Week beginning 06.03.23

Happy Friday :)

Sorry for my delayed post - last week was very busy and I seem to have blinked and now it is Friday again :)

I hope you all have had a lovely week, we have had a fun week in class 1. 

This week our learning has been based around 'Pig in the Pond'. The children have enjoyed the provision that has been based around this this, such as painting, drawing, making lists and writing sentences about the story. It has also sparked conversations about our upcoming farm trip. The children have enjoyed watching the workmen getting rid off our old trim trail and starting to replace it. Due to the snow it has not been finished, but as long as the weather improves they should be back next week for the final touches. 

Some things we have enjoyed this week are:

• our new writing area where we have access to lots of different materials to write on and we can pick what purpose we are writing for. For example, lists, stories, labels etc. It has been great to see the children independently writing. 
• in maths we have been finding out our number bonds to 10 using numicon, the children had to pick a numicon and then find a friend who had the numicon they needed to make 10. 
• writing messages to our friends and putting them in our compliment box in the classroom
• watching the new equipment being installed in our garden
• playing in the snow 

Phonics:

This week we have been reviewing the sounds oo, oi, ear and air.  It would be great if Reception could practice these at home. You could write a few down and hide them for them to find them. You could also do this with some words with these sounds in. Hide them around the room, or sound them out and the children can write them. 

Some examples of words with these sounds:

moon food soon mood boom
coin join boil soil oil
hear hear beard year

chair pair hair fair 

Ways to help at home:

maths: 

• touch counting up to 20
• ways to make 5 and 10
• recognising numbers and writing them 
• counting down from 20
• one more and one less than a number - talk about more means the number gets bigger and less means that the number gets smaller 
• talk about different shapes at home and when out and about 

Literacy:

• read with your child(ren) 3 times a week minimum, getting your child(ren) to point to the words as they read, answering the questions at the back of the book 
• 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
• sounding out words with robot arms
• practice their words 
• practice letter formation 

Phonics - 

Below, is a link to a youtube video of the pure sounds, we have learnt up to ure. 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.
• please can children bring in wellies to school so they can wear these in the mud 
• please check tapestry to follow along with your child's learning 

Nursery - 

Nursery children have been enjoying their daily phonics sessions with Miss G where they are focusing on rhyming, they have been working hard to clap the syllables in their names and their favourite drinks and different listening games.  They have also continued to practice recognising and writing their name. Nursery children have also been enjoying their Maths sessions with Mrs Overton-Arch were they are practicing their touch counting up to 10. They have been singing different counting songs and using props to help them too. They have also been learning to recognise numerals and beginning to subitise numbers up to 5.  

If you could practice name writing and drawing with your child that would be fantastic :)

Please can we ask that you child's bag has spare clothes including socks in case they get dirty and that they bring a water bottle with them every session, thank you. 

Donations 

There are a few things that we are short of at school, if you have any of these or maybe you will in the future please keep us in mind :)

• train tracks
• lego
• wooden blocks
• wellies
• wooden food
• small people
• prams

outdoor donations:

• bark
• soil
• pots and pans 
• buckets
• decking planks 
• crates 

Have a lovely weekend :)

Miss Lewis