Week Beginning 19.1.15

This week we have been pretending to be Pirates and the children have thoroughly got in to the role and have had a fantastic week of learning.
We started the week by going on a treasure hunt, we got chased by sharks, crocodiles and encountered spiders and rough seas but we managed to find the treasure in the end! The children then drew a treasure map to show where they had been. They have also labelled their maps to make it clear to other pirates what they can find if they go on a treasure hunt.
In maths we have been working on our subtraction skills. We have been using objects and physically taking them away and also reinforcing this by looking at a number line and counting back.
The children have learnt to recognise tricky words that can't be sounded out in their phonic sessions. The words we have been practising are I, go, to, the and no.
We are really pleased that you have all been doing the sound/blend games and reading with the children. Can we please ask that these games and books be kept in their reading folders so that we can use them at school too.
Next week we will be pretending to be Princes and Princesses...

Week ending 16.1.15

This week we have finished teaching all the individual sounds that the children need to know and we have assessed them to see how many they have remembered!  We have given out sound games, blend games and reading books depending on their existing knowledge.  Please remember to either do the sound/blend games or read with your child AT LEAST 3 times a week.  Don't forget to sign their yellow reading record so they can score towards their Reading Awards.  We also completed our first piece of writing this week.  We heard the story of the 3 Little Pigs and we wrote about our favourite part of the story.

In maths we have finished assessing all the children and we are very pleased with the progress they have made.  We have grown in confidence in knowing '1 more' than any number to 20 and we are now working on being as competent with '1 less'!

We had our very first PE lesson of dance with a specialist teacher and we made a dinosaur dance up. ROOOAAARRRRRR!!!  Please can we remind you to ensure PE kits are in school on a Tuesday (plimsolls are still not needed yet).  Also could girls please have their hair up and either have earrings removed before coming to school or we can tape them up.

Next week, we are beginning our topic of LET'S PRETEND and we are covering pirates.  Please look for the Big Talk homework in your child's book bag and chat about this with them.

Week ending 9.1.15

Happy New Year everyone and we hope you all had a good holiday.

This week in English we have been working on our speaking and listening skills.  All the children discussed their Christmas holidays and shared the thing they enjoyed most.  We have continued learning the sounds and only have 2 left to cover!  We have also been practicing our name writing and we are getting better every day.

In maths we have been assessing what the children have remembered from last term so we have an accurate starting point to teach this term.  We have also been practicing our number formations too.

We have been challenging our ICT skills by creating self portraits using the software 2Paint.  We have selected different tools to use and chose colours for our features and changed the sizes of the tool we use.