Phonics Continue to revise the sounds from last week. As the weather is so good this is a great opportunity to get outdoors and engage in some fun spelling activities.  For example writing spelling words on the ground with chalk or using … Continue reading →

You should have received a letter home today about our new ‘ClassDojo’.  The children were very enthusiastic about these this morning!  It is a great way of encouraging positive behaviour in the classroom.  It will also allow you to see how … Continue reading →

Literacy Up until the end of term we will be consolidating the sounds we have been learning.  Please go over these (either in your phonics envelope or in your little blue book). If there are any particular sounds that your child … Continue reading →

Numeracy Blue Follow the link to the game below http://www.arcademics.com/games/mission/mission.html Game Settings- Start by doing subtraction to 12 at a slow speed.  Once you are confident with this you can increase the speed.  Then after this you may wish to … Continue reading →

Phonics All the children will get a have new sound this week.  These will be either in their blue book or sound envelope.  Children with sound envelopes should remember to try and make the words. Numeracy Yellow We have introduced … Continue reading →

Some of the boys and girls are learning the oi sound this week. They worked hard to learn their spelling words with a partner. In in the pictures below they were use their word in a sentence.  One child was the teacher … Continue reading →

Some of the boys and girls have a new sound in their blue sound books. Please revise this with your child. The rest of the children now have a phonics envelope in their folder. Please see inside the envelope for … Continue reading →

The boys and girls in P1/2 had great fun making crepes.  We spoke about how these are eaten in France and how today is pancake day. Later in the week we will be writing instructions for making crepes.

Literacy Eyes on Words This week we are making Eyes on Words lollipop sticks.  Please try using this during reading homework this week.  This will benefit your child in a number of ways- To follow text accurately To focus on letter sounds to blend and read … Continue reading →

We have been learning about the Eiffel tower this week.  This seems to be a big interest at the moment as many of the children chose to write, draw or make something related to the Eiffel tower for their homework. … Continue reading →