Friday 24th October

Friday 18th October


We have used our own senses to explore activities in the outdoor classroom.  We identified food stuffs using our sense of smell and learnt how our sense of smell protects us from eating foods that have gone bad. 


Phonics

This week at school we have continued learning our new 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 "ay", "a_e", "eigh", "ey" and "ei" and new tricky words 'Mr' and 'Mrs'.  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 alternative "ai" graphemes above, we have allocated the books below;

I will amaze you, Dave's Big Day and The Runaway train.

Thank you!

Maths

This week in Maths we have been identifying and sorting coins.

The children found identifying and sorting coins really challenging and this would be a great thing to work on at home.  Could you empty your purse or wallet and ask your child to find all of the 2p coins or 20p coins for example?

We have also been comparing, describing and solving problems involving lengths and heights and using the language, longer, shorter, and taller.

Parents Evenings

It has been lovely to see you all at parents evening and the phonics workshop. Information will be sent home.

Next half term we will be working on our Whiteley Learner value- Resilience. Junk modeling is great for this so if you have any small boxes we ould love to have them.

Below is a link to a great maths app that help build maths fluency.

https://whiteroseeducation.com/1-minute-maths

We hope you have a great half term.





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