Week beginning 23.01.23

This week we have been focusing on the book 'The Rooster's Off to See the World'. The children have been creating some beautiful artwork based on this, using a range of different resources such as paint, collage materials, junk modelling etc. They have also worked hard to use their phonics to write about the story which is great to see! As well as this book we have also been participating in bird watch week. Where we have made our own bird feeders and have already seen more birds in our garden!

Some things we have enjoyed this week are:

• exploring the ice outside especially when the dinosaurs were stuck inside and we have to think of ways to get them out
• using different loose parts to make different spiral patterns 
• making bird feeds out of cheerios and pipe cleaners 
• creating collages 
• using our phonics knowledge in our writing 

Phonics:

This week we have been reviewing some of the sounds that we have already learnt. These were j v w y and z. I have been sounding out words with these sounds in and the children have been writing them on their whiteboards. I have been really impressed with their phonics knowledge :) 

Ways to help at home:

• read with your child(ren) 3 times a week minimum
• please encourage your child(ren) to point to the sounds/words as they read as this will help with their fluency
• please write in their yellow book when they have read their reading book twice so that I can read it with them and then change it as by this point they should be reading that book fluently
• touch counting up to 20
• one more and one less than a number
• recognising numbers and writing them 
• as you are at home and out and about talk about sounds you can see (e.g. I spy something with my little eye something sounding with c)
• sounding out words with robot arms
• picking words from their reading book for them to write, slowly sounding out the word for children to hear and write the sounds
• practice their words 
• practice letter formation 
• practice name writing - capitals only at the beginning

Phonics - 

Below, is a link to a youtube video of the pure sounds, we have learnt up to oi. The video shows more, but there is no harm in the children seeing these as we will be moving onto soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCI2mu7URBc

A few reminders: 

• please can you write in the reading records so we know if your child(ren) have read at home, when I am reading with the children I am looking for them to be able to read the book fluently. Of course they can still sound out the words but if they sounding out all of the sentence "Nok went to the shop" I would like them to repeat the sentence back without sounding out.
• Don't forget to book in parents evening appointments 

Nursery - 

Nursery children have been enjoying their daily phonics sessions with Miss G where they are focusing on making noises with their body and playing some games. This week they enjoyed the noisy bear game where they had to guess which sound the bear had made and the monster game, these phonics games focused on making loud and quiet noises. They have also continued to practice recognising and writing their name. Nursery children have also been enjoying counting through songs using props to help them too. 

Miss Lewis