This week in the classroom

Friday 23rd January

The children have have another great week of learning and play.

In phonics this week, the children have been learning new sounds 'or, er, ow' and 'oi' and learning tricky words 'my, by all'. 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 Spring term are all here. 

In maths, we have continued to play simple track/board games. We also explored the composition of the number 5, singing the song 5 speckled frogs and using toys to represent the frogs as they jump off the log! We also used our fingers and cubes to show how we can make 5; 1 and 4 make five and 2 and 3 make 5.  In  English, the children have continued reading the non-ficition text 'Hello Penguin'. They have labeled parts of a penguin in their writing books. Children also write every day using whiteboards and pens and their phonics books. 

The children have enjoyed other areas this week including searching for penguins in the roleplay corner using binoculars, making mini pengiuns using their crafting skills, problem solving with friends and much more. 

The children have had a great week!

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 blocks 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!