W.B 13.6.22
Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in getting homework up today.
For literacy we are consolidating our learning of our sounds. We have now learned all the phonemes that we need to 🙂
The phonemes that we should know are:
sh, ch, th, ng, wh, ph, ee, oo, ck, ai, oy, oa, qu, ay, ea (leaf), ow (snow), ue, aw, oi, au, ew, ow (owl), ou, igh, y, i-e, o-e, a-e, u-e, e-e, ss, ll, ff, kn, mb
For reading I have allocated all groups a new book. We will not have very much time in class this week for our book due to phonics assessment so please ensure we read this at home this week.
Fantastic Foxes – Dino-splashing
Wonderful Wonkas – Dino-soaring
Clever Crocodiles – Silly Jack and the Beanstalk
For numeracy we are going to be moving onto positional language and movement and symmetry.
At home we could practise our times tables and division facts. Particularly our 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
W.B 6.6.22
For literacy this week we are looking at two phonemes – kn and mb.
Please see this weeks word list below.
For reading I have allocated everyone a new book.
Fantastic Foxes – My Skateboarding Scrapbook
Wonderful Wonkas – Materials Around Us
Clever Crocodiles – Shrek Trapped in a Tower (not class one as class one unavailable online)
In numeracy we are continuing our work on fractions. I have allocated various fractions games on Bug Club to try. Triangles have been using concrete materials (cubes) to find fractions of quantities.
W.B 23.5.22
Hello everyone! Another busy week ahead of us this week 🙂
In literacy we are exploring the ss phoneme. Please practise the words below.
I have allocated new reading books.
Fantastic Foxes – Fun and Mix Ups.
Wonderful Wonkas -Super Gloop!
Clever Crocodiles – Play the Guitar.
Please remember your pace, volume and expression when reading.
In numeracy we will be exploring fractions.
Have a go at trying to find half of these quantities.
If you want to challenge yourself you could try some of these.
You could also explore these games:
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/fractionFresco/index.html
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/firepitFractions/index.html
W.B 16.5.22
Hello everyone,
I hope we’ve all had a lovely weekend.
In literacy we are focusing on the split phoneme e-e. Please find this weeks word list below.
I have allocated everyone a new book.
Fantastic Foxes – Fun Festivals
Wonderful Wonkas – The Old Things
Clever Crocodiles – Martial Arts
In numeracy we are going to continue looking at Mass. Have a go at this game: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.html
Do you have scales at home that you could weigh different things?
W.B 9.5.22
Hello everyone, what a miserable Monday!
For homework this week we are focusing on our final split phoneme u-e. You can have a go at this game to practise the u-e words: https://games.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/u-e/interactive/uespell/uespellt.htm
For reading I have allocated everyone a new book. Some people will have moved groups after our assessments today and last week but below are the books for the new groups.
Fantastic Foxes – Colourful Creatures
Wonderful Wonkas – Your Bones
Clever Crocodiles – The Missing Masks
For numeracy we are focusing on volume and capacity and multiplication and division. At home you could look at the size of different containers for liquid and try measuring different amounts. Please have a go at one or both of the games below.
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/capacity/index.html
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
W.B 25.4.22
For homework this week we are focusing on the a-e phoneme as in ‘cake’. Please see your word list below. You can practise your words using this online game: https://games.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/a-e/interactive/aespell/aespellt.htm or in any other way that you like.
For reading please see this weeks books below:
The Fantastic Foxes – Exploring London
The Wonderful Wonkas – Exploring Rock Pools
The Clever Crocodiles – The Mermaids Visit the Vet
If you have questions that need a written answer please answer in full sentences.
For numeracy we are continuing to look at data handling this week you can have a go at some of these games on Topmarks :https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/data-handling
Or you can continue your times tables practise. You could try this website to help you: https://www.timestables.co.uk/
W.B 28.3.22
For literacy we are not starting a new sound this week but instead doing some Easter spelling and literacy activities. Below is an optional word list.
The children could have a go at creating an Easter picture and hide the words within them. Or they could make some Spring flowers and fill them with the words.
For reading the children have all been allocated a new book.
The Fantastic Foxes – Flips and Spins
The Wonderful Wonkas – Horribilly: Slow and Sticky
The Clever Crocodiles – Football
For numeracy if the children can continue to practise their table facts.
W.B 21.3.22
Hello everyone,
For literacy this week we are looking at our second split phoneme, o-e (home). Please see the word list below.
If children can please try and identify the o-e words in our phoneme story.
For reading I have allocated each group a new book.
The Fantastic Foxes – Strawberries at School
The Wonderful Wonkas – Wallace and Grommit and the Soccomatic
The Clever Crocodiles – Let’s Eat Lunch
For numeracy if children can continue to practise their times tables and explore time where possible. They could have a go at using their Number Talks strategies to work out the answers to multiplication calculations.
W.B 14.3.22
Hello everyone,
Sorry for the delay in getting homework up for this week.
For literacy we are consolidating our learning of y, igh and i-e. Please see this weeks word list below. In class tomorrow the children will create their own word list by choosing words from the list below that they want to focus on or that they find difficult.
In reading our groups are changing slightly. I will let the children know tomorrow what group they are in but they might already be able to tell you going by the book they read today and you will see the book allocated on Bug Club.
The Fantastic Foxes – Dino-soaring.
The Wonderful Wonkas – Epic Adventures.
The Clever Crocodiles – Ballet.
For numeracy we are continuing our learning of multiplication and time. Triangles have explored the 2 times table and the circles have been exposed to the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables too. For time we have been looking at matching digital times to analogue times, discussing when certain things happen (AM or PM) and trying to tell the time. Triangles – o’clock and half past. Circles – o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. Some circles have been trying to work times out using five minute intervals and to the nearest minute and have been doing a super job.
Here are some games the children could play:
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teachingclock
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
W.B 7.3.22
Hello Everyone,
For literacy this week we are learning the i-e phoneme (slide). Please see this weeks word list below. 
For reading the following books have been allocated. I will be doing assessments between this week and next as the children are all doing really well with their reading.
Sapphires – Birthdays Around the World
Diamonds – The Mermaids and the Dolphin
In numeracy we will be continuing with multiplication. If you could practise reciting the 2 times table verbally. You could have a go at using our multiplication strategies.
W.B 28.2.22
Hello everyone! I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend.
For homework this week can you work on learning all of these phonemes. These are all of the joined phonemes we should know so far.
Our new phoneme this week is ‘y’. Please see our spelling words this week below.
For reading I have allocated a new book. Please read this at least 2-3 times if possible.
Diamonds – Jay and Sniffer, The Bike Race
Sapphires – Silly Jack and the Dancing Mice
For numeracy this week we are moving onto Multiplication and will continue our learning on Time. Have a go at a couple of the games below.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock
W.B 21.2.22
Hello everyone!
For literacy this week we are learning the sound igh. Please see this weeks word list below.
For reading I have allocated some extra books for leisure but this weeks books are below.
Sapphires – What Makes You Laugh?
Diamonds – Grow It Back!
For numeracy we will be continuing with subtraction this week. Have a go at some of these subtraction games to practise.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/addition-and-subtraction
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/addition.html
W.B 7.2.22
Hello everyone, I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.
For spelling this week we are consolidating the sounds au, ew, ow and ou. Please see this weeks spelling list below but you can create your own if you wish.
For reading I have allocated a new book for this week:
Sapphires – Sea Snaps
Diamonds – My Life
The Sapphires will be familiar with their book as Miss Kinnaird was a bit silly last week and gave them the wrong one!
For numeracy we are going to be focusing on addition and subtraction strategies. We are going to continue looking at using a number line in our Number Talks as we found this strategy a bit trickier than partitioning.
You could have a go at these calculations using these strategies.
W.B 31.1.22
Hello everyone, I hope you have all had a lovely weekend despite the horrible weather.
For homework this week we are focusing on our new sound ‘ou’. Please see the word list below.
For reading I have allocated a new book this week. There are a number of children not accessing Bug Club so please let me know if you have any issues getting signed on or accessing any books.
Sapphires – Silly Jack and the Beanstalk
Diamonds – Shaun the Sheep: Too Many Jobs!
For numeracy this week we are continuing to look at addition, focusing on the column method. Children can have a go at answering these questions and explain their method or they can continue to play the Topmarks games from last week.
W.B 24.1.22
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
For literacy this week we are focusing on the ‘ow’ sound as in ‘owl’. Please see the word list for this week below.
I have allocated a new book on Bug Club. Please read this and answer the bugs.
Sapphires – Amazing Trees
Diamonds – I Like to Play
For numeracy we are continuing looking at addition and time. For time we have been looking at o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. Please have a go at these games below.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
W.B 17.1.22
Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in posting the homework this week. My internet was down last night 🙁
For homework this week I would like you to focus on our new sound ‘ew’. Please see our word list below. Can you think of any more ‘ew’ words?
I would love you to focus on our Scottish poem ‘The Sair Finger’ and be ready to perform this to the class on Friday should you wish to take part in the competition. You could even have a go at creating some actions.
I have assessed the children at their Bug Club levels and will be moving almost all of the children up for next week. Books this week are as follows:
Sapphires – Jay and Sniffer: The Missing Masks
Diamonds – Bug Boy: Spider Camp
For numeracy if you can focus on number bonds to 10 and 20. You can practise them on Topmarks Hit the Button as we need to try and make these more automatic.
W.B 10.1.22
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
For literacy this week our sound is au and our common words are: because, week, keep, when. Please see this weeks word list below.
On Bug Club I have allocated a new book.
Sapphires – Zeke Goes to Space School
Diamonds – Shaun the Sheep – What a Mess!
We are about to begin our new concept in numeracy of addition and numeracy strategies so you could have a go at practising your number bonds on Hit the Button or Mental Maths Train on Topmarks.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
You could also have a go at solving these shape riddles.
Answers – square, pentagon, sphere, cube.
Hello everyone, I know I have mentioned on here about solo talks for next Monday, however I don’t think that is giving you enough time to prepare for these. If you wish to do it next week and feel this is enough time for you to prepare then you can, however I am extending this until the 10th of January to allow more time to prepare. Sorry for the short notice.
W.B 6.12.21
For homework this week I would like you to focus on creating a solo talk about your favourite woodland animal. We will be starting these the W.B 13th December. Please do not worry about this, it will be very informal and you do not need to spend lots of money and time on a poster. I will provide dates for solo talks in yellow booklets this week.
Solo Talk – Woodland Animal P2
I have allocated books on Bug Club also, however please do not worry too much about this.
Sapphires- Oceans
Diamonds – Bug Boy, Slug Picnic
W.B 29.11.21
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.
For homework this week we are focusing on the ‘oi’ sound. Please see the word lists for this week below.
Reading books have been allocated aswell as some extra ones as some of you are running out of books. Your reading books for homework are:
Sapphires – Grow It Back
Diamonds – Zip and Zap Meet the Sam.
For numeracy we are focusing on shape. Have a go at some of the following games this week:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/carroll-diagrams/2d-shapes
https://www.education.com/games/2d-shapes/
W.B 22.11.21
Sorry for the delay in getting this weeks homework up. Somehow I hadn’t posted it correctly.
For spelling this week we are focusing on the ‘aw’ phoneme. Below is this weeks word lists. If you have a whiteboard and magnetic letters at home you could hide the words from the children and encourage them to say the word, make the word, break the word, read the word and then write the word (five finger strategy).
For reading children have all been allocated a new book.
Sapphires – Jay and Sniffer: The Bike Race
Diamonds – This Dinosaur
For numeracy children could practise their number bonds on Topmarks:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
We have began to look at empty number lines and partitioning numbers to make calculations more manageable so children could try and demonstrate their understanding of this.
W.B 14.11.21
Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.
For spelling this week I would like you to focus on the word lists below with our new common words: blue, best, number and other and our new phoneme words with the phoneme ‘ue’.
For reading, everyone has been moved up a level on Bug Club due to everyone doing fantastic in their assessments. Below are this weeks books:
Sapphires – The Mermaids and the Dolphin.
Diamonds – This is My Pet.
We are still continuing our money learning this week so feel free to continue with the money games or practise number bonds, addition and subtraction on Hit the Button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
W.B 8.11.21
I hope everyone had a lovely fun-filled weekend!
For homework this week we are revising previously learned phonemes. Feel free to practice any words with the phonemes: sh, ch, th, ng, wh, ph, ee, oo, ck, ai, oy, oa, qu, ay, ea and ow. I have attached suggested word lists below.
For reading, children have all been allocated a new book. As we are doing The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark as a novel study in class, our comprehension activities will be linked to this and not our Bug Club book, but please ensure this is read at least a couple of times through the week.
Sapphires – Shaun the Sheep Too Many Jobs
Diamonds – Bug Boy Beetle Cookies
For numeracy we are continuing to focus on money. Below are some suggestions of games that children could play to reinforce this at home.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/money
https://www.mathsisfun.com/money/index.html
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/money.html
https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/
W.B 1.11.21
I hope everyone had a fun-filled Halloween weekend, I can’t wait to hear all about it!
For homework this week please focus on the ow sound (as in snow). I have attached this weeks word list and an updated spelling grid below.
Reading books this week are:
Sapphires – My Holiday
Diamonds – Zip and Zap and the Thing.
Please read your book a few times this week and make sure you answer the bugs.
For numeracy, continue to talk about money and have a go at the money games in the links below. The bottom link has trickier games if children require more of a challenge.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/money
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/money
W.B 25.10.21
Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.
Our phoneme this week is ea (as in leaf) and our common words are: each, ask, year and eat.
I have allocated multiple books on Bug Club for every child. These books are for leisure. Below are the children’s books for this week.
Sapphires – Zip and Zap at the Zoo
Diamonds – Look Outside
This week for numeracy we are going to begin to look at money. If you could speak to children about money at home, potentially encourage it through role play where the children can buy things from the kitchen for certain amounts up to the value of £1. Below are some games that children can play at home.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/coin-cruncher/
W.B 18.10.21
I hope everyone has had a lovely October holiday, I can’t wait to hear all about it.
As it is a shorter week this week I am only allocating literacy homework.
The children will now be moving on to learn their new sounds, with a new one each week. Their new sound for this week is ‘ay’ and their common words are: day, away, always and today.
I am finding in class that some of the children are finding the word lists too easy so I have created a challenge word list. Feel free to do whatever one you find more appropriate at home.
Children can complete a task/tasks from the active spelling grid or focus more on sentence building using the words. If parents could support children with writing on the line, remembering capital letters, finger spaces, punctuation and encourage them to use and or but to make their sentence better.
The children have been allocated their Bug Club book online.
Sapphires – This Dinosaur
Diamonds – King Pip and the Troll.
The children seem to be getting on well with reading the words within their books but can often struggle with understanding the book. If you could please ask the children simple questions as well as encourage them to complete the bugs please
W.B 4.10.21
For homework this week children have all been allocated their book on Bug Club. There have been a number of children not accessing Bug Club on a weekly basis so please try and access this regularly.
Rubies – Colourful Creatures
Sapphires – My Pony Book
Diamonds – Grow a Flower
A number of children have been moved up groups within Bug Club so your child’s group may have changed this week. Children should know which group they are in.
For both P2 and P3 it is a consolidation week of previously learned sounds. We will be moving onto learning their new sounds the week we are back after the October holiday.
In numeracy this week we will be exploring odd and even numbers. The game Number Ninja: Odd or Even is good for reinforcing this and is quite fun so children could play this – https://www.abcya.com/games/number_ninja_odd_even
This game on Topmarks is also good (especially for P3’s as you can make the numbers larger) – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/coconut-odd-or-even
W.B 27.9.21
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.
P2 are continuing to consolidate their knowledge of their phonemes we have been looking at. The phonemes we will focus on this week are: ee, oo, ck, ai, oy, oa and qu. I am finding in class that the children are good at reading phoneme and tricky words but they are sometimes struggling with spelling them which is something we will be focusing on in class.
P3 are revisiting the split phonemes a-e, u-e and the phoneme ea.
It is the Sum Dog Maths Week Contest so I would encourage all children to participate in this for their homework this week.
W/B 20.9.21
I hope everyone had a lovely September weekend. I know it is a shorter week so please don’t worry too much about homework but below is some suggestions for this week.
P2 children are consolidating their knowledge of the phonemes we have been looking at so far so please find their word list below with previous phonemes. Children could come up with their own words to practise, looking at the phonemes: sh, ch, th, ng, wh and ph.
P3 children are revisiting the split phonemes they learned in P2 so their phonemes this week are: i-e, o-e and e-e.
In numeracy children have been exploring rounding so they could have a go at this rocket rounding game on Topmarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding
Every child has been allocated a book on Bug Club. As we are starting our class novel of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark in class this week we will not be focusing as much on comprehension of their Bug Club books in class.
Rubies – Flips and Spins
Sapphires – Zip and Zap and the Thing
Diamonds – Shadows in the Sun
W/B 13.9.21
For homework this week please choose between 1-3 activities from the Active Spelling Grid to practise the list of spelling words. Bug Club books have been allocated. Please see below for this weeks allocations. I have allocated children with some extra books for enjoyment as children have all been moved up a Bug Club level after assessments last week.
Rubies – Creepy Crawlies
Sapphires – Bug Boy Beetle Cookies
Diamonds – Timmy’s Snowball
For numeracy, children could practice their number bonds using the Topmarks Hit the Button game : https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
W/B 6.9.21
Children should choose another activity on the active spelling grid to practise their new phoneme and common words (see images below for words).
For numeracy if children could choose one of the place value games below which you will find on Topmarks. Tens and units for P2 and hundreds, tens and units for P3 (however, P2 have been exposed to and managed HTU).
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=diennesandcoinsv3
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
Bug Club books have been allocated, if you could read this book multiple times throughout the week please. If anyone is having any issues signing in to Bug Club then please let me know and I can reset passwords.
Rubies – Silly Jack and the Beanstalk
Sapphies – King Pip and the Troll
Diamonds – Beep Beep, Timmy
W/B 30.8.21
The children will receive an active spelling grid home on Monday with activities that they can complete to practise their phoneme and common words. They will also receive a list of their words and a numeracy worksheet. In addition to this they will be allocated a new book on Bug Club. Please let me know if you are having issues signing on to Bug Club.
Rubies – Sea Snaps
Sapphires – Shadows in the Sun
Diamonds – Animal Babies
I would like homework returned by Friday. However, if handing it in the following Monday works better then that would also be fine too. (I know lots of the children are busy with clubs throughout the week)
W/B 23.8.21
For homework this week I would like you to focus on your book on Bug Club. I have assigned everyone a reading book – please read through your book (more than once if possible) and discuss it with an adult. You could make predictions about the story and ask each other questions. Then make your way through the book and complete all the bugs.
Rubies – What Makes You Laugh?
Sapphires – Grow A Flower
Diamonds – Fix It Twins.
