Week Beginning 4th March

 Week beginning 4th March

Another very busy and very lovely week in Class 1 :) We have been busy making some lovely Mother's Day bits for the children to give to you on Sunday. The children have really impressed me with their reading this week, their confidence has grown throughout this term, thank you for your support this week. 

This week we have been:

  • reading longer words - muffin, pattern, buzzer, better. We are still recapping our taught sounds and the children are doing well at remembering these, we are practicing using them when we are reading new words. 
  • exploring longer and shorter and finding objects that are longer than another and then shorter than another. 
  • practicing our subitising of numbers, going up to 10.
  • exploring the story 'After the Fall' which is based around Humpty Dumpty, we did this as a school for World Book Day and the children completed writing and drawing activities based on it. 
Phonics: 
We have now learnt all of the phase 2 and 3 sounds that the children will cover in Reception. We will now be beginning to use all of the taught sounds when reading words. Please keep practicing the sounds with your child at home to consolidate their learning.  

Please see the link below to hear how to say the sounds and the letter formations. 



Reception: how to help at home:
  • allowing your child to get dressed for school 
  • writing numbers
  • practice tricky words 
  • counting objects and adding objects together
  • reading their phonics and badger book
  • please can I ask you to practice letter formation at home
Nursery:
  • in listening time this week we have been doing what is in the box looking at the sound m,  as well as exploring the new rhyme Incy Wincy Spider completing the actions and clapping the syllables and finding the odd one out. As well as recapping some of the sounds they have covered - s a t p i n m 
  • writing numbers 
  • trying very hard with their letter formation, super work!
Here is a link to some of the nursery rhymes that they have been singing during listening time, please feel free to practice these at home https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Nursery: how you can help at home: 
  • writing their name 
  • getting changed for school
  • counting objects or toys
  • writing numbers 
  • playing games to build concentration 
Reminders:
  • PE kit is needed every Tuesday
  • Please try and arrive to school for 8:45 each morning the children are practicing their writing which is really beneficial 
  • water bottles 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend :)

Miss Lewis 

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