This week in the classroom

Friday 16th January

The children have have a wonderful week of learning and play.

In phonics this week, the children have been learning new sounds 'oa', 'oo', 'oo' and 'ar' and learning tricky words 'and', 'you', 'push', 'was' and 'they' They also practised blending sounds together to read them. You can practise at home in just a few minutes. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we learned in Autumn 2 term. The link for the Autumn 1 sounds is here. The sounds we are learning this term are all here. 

In maths, we have continued to play simple track/board games. We also practised counting and ordering the numbers and number bolocks to 5. In  English, the children have begun a new text; we have looked at the differences betweein fiction and non-fiction using the information book 'Hello Penguin'. Children also write every day using whiteboards and pens and their new phonics books. 

The children have loved other activities this week - they have further explored and enjoyed our wintry role play area, playing in the ice cave, writing about the animals they see there! Children have also developed their creative side in the crafting area, making mini winter animals and polar bear masks of themselves. 

The children have had a super week!

Friday 9th January

The children have enjoyed being back in school and seeing their friends after the Christmas break!

In phonics this week, the children have been learning new sounds 'ee', 'igh', 'ai' and revising tricky words 'the', 'I' and 'put'. They also practised blending sounds together to read them. You can practise at home in just a few minutes. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we learned in Autumn 2 term. The link for the Autumn 1 sounds is here. The sounds we are learning this term are all here. 

In maths, we have been practising our subitising once again in addition to counting and using dice to play simple track/board games. In  English, the children have continued using the story of 'The Little Red Hen' as a basis for writing. All children have written a simple sentence about their favourite animal in the story. They also write every day using whiteboards and pens or their new phonics books. 

The snow and cold weather have been wondeful for learning! The children made snow people together, which required good teamwork and communication. They also saw what happens when ice and snow are warmed indoors. We all went on a winter walk around the field and stopped to observe the things we saw and heard, comparing them to what we saw during our Autumn walk, Children noticed the grey sky, ice and snow, trees without leaves, fewer birds, no insects they could see and more. Children have also enjoyed many other new activities such as playing in our new snowy home corner, making play doh snow people and roleplaying with winter animals using our antarctic themed tuff tray!

The children have had a great week!