Dear Parents/Carers, This week the children the children have continued to talk about the seasons and in particular Autumn. The children were read an Autumn poem and then as a class wrote their own, scribed by an adult. In phonics this week the children have been learning e, u, and…
Dear Parents/Carers, In phonics this week the children have been learning g,o,c,k and ck. They have also been introduced to segmenting to help them spell words. The children have played treasure and trash which has helped them practise their blending skills. Sometimes it is tricky for them to hear the…
Dear Parents/Carers, In phonics the children have now been introduced to the first eight sounds from ‘Letters and Sounds’ these are s, a, t, p, I, n, m, d. The children have also started to learn how to blend to read words. Below you will find some interactive game links.…
Dear Parents/Carers, Well the children have come to the end of their second full week in school, what a busy week it has been! In phonics the children have started to learn the letters sounds that they will need to start reading and writing. They have learnt s, a, t,…
Dear Parents/Carers, This week the children have continued to use their listening skills to play different phonics games. They have really enjoyed the honey bear game. You could play as a family at home the children will show you! You just need an instrument or shaker that makes a noise,…
Dear Parents/Carers, Class R have now been at school two weeks. The children are all settling well into the new routines and are taking time to get to know each other. The children are now coming straight into school, having their snack and a good chat. They have enjoyed telling…
Welcome back, we hope you had a good break. This week we started by sharing the story ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’, you could ask your children what Mr Wolf did to all his neighbours! The children then talked about a time they had eaten a pancake and their favourite toppings. Using…
This week in class R we have been answering our learning questions “How do trucks work?” and “How do cars work?”. We talked about gears and cogs and how they work. The children explored the gears in the classroom, they created tall towers and managed to move all the cogs…
We started the week erupting the volcanoes the children created last week. We talked about the Bicarbonate of Soda and vinegar creating a reaction, “it made lots of bubbles”. It was very exciting! On Monday afternoon the children watched a light show about the story of Chinese New Year. We…
Dear Parents/ Carers, Last week the children began their theme ‘I wonder..’ The children asked different questions about the world such as ’Where does water go when it goes down the drain?’ and ‘How do volcanoes work?’. We began answering their questions. This week the children made volcanoes using bottles,…
