I can’t believe it’s the first of February! I hope some of you managed to do some bird watching at the weekend. I saw lots of sparrows, some starlings, some pigeons and two crows. Sadly I didn’t see any of my favourite bird the robin or penguins my other favourite birds! I wonder why I wouldn’t see a penguin in my garden? There was a brilliant programme on over the holidays about all the different types of penguin there are in the world. My favourites are the Emperor and the Rockhopper.

This week we have added the lists of common words for consolidation. Most of them are on the little cards we send home but obviously you don’t have the ones since Christmas apart from on the grid. I hope everyone has been practising all their single sounds as we are moving on to two letter sounds.

This week, 1-7 February, is Children’s Mental Health Week. There will be a post on the main blog with more information. During such surreal times I think it is important that everyone is looking out for each other both adults and children. If there is anything I can do to support anyone please get in touch. As they say ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’.

I have lots of fantastic photos and videos from last week and I will be making up a wee slideshow – look out for it tomorrow. Everyone is working so hard. Well done boys and girls and a big thank you to everyone who is supporting you at home!

Have a good day!