This week we welcome a student teacher to our class. Miss Spowart will be with us for 5 weeks until the end of term and then returns next term for 4 weeks.

Tuesday is pancake day – those who ordered will have a pancake for snack.

Thursday is our next session of outdoor learning with Mr Miller. Please send the children to school wearing appropriate clothing for being outside all afternoon.

On Friday we celebrate World Book Day. Children should come to school dressed as a favourite book character.

Letter Sounds

This week we continue with the digraphs (2 letter sounds), as we have now completed all the single initial sounds. These are a little trickier for the children to learn and remember as they are often in the middle of words rather than at the start.  Our letter sounds this week are ch and sh. Letter ch homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter sh homework should be completed by Friday. Please think of any word containing the digraphs, for the phonics homework.

Common Words

Please continue to use the word walls in the white homework book to revise the sight vocabulary.  Words for this week are our and out. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday by counting and writing each word.

Reading

Reading continues on Monday and Thursday this week.

Maths

We continue to learn about subtraction. Please see the CLIC post for numeracy homework ideas.

Well done to Franek, our latest pupil of the week. He has doing fantastic, independent art and craft work this week.

Letter Sounds

This week we continue with the digraphs (2 letter sounds), as we have now completed all the single initial sounds. These are a little trickier for the children to learn and remember as they are often in the middle of words rather than at the start.  Our letter sounds this week are ng and oo. Letter ng homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter oo homework should be completed by Friday. Please think of any word containing the digraphs, for the phonics homework.

Common Words

Please continue to use the word walls in the white homework book to revise the sight vocabulary.  Words for this week are much and have. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday by counting and writing each word.

Reading

Reading continues on Monday and Thursday this week.

Maths

Our focus at the moment is subtraction. We are learning how to do take away sums.

As part of our Big Maths scheme in school we do CLIC sessions for core numeracy.  Each letter stands for an area of numeracy.

C – Counting

L – Learn Its (these are number facts which we learn so they can be quickly recalled without needing to work out the answer).

I – It’s Nothing New

C – Calculations

We are now covering all the letters in CLIC.

Counting – saying numbers, counting skills and counting actual objects, one more and one less

Learn its –  1+1=2, 2 + 2 =4, 3+3=6, 4+4=8, 5+5=10

It’s Nothing New – doubles to 5

Calculations – basic addition and subtraction (add together and take away), sharing out as a start to division.

If you would like to do some maths homework, you can practise these skills at home. Try counting by saying the numbers up to 10, 20 or beyond if you can manage. If you can go forwards, try going backwards. You can also count actual objects, making sure you count each one once to get the correct total, or try to find the number 1 more or 1 less.

You can also practise the learn its and it’s nothing new by asking What is 1+1? and What is 2+2? What is double 4? or What is double 5?

I have added some resources below which may be useful for practising CLIC at home.

Counting

Learn Its and It’s Nothing New

Calculations – numeracy games

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/robot-more-or-less

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/addition/fruit-splat-game/

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/subtraction/fruit-splat-numberlines/

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/doggyDivision/index.html

Well done to Arlo, our latest pupil of the week. She has been putting great effort into our new topic of subtraction, in numeracy this week.

At the end of this week we have the mid-term holiday. School is closed for pupils on Monday 14th (holiday), Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th February (in-service days).

Letter Sounds

This week we continue with the digraphs (2 letter sounds), as we have now completed all the single initial sounds. These are a little trickier for the children to learn and remember as they are often in the middle of words rather than at the start.  Our letter sounds this week are ee and or. Letter ee homework should be completed for Wednesday and letter or homework should be completed by Friday. Please think of any word containing the digraphs, for the phonics homework.

Common Words

The children now have the third word wall stuck in their white homework book. This can be used at home to revise the next set of sight vocabulary.  Words for this week are saw and went. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday by counting and writing each word.

Reading

Reading continues on Monday and Thursday this week.

Well done to Ajay, our latest pupil of the week. He is always motivated to join in with class discussions and share his ideas.

Ajay was also the playground star for the early stages playground this week for being polite and friendly.