Whiteley Year one

  Friday 11th October This week at school we have started learning our Phase 5 sounds and tricky words.  Please can we ask that you make sure that you read the allocated Bug Club book this week with your child to practise the new digraphs ph and wh and new tricky words 'oh' and 'their'.  This makes such a difference to how your child remembers and applies this new learning in class.  Thank you! We have also allocated some games on Bug Club to practise reading and spelling words with these sounds. If you fancy an extra read to practise the 'ph' and 'wh' sounds, we have allocated the books below; Dolphins, Whizz, Whooperoo and What a winner! Thank you! Science        In Science this week we have been learning how animals use movement to survive.  We discussed how animals move to find food and avoid predators.  We went for a walk in the woods to find animals and observe how they move.  We drew careful pictures of the animals that we collected. Maths This we

  Friday 4th October Maths This week in Maths we have been learning to represent groups using  whole/part models and number sentences - see image above.  We have worked on solving simple problems e.g. There are 2 birds in the tree, how many more birds do we need to make 5? Try the games below 1 more game adding to 10 game Phonics In Phonics this week we have spent our last week consolidating Phase 4 Phonics - words with adjacent consonants and phase 4 tricky words. Next week we will be starting to learn the new Phase 5 digraphs wh and ph.  Thank you for working on the reading challenge at home with your child.  We are noticing such a difference in the confidence of the children who are reading each day at home. We have had a delivery of bronze rocket badges so when your child completes their bronze reading challenge please let us know. P.E. We have been doing a great job learning to participate in team games in P.E.  These practise the skills of changing speed and direction.  We were r