This week we learned our last 2 Jolly Phonics sounds. They are ‘er‘ and ‘ar‘. We have now learned 40 sounds and are using them to read and write words and short sentences.
The action for ‘er‘ is is to move your hand around and around like a mixer. The action for ‘ar‘ is to open you mouth and say “aaarrr” as if the doctor is looking at your throat.
We read the ‘Ruby Bear’ story again and we painted our own Ruby. We made sure that we made her special by painting the spots on her tummy, giving her a crooked smile, making her ears different and painting a ‘s‘ on her paw.
We continued our addition work this week. We used cubes and divided circles and worked out how many ways we could make 4 and 5.
This week we celebrated Shrove Tuesday. We discussed that Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent and traditionally people used up all their eggs, butter and milk etc before giving them up for Lent.
Miss Simpson told us all the ingredients we need to make pancakes. We followed a Jamie Oliver recipe! In the classroom we had flour, eggs, milk and butter. We mixed them in a bowl and all got a turn of whisking the mixture. We put butter in the pan and pretended that it melted and then put a spoonful of pancake mix in the pan. Miss Simpson reminded us that if we help to make pancakes at home the adult would have to put the mixture in the pan as it would be very hot.
We then had to write the list of ingredients we need to make pancakes. Best of all, we all got to taste a pancake! Yummy!
This week Miss Simpson and Mrs Adams introduced our new topic to us! our new topic is to be Grannies and Grandads. We are to be learning how life was different for our Grandparents.
Notices for parents:
Gym – Every Monday and Friday – Please ensure your child has a full gym kit in school on these days.
Homework – Words and sounds every night. Please see ‘my school trip list’ in blue reading packet. Please ensure items are in school for 24th March.
Open Doors – Every Wednesday – 3.oopm to 3.15pm.
