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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