Category: Buckstone Primary School

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

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

block-1-and-2-tricky-words

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

Please find information on this week’s learning below. As completed by P7F.

Have a look at some examples of our learning below. Beautifully presented! Well done P7F.

The children have reading homework to complete at home between now and next Wednesday. We will introduce and practise the accompanying Literacy Circle activities in class between now and the October holidays. On return to school, after the October break, children will also complete these activities at home.