Literacy & Reading
This week we are revising the sounds sh, ch, wh, th, ee and ea and all the ‘tricky words’ we have covered so far. There will be no new sound sheet this week, please continue to revise sounds and ‘tricky’ words’ at home.
New reading books will be sent home this week–Monday/Tuesday.
Thank you for signing and commenting in your child’s reading record. (See previous post for information on reading at home)
Below are some tricky words which we are finding tricky to read. Please work on these at home: you, want, was, saw, put.
Numeracy & Maths
• Maths – We have started a new topic in maths – Position and Movement. We are covering positional language (next to, in front of, behind, up, down, forwards, backwards, left and right)
• We have also been using our Bee-Bots to explore position and coding!
• Time – we are beginning to explore time. Starting with the features of a clock and telling the time (o’clock).
• Can you spot time when you are out and about with your child?
• You could also talk about times of the day (bed time, dinner time, time to get up) and read these on the clock together.
Other Curricular Areas
• P.E. – We have been working on our fitness levels in P.E. and children have been working their way around a circuit. We are also using positional language to play games in P.E. We also enjoyed the lovely weather on Thursday and had P.E. outside.
• French – using dot patterns to count out amounts in French.
• Health and Wellbeing – We are using our Fairyland topic and the Cinderella story to look at friendships.
• Drama – Children have been re-creating and acting out an alternative ending to Cinderella – maybe they can share this with you at home!
• Drama – This week we had a little go at the ‘Hot Seat’. Children take on the role of a character from a story and answer questions from the audience. Maybe you could read story at home then try this out!
Learning Through Play
• Role Play –The Fairyland Castle is still very popular. Children are continuing to explore characters within the hospital role play area.
• Drawing – some children have been interested in re-telling popular Fairy tales by drawing fantastic pictures.
• Dance – children have made a dance floor and have been sharing their dance moves along with singing.
• Fine Motor Skills- we continue to focus on hand strength using threading, play-dough and cutting activities.
Extra Information
• We need your help! We are looking for photos of your child being active…….these can be family photos – they are for our Health and Wellbeing wall display in school. (One photo per child please). Thank you!
• Can we also ask for any recycling – we would like to do some junk modelling and build some castles!
Thank you for your continued support in your child’s learning.
