Friday 2nd May

 Friday 2nd May


This week at school we have been focussing on our R.E. learning.  We learnt about the concept of "Precious".  We discussed things that are precious to us and also precious in our world.  We decided that water is the most precious thing on our planet as nothing can survive without it. 

English

In English we thought about words that are used to describe water.  We read pyramid poems and wrote our own.  In Art, we made our own collaged water droplets.

Phonics
Please look out for the orange sheet in your child's book bag this week.  This is to support your child in becoming more confident in recalling and then blending the sounds that they have learnt at school so far.  In June your child will be doing the Statutory National Phonics screening check which checks their confidence in blending phonic sounds.
 Please can you practise reading the real and "alien" words on the orange sheet with your child.  Encourage them to draw on the sound buttons, then to carefully say each sound and then to blend the sounds together to read each word.  We have put the sound buttons on the words on one side of the paper so that you know where they need to go!






This week in Phonics we have revisited alternative graphemes for  "j", these are "g" (as in page or giant),  "dge" as in "bridge", "wr" as in "write" and "le" as in "castle".  It would be great if you could practise these sounds by reading this week's allocated books "Different homes", "Madge and the beanstalk" and "Giant George and the Robin". 
Thank you!

Maths
In Maths this week we have been learning to compare objects using mass or weight.  We found objects which had a heavier, lighter or equal mass to an object.  We ordered objects from heaviest to lightest and used non-standard units (cubes) to find the mass of different objects.  We learnt to use balance scales carefully and accurately to help us with this task.
You might like to choose some objects at home and order them from heaviest to lightest.
We are now counting forwards and backwards to 100. Try the games below to support this.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering

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