create a new front cover for one of your favourite books: can you add information such as the title and author?
• Practising handwriting together at home. We have attached a sheet to show how the letters are formed with a rhyme attached to each letter

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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
• ordering numbers from smallest to largest
• counting in tens both forwards and backwards
• developing our understanding of place value (hundreds) tens and units by playing games including Secret Number and by using coins (£1, 10ps and 1ps) to pay for items
• reading and displaying information in charts: using tallies to record totals and displaying information in a pictogram.

Ideas for home learning

• practise counting in tens- challenge: how far can you go? Can you count backwards too?
• teach an adult how to play the secret number game
• play this game to help you order numbers, you can choose which numbers you work with
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

Other Areas

• Outdoor PE- fitness circuits and running- please remember to wear PE kit for school on a Tuesday and Thursday
• Starting our learning about sound in science. We took this learning outside and worked with a partner to hear as many sounds as possible all around us.
• Before we started our new sound topic we thought about what sound is and here are our ideas…

What is sound?

Angus “something you hear.”

Sophie “something you can sound out.”

Ben “something you can record!”

Meg “a wave through your ear.”

Andrey “something someone says to you.”

Spencer “a voice box like Bumblebee from Transformers that can speak.”

Megan “when someone shouts in your ear.”

Ruari “when you talk it makes sound.”

Samuel “comes out of your lungs.”

Callum “you can make sounds yourself, bees can make sounds too.”

Daniel “sounds can reach the Isle of Skye in half an hour!”

• Designing front covers for our Roald Dahl booklets. Learning a little more about Roald Dahl.

Ideas for home learning

• How many different sounds can you hear around your own home/outside? Write, draw or even record them.
• Teach an adult how to do the 5 different fitness stations we have worked on- can you remember them all?

Here are some photos of our learning in class this week.

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Have a great weekend!

Mrs Tweedie and Mrs Graham

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 ee/ea sound for example green, seen, bee, tree/ bean, tea, sea

Revision of tricky words.

P3s-

Your child will have chosen either the core or challenge list in class- ng, nd and nk endings

Core list: bang, hung, long, string, bringing, bank, chunk, thank, drinking, winking

Challenge list: banged, singing, longed, branded, banked, chunked, thanked, drank winked

Tricky words: my, by

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- we were so impressed this week that everyone remembered to return their books on time- well done!

We are continuing to work on reading with fluency. Practise reading as much as you can at home. Keep practising reading the tricky words.

Another super week of learning in the Golden Treasures class! We have settled into all of our routines really well now!

Important information: learning stories are being sent home with your child today. Please take the time to look at our plans for the term and your child’s targets. Please send purple folders back to school for Friday 18th. (Due to a lack of folders, the contents of the P3 learning stories are being sent home in poly-pockets. Please keep this copy at home, we have taken a photocopy for school which will be filed once the folders arrive).

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 ay/ai sounds
• P3s- spelling words with initial consonant blends such as str and scr
• Everyone has received their first reading book. Thanks for having these in school each day- this is really helpful. We have been reading aloud and having discussions in our groups
• Reading- making predictions about our own reading books. Making predictions about our new class story Operation Night Monster by either drawing, writing or a combination of both
• Writing- practising our cursive letter formation. 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.

Ideas for home learning

• Choosing one of the spelling activities below to help with the tricky words or to practise your sounds
• Reading aloud to your child as much as you can and getting them to read to you if they can
• Making a prediction about a story/tv show/film at home that you haven’t shared before based on the title and pictures
• Practising handwriting together at home. We have attached a sheet to show how the letters are formed with a rhyme attached to each letter

Numeracy and Maths

• saying numbers sequences forwards and backwards from a variety of starting points
• practising our recognition of 2 digit numbers and being able to find them on a 100 square
• thinking about place value and recognising tens and units in 2 digit numbers
• practising number formation, particularly getting our numbers the right way around
• practising number bonds to 10 and 20
• practising addition skills using a variety of games and activities
• reading and displaying information in charts. In our pictograms this week one picture stood for 2 items so we were also thinking about counting in 2s.

Ideas for home learning

• Practise your number formation
• Look for numbers all around you- on buses, doors, signs. Can you recognise these numbers? What do they mean?
• Practising quick recall of number bonds- have fun listening to and dancing along to this clip
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9tjBUiXs0
• Have a go at this place value game to practise- you can choose the numbers that you work with
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

Other Areas

• Outdoor PE- fitness circuits and running- please remember to wear PE kit for school on a Tuesday and Thursday
• Starting our Roald Dahl topic: sketching in the style of Quentin Blake and finding out a bit of information about both Roald Dahl
• Preparing our Learning Story targets and star steps, which are coming home today. Please return folders to school by 18th September (P3s you can keep yours as per note above)

Ideas for home learning

Continue to sketch in Quentin Blake’s style, below is a clip to help you draw The Twits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsqZ1aMPldQ

Have a great weekend!
Here are some pictures of our addition maths tasks this week.

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Reading:

Today we are sending home reading books with every child. Please share the book with your child and return the book to school each day so that they are available to work with, as we will use them for tasks in class. Books will be collected in each Thursday with new book(s) handed out the following Monday.

Have a look at the document below for some ideas about how to share and enjoy reading with your child at home. A copy of this will be sent home today with your child’s reading book.

An adult will read with children in their reading groups regularly throughout the week. However, the days that your child reads aloud to an adult may vary from week to week.

Spelling:

All children are working on correctly spelling Block 1 and 2 tricky words.

P2s are revising the sounds ai/ay for example rain, brain, day, may.

P3s are working on initial consonant blends. Here is their list of words- they have chosen in class whether to work on the core or challenge list. The list is in case you would like to practise at home.

Core word list

twig

swing

tweed

thrush

street

screen

strong

Challenge word list

swinging

splashing

sweeping

swimmer

springy

stronger

sweetest

The P3 tricky words this week are: here, there, go, so no

 

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Another busy week of learning in the Golden Treasures class!

Important information:

Next week we will start reading in class/at home.  Books will be sent home on a Monday, brought to school every day (please!) and returned to school on a Thursday.  This is really important, particularly this term, as the books need a 72 hour quarantine period before they can be used by a different class.

We will not be sending home reading records at the moment. On a Monday the blog will be updated with any information you may require for reading.  It may be the case that your child is sent home with a book that they have not started to read yet so it is vital that the books are in school every day for reading groups to be heard and so that your child can take part in tasks linked to their book.

Below is a practical guide to helping your child with their reading at home.

Home Reading Guide For Parents-Carers

PE on Tuesdays and Thursdays will take place outdoors.  Please continue to come to school on these days dressed for outdoor PE.

Literacy

• practising our tricky words from Block 1 and 2- reading and writing
• P2s- revising the sounds sh, ch, th and wh
• P3s- using initial consonant blends to spell words correctly
• retelling the story of Silly Billy aloud in our own words to our learning partners and sequencing the story using picture cards
• writing some simple sentences as part of our morning challenges
• practising our letter formation and handwriting skills
• writing and drawing about The Twits

Ideas for home learning

• finding tricky words/sounds/spelling patterns in books, newspapers or magazines
• reading aloud to your child as much as you can and getting them to read to you if they can
• retelling a simple story to you in their own words
• practising handwriting together at home

Here are the tricky words in case you need them

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and the P3 spelling words we have worked on

P3 Spelling week 2

Numeracy and Maths

• saying numbers sequences forwards and backwards from a variety of starting points
• identifying numbers on a number line/100 square and saying the number before and after
• identifying missing numbers in a sequence
• practising number formation, particularly getting our numbers the right way around
• practising number bonds to 10
• using tally charts and making own pictograms

Ideas for home learning

• practising counting together for example, “Can you count up from 12 to 25?  How about backwards from 25 to 12?”  Use a variety of numbers that your child is comfortable with.
• listen to and join in with this fun song about counting to 100

Jack Hartmann count to 100

• practising number formation on paper, in sand, using play-doh, on a whiteboard, using apps- you choose!

Other Areas

• Outdoor PE- fitness circuits and running
• Learning through play in the classroom
• Outdoor learning- inventing our own new games to play outside
• Naming our new tables- we are now the Mega Meerkats, Diving Dolphins, Speedy Sharks and Playing Puppies- do you like our names?

What we enjoyed this week:

“I enjoyed playing with the blocks during learning through play time.” Emma

“Drawing!” Callum

“I liked tidying up!” Ruari

“I liked playing the new games of ‘tig’ that we invented.” Angus

“I liked playing with the dinosaurs.” Andrey

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Tweedie and Mrs Graham