Class 1 Blog

 Week beginning 13th May I was so sad to miss our school trip! But thanks to Mr Howard it all ran smoothly, and I was told that the children were amazing. I am sure they were tired when they got home! I hope to see you all very soon.  This week we have been:  In Phonics we been focusing on reading longer words, and practicing writing these every day too New tricky words in Phonics have been: out and today Nursery Listening time: blend from the box, new sound 'ff', recapping taught sounds, clapping out syllables.  Reception- In Maths we have been looking at shapes, and talking about their properties. Nursery - In Maths we have been looking at  continuing to look at 3D shapes Reception - In Drawing Club we have read 'Pirate Pete' which the children loved! From this we have drawn Pirate Pete and his boat.   We had some amazing Mantle sessions where the children met a Mum who has lost her son Jack up and beanstalk and as we are problem solvers we need to figure out how we c

 Week beginning 7th May With only 4 days in school. this week has flown by! As I am sure you are aware the children are VERY excited for their school trip next week! This week we have been:  In Phonics we been focusing on reading longer words, and practicing writing these every day too New tricky words in Phonics have been: there when Nursery Listening time: blend from the box, new sound 'f', recapping taught sounds, clapping out syllables.  Reception- In Maths we have been looking at taking away numbers, and how less means that the number gets smaller.  Nursery - In Maths we have been looking at 3D shapes, exploring cubes, cuboids and cylinders  Reception - In Drawing Club we have watched 'Trap Door' which the children found hilarious! From this we have drawn Berk, the house, a new monster from the trap door and a breakfast for his master.  We had some amazing Mantle sessions where the children had to make a bridge for the Billy Goats to cross and then we worked togeth

Week beginning 30th April Another busy week here at school! The children were amazing yet again for our visitor and loved speaking to her and showing her around our classroom and garden.  I hope you all have a lovely bank holiday weekend - hoping for some sunshine!  The children are now counting down the days until our trip, they are very excited and ask me daily 'Miss Lewis are we going to the Zoo today' This week we have been:  In Phonics we been focusing on reading longer words, and practicing writing these every day too New tricky words in Phonics have been: were here little and says Nursery Listening time: blend from the box, new sound 'b', recapping taught sounds, clapping out syllables, catching bubbles outside whilst practicing 'b' words.  Reception- In Maths we have been continuing to focus on teen numbers. We have been using numicon to make teen numbers, by holding up a ten numicon and then another number. They are getting good at telling me which two