- The Christmas Fair is on the 30th November. Please remember to support the PTA. We hope to see you there.
- We will try again to put the box out for half termly £1 contributions next week! This is to help us buy resources and enhance your child's learning.Thank you very much for your contributions.
- The Christmas play will take place on 18th December at 9.15am and 19th December at 10.15am. Tickets have been sent home in your child's book bag.
- We would be very grateful for any contributions of beige or green ribbon for a Christmas craft.
- Things to do...
- In phonics this week the children have focused on the phonemes g,n,m,d. See if your child can segment and blend some CVC words using the phonemes already taught- s,a,t,p,i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k and ck.
- If your child has lines for the Christmas play please help them practise.
We have now started learning the songs and learning lines for the Christmas play. The children all chose whether they wanted a speaking part or dancing part. Your child should have come home with a letter this week telling you what they will need for a costume. If your child is 'a child' they can just wear their own clothes. We recommend a short sleeved t-shirt as it can get very hot in the hall during the performances. Please ask if you have any queries regarding their costumes. The children who have lines will be bringing them home. We would be grateful if you could please ensure that they practise using a loud clear voice and remind them not to rush their words!
In maths this week the children have been learning all about the number 8. They have rotated around 4 activities. These included problem solving using bears. For example 5 bears were delivered to the shop then another 3 arrived, how many bears are there altogether? They continued problem solving using fish swimming along in the sea. They used part-part whole to explore different ways of making 8 and using the tens frames to make 8. The children also used an octopus and made 8 in different ways on each of the tentacles using reversible counters.
In phonics the children have learn't the sounds c,k and ck. Ask them to segment and blend the following words:
c: cat, cup, cot, cap, cub
k: kid, kit, king, kick, kiss
ck: sock, tick, lock, duck, rock, back, lick, kick
In guided writing the children have been practising writing animal CVC words. They had to segment the words and use the alphabet card to find the phoneme so they could try to use the correct formation and then they wrote the word. They wrote dog, cat, pig and were then encouraged to think of their own e.g. bat, rat, fish, frog. Some children wrote their words into a sentence e.g. The cat had a rat.
The other activities included cutting skills, threading and handwriting.
The children enjoyed a literacy ChIL a couple of times this week. They were very focused.
The children had a maths ChIL on Thursday afternoon.
They also enjoyed normal ChIL both inside and outside.
The children had lots of fun using the parachute during PE.
Thank you to all the parents who came for our book look and ChIL this afternoon.
Enjoy the fair!
The year R team.
