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Hello P2M,

I have attached this week’s post as a Word Document (I hope you are able to access it – next week it will be back to the usual format!)

Have a lovely long weekend – see you on Wednesday,

Miss McGhee

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Hello Magic Monkeys and grown-ups and welcome to Term 3! We’ve had a super busy first week back at school…….

In literacy we have covered:

• Writing about the Easter Break
• Writing ‘silly sentences’ with our learning partner
• Dictation – magic e and blends

Reading:

• Whole class reading
• We focussed on listening and looking this week – we listened to an e-book then answered questions based on the text and pictures
• We also read ‘Treasure in the Garden’ and completed follow up activities linked to ‘Thought Bubbles’

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Giving and following directions
• Exploring the points of a compass (North, East, South, West, NE, SE, SW and NW)
• Using the points of a compass to navigate a map and answer questions about location
• Dividing by 2
• Partitioning large numbers into smaller numbers to make halving them easier

P.E/Outdoor Learning:

• Lots of Tig Games: Team Tig, Bunny Tig, Toilet Tig and Rock, paper, scissor Tig
• Prize Bingo

Other Curricular Areas:

• Health and Well-being (team work and positive communication)
• Health and Well-being – circle time
• Music – learning to sign ‘True Colours’
• French – colours

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Lego/construction
• STEM activities
• Fine Motor Skills Art
• Role Play
• Arts and Crafts table – French numbers
• Literacy games
• Numeracy games
• Mindfulness colouring in

Morning Starter/Afternoon Ender:

• Holiday Whiteboard
• Mindfulness colouring in
• Rock, Paper, Scissors
• Letter formation practice

Extra Information 

• New reading books will be sent home on Monday 26.04.2021
• Please bring reading books to school every day – especially a Thursday so they can be “quarantined” over the weekend. Thank you!  
• We have had another a new pupil join us this week– it has been lovely to welcome him into our team!

Enjoy the weekend, have fun and stay safe,

Miss McGhee 😊

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Re-cap of digraph sounds covered so far in Term 1
• Tricky words (block 1 – 5)
• Sounding out/blending/spelling words (CVC, CVCC, CCVC)
• Dictation – digraph revision
• Writing ‘October Holiday’
• Writing Star Steps: use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, using a connective word and writing 2 or more sentences
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive
• Reading Groups

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Subtraction within 30
• Chilli Challenge subtraction – continued in our new maths jotters!
• Time –days of the week and months of the year
• Counting in 5s
• Number formation

Reading

We have started a class novel – The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark!

• Reading groups
• Predicting the story
• Recalling the story
• Reading out loud

P.E:

• Fitness – exercise video in class
• Joe Wicks fitness
• Yoga
• What skills are we developing during P.E discussions

Morning Starters:

• Tuesday – writing name using cursive letters  
• Wednesday – literacy activity
• Thursday – picture/word recognition  
• Friday – ‘partner game  

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Lego/construction
• Role Play
• Arts and Crafts table
• iPads (literacy and numeracy)
• smartboard games 
• Bingo – led by the children
• Listening and talking activities

Outdoor Learning

• This week we have made an ‘Outdoor Learning Journal’
• We collected leaves and decorated our own journal
• We will use this journal each week to document our outdoor learning
• Descriptive writing about leaves

We enjoyed our walk around the school to see all the pumpkins!

French

• Simple greetings

Extra Information 

• We have some unclaimed/unlabelled uniform in the classroom – please let me know if you are looking for any items.  

Enjoy the weekend, have fun and stay safe,

Miss McGhee.

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Sounding out/blending/spelling words (CVC, CVCC, CCVC)
• Writing ‘Holiday’
• Writing Star Steps: use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops
• Sounding out and spelling oo and ew words
• Digraphs (oo and ew)
• oo words – book, cook, roof, boot, shoot
• ew words – flew, grew, new, few
• Dictation
• Tricky words (block 1 – 5)
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive
• Reading Groups

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Subtraction within 30
• Chilli Challenge subtraction – in our new maths jotters!
• Time – reading the time on digital and analogue clocks
• o’clock and half past
• Quarter past and quarter to
• Counting in 5s
• Number formation

Reading

• Reading groups
• Reading out loud to the teacher
• reading to our ‘Learning Partner’
• Recalling information

P.E:

• Fitness – exercise video in class
• Joe Wicks fitness
• Yoga
• What skills are we developing during P.E discussions

Morning Starters:

• Monday – weekend whiteboard
• Tuesday – word building
• Wednesday – cursive letters
• Thursday – partner game
• Friday – ‘Just Dance’

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Lego/construction
• Role Play
• Arts and Crafts table
• iPads (literacy and numeracy)
• smartboard games 
• Bingo – led by the children
• Listening and talking activities

I am looking forward to the October Break because…………..

“I’m looking forward to spending time with my family” – Beth

“I’m looking forward to going to my Granny’s for a sleepover” – Scarlett

“I am looking forward to going running with my Daddy” – Louise

“I am going to playing with my baby brother” – Ella

“I am looking forward to getting a new toy and going in my campervan” – Lewis

“I am looking forward to my Birthday” – Connor

“I am looking forward to playing Lego with my Dad” – Roman

“I am looking to going to golf with my Dad” – Jack

“I am looking forward to training my dog” – Megan

Extra Information 

• If anyone has any unused/unloved Lego at home we would love to have it in class to add to our Learning Through Play activities – please don’t buy any new Lego!

Enjoy the October Break!

Have fun and stay safe,

Miss McGhee xxx

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Sounding out/blending/spelling words (CVC, CVCC, CCVC)
• Writing: ‘My Feelings’
• Writing Star Steps: use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops
• Sounding out and spelling oa and ow words
• Digraphs (oa and ow)
• oa words – boat, coat, soap, float
• ow words – row, bow, crow, window
• Dictation
• Tricky words (block 1 – 5)
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive
• Reading Groups
• Reading sent home

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Addition to 10, 20 and beyond
• Introduction to time
• o’clock and half past
• Quarter past and quarter to
• Counting in 5s
• Time Bingo
• Number Bingo
• Number formation

Reading

• Reading groups
• Reading out loud to the teacher
• reading to our ‘Learning Partner’
• Recalling information

P.E:

• Fitness – exercise video in class
• What skills are we developing during P.E discussions

Morning Starters:

• Monday – weekend whiteboard
• Tuesday – music
• Wednesday – word building
• Thursday – cursive letters
• Friday – partner game

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Lego/construction
• Role Play
• Arts and Crafts table
• iPads (literacy and numeracy)
• smartboard games 
• Bingo – led by the children
• Listening and talking activities

French

• Greetings
• Numbers/counting
• Colours  

Something I have enjoyed learning this week:

I enjoyed writing about our feelings – Lily

I enjoyed handwriting – Mahdis

I enjoyed Tens and Units and reading groups – Louise

I enjoyed doing Maths – Scarlett

I’ve enjoyed doing the sound oa/ow – Eesha

I enjoyed doing digital clocks and analogue clocks – Eliza

I like P.E – Jack

I enjoyed reading – Megan

I like doing adding, reading and tens and units – Roman

Extra Information 

• If anyone has any unused/unloved Lego at home we would love to have it in class to add to our Learning Through Play activities – please don’t buy any new Lego!

Have a lovely weekend – have fun and stay safe!

Miss McGhee

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Sounding out/blending/spelling CVC words
• Independent writing: ‘My Hobby’.
• Writing Star Step: use a connective (and, then, because)
• Sounding out and spelling ow and ou words
• Digraphs (ow and ou)
• ow words – cow, town, clown, flower, down, bow
• ou words – shout, loud, out, mouth, ground
• Dictation
• Tricky words (block 1 – 5)
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive (https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/writingRepeater/)
• Reading Groups – in class
• Reading sent home

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Number bonds to 10
• Number bonds to 20
• Addition to 10, 20 and beyond
• Addition with missing numbers (eg 5 + ? = 9)
• Exploring tens and units
• Partitioning Numbers
• Chilli Challenge addition
• Number Bingo
• Number formation

Reading

• Reading groups
• Reading out loud to the teacher
• Designing a new front cover
• Writing out our favourite part of the story
• Recalling information

P.E:

• Fitness – exercise video in class
• What skills are we developing during P.E discussions

Morning Starters:

• Monday – weekend whiteboard
• Tuesday – word building
• Wednesday – cursive letters
• Thursday – partner game
• Friday – Music activity

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Role Play
• Arts and Crafts table
• iPads (literacy and numeracy)
• smartboard games
• Bingo – led by the children
• Listening and talking activities

Extra Information 

• We have some unlabelled uniform in class – a purple jumper and a purple cardigan. Let me know if you are looking for these!

Have a lovely weekend – have fun and stay safe!

Miss McGhee

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Sounding out/blending/spelling CVC words
• Independent writing: ‘Super Me’
• Sounding out and spelling igh and -y words
• Digraphs (igh and -y)
• igh words – high, night, light, fight, knight
• -y words – sky, spy, fry, fly, cry
• Dictation
• Tricky words
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive
• Reading Groups – in class
• Reading sent home

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Number bonds to 10
• Number bonds to 20
• Addition to 10, 20 and beyond
• Addition with missing numbers (eg 5 + ? = 9)
• Exploring tens and units
• Partitioning Numbers
• Chilli Challenge addition
• Number Bingo
• Number formation

Reading

• Reading groups
• Reading out loud to the teacher
• Recalling information
• Sense and non-sense sentences
• Exploring sentence structure

P.E:

• Fitness – exercise video in class
• What skills are we developing during P.E discussions

Morning Starters:

• Tuesday – weekend whiteboard
• Wednesday – word building
• Thursday – cursive handwriting
• Friday – Music activity

 

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Role Play
• Arts and Crafts table
• iPads (literacy and numeracy)
• smartboard games

 

Extra Information 

• E days are now Monday and Wednesday

Have a lovely weekend – have fun and stay safe!

Miss McGhee

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Sounding out/blending/spelling CVC words
• Independent writing: All About Me.
• Sounding out and spelling ee and ea words
• Digraphs (ee and ea)
• ee words – leek, weed, tree, sleep, sheep
• ea words – bead, seat, leaf, seal, speak,
• Dictation
• Tricky words (Block 1 – 5 PowerPoints are attached to this post, if you would like to practise at home)
• Tricky Word Block 1 PP
• Tricky Word Block 2 PP
• Tricky Word Block 3 PP
• Tricky Word Block 4 PP
• Tricky Word Block 5 PP
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive
• Reading Groups – in class
• Reading sent home

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Number bonds to 10
• Number bonds to 20
• Addition to 10, 20 and beyond
• Addition with missing numbers (eg 5 + ? = 9)
• Exploring tens and units – games on ‘Topmarks’
• Partitioning Numbers
• Chilli Challenge addition
• Number Bingo
• Number formation

P.E:

• Fitness – circuits outside
• Cosmic Kids Yoga
• What skills are we developing during P.E discussions

Morning Starters:

• Monday – Weekend Whiteboard
• Tuesday – Literacy Activity
• Wednesday – Learning Partner activity
• Thursday – Numeracy activity
• Friday – Music activity

Learn Through Play Activities:

• Marble Run
• Block Play
• Role Play
• Exploring ‘Pointillism’ art
• iPads (literacy and numeracy)
• smartboard games

Reading

• Reading groups
• Reading out loud – individually
• Reading sentences and drawing pictures that match
• Sense and Non-sense sentences
• Exploring sentence structure

 

Extra Information 

• IMPORTANT INFORMATION – P.E days are changing to Monday and Wednesday (WB 21.09.2020)

Have a lovely long weekend – have fun and stay safe!

Miss McGhee

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Sounding out/blending/spelling CVC words
• Independent writing ‘At the Weekend’
• Sounding out and spelling ai and ay words
• Digraphs (ai and ay)
• ai words – nail, jail, pain, rain, brain, train
• ay words – day, pay, say, play, clay, tray
• We played digraph bingo and even had some prizes!
• Creating word searches
• Letter formation – cursive and non-cursive
• Reading Groups – in class
• Reading sent home

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Number bonds to 10
• Number bonds to 20
• Addition to 10, 20 and beyond
• Addition with missing numbers (eg 5 + ? = 9)
• Exploring tens and units
• Chilli Challenge addition
• Number formation

P.E:

• Fitness – circuits outside
• Cosmic Kids Yoga
• What skills are we developing during P.E discussions

Morning Starters:

• Monday – Weekend Whiteboard
• Tuesday – Literacy Activity
• Wednesday – Learning Partner activity
• Thursday – Numeracy activity
• Friday – Exercise activity

Something I would like to learn:

“art and make toy castles” – Eesha

“about space” – Lily

“tricky words in books, really tricky words!” – Louise

“more about insects” – Mahdis

“About dinosaurs” – Max

“about being a police officer” – Rayyan

“more about reading so I can read a whole book” – Hugo

“more about maths and maths up to 100” – Megan

“about the sea” – Carl

“about addition calculations” –Lewis 

“Shapes” – Roman

“about earthquakes” – Eliza

“about the jungle” – Ella

Reading:

• Reading books were sent home on Monday (07.09.2020)
• A new book will come home on a Monday and be collected on a Thursday – This will allow us to “quarantine” the books over the weekend and swap them with other groups/classes.
• Reading should come to school every day – please use your child’s purple folder to transport reading books to and from school. Books will stay in these folders and only come out at your child’s reading time
• I have set up new groups based on in-class assessments – these groups are fluid.
• Please don’t be alarmed or worried if your child moves groups – changes are only made in order to support your child’s individual development.
• I will re-assess reading over the next few weeks and make any changes/swaps necessary.
• I have attached an “at home reading guide” to support you at home – a paper copy was sent home on Monday along with your child’s first book.
• At Home Reading Guide: Reading With Your Child at Home
• There will be no reading log book sent home – any reading information you need will be posted on the class blog.
• Please refer to the “at home reading guide” to support you with reading at home.
• Child specific information will be emailed via the Office Admin account.

Extra Information 

• Learning Folders will be sent home today – we are still awaiting folder so for now your child’s learning story is in a ‘polly-pocket’
• Please keep this at home – I have the originals to file when the folders come in.
• Small plea – if any has anyone unwanted/unloved dominoes at home we would love to have them at school to support our learning!
• Once we are more settled I will start to put photographs of our learning on the blog – at the moment with limited time in school this isn’t possible. We do have some super photos on our classroom display!
• Please label all items of school uniform as we don’t have access to a lost property box – thank you.
• If possible please fill your child’s bottle with water, thank you.
• Please feel free to contact me via Office Admin if you have any questions

Have a lovely weekend – have fun and stay safe,

Miss McGhee

Hello Magic Monkeys and Happy Friday!

We have had another super week of learning! The children have really settled well

In literacy we have covered:

• Single sounds of the alphabet
• Sounding out/blending/spelling CVC words
• Re-cap of sounding out and blending
• Digraphs (sh, ch, wh, th)
• Spelling words with middle sounds (a,e,i,o,u) independently
• Spelling words with digraph sounds (ch, sh, wh, th) independently
• We played digraph bingo and even had some prizes!
• Letter formation
• Reading assessments
• Reading Groups – in class

In Numeracy we have covered:

• Recognising numbers to 30
• Ordering numbers to 30
• Numbers bonds to 10
• Addition to 10, 20 and 30
• Chilli Challenge addition
• Number formation

P.E:

• Fitness – circuits outside (high knees, shuttle runs, jogging, step ups, lunges)

Morning Starters:

• Monday – Weekend Whiteboard
• Tuesday – Literacy Activity
• Wednesday – Learning Partner activity
• Thursday – Numeracy activity
• Friday – Music activity

Something I have learned this week:

Writing about the weekend – Lily

Playing with the popcorn and finding the letters we have been learning – Zoe

I’ve been in my reading group – Scarlett

I’ve been learning lots of sounds – Beth

Addition calculations – Mahdis

I like doing number bonds – Max

I like doing reading groups – Lewis

I like writing – Jack

I like the chilli challenge – Hannah

Reading:

• Home reading will start on Monday (07.09.2020)
• A new book will come home on a Monday and be collected on a Thursday – This will allow us to “quarantine” the books over the weekend and swap them with other groups/classes.
• Reading should come to school everyday – please use your child’s purple folder to transport reading books to and from school. Books will stay in these folders and only come out at your child’s reading time
• I have set up new groups based on in-class assessments – these groups are fluid.
• Please don’t be alarmed or worried if your child moves groups – changes are only made in order to support your child’s individual development.
• I will re-assess reading over the next few weeks and make any changes/swaps necessary.
• I have attached an “at home reading guide” to support you at home – a paper copy will also be sent home on Monday with your child’d first book.
• At Home Reading Guide: Reading With Your Child at Home
• There will be no reading log book sent home – any reading Information you need will be posted on the class blog.
• Please refer to the “at home reading guide” to support you with reading at home.
• Child specific information will be emailed via the Office Admin account.

Extra Information 

• P.E is outside –  we are trying our best to work with new guidelines re Covid-19 and deliver quality P.E.
• Windows are open in the classroom from 07.30 – 15.00. They are closed at the end of the day so we can be organised for home time.
• Once we are more settled I will start to put photographs of our learning on the blog – at the moment with limited time in school this isn’t possible. We do have some super photo on our classroom display!
• Please label all items of school uniform as we don’t have access to a lost property box – thank you.

Have a lovely weekend – have fun and stay safe,

Miss McGhee