This week in literacy, we learned the letter t and practised hearing, saying, spotting and writing the sound in words. We used the Jolly Phonics song and action to help us.
Some of us also worked on consolidating the sounds sh, ng and th. In writing, we continued our work on detailed drawings. Some of us have continued working on descriptive writing. This week, we described a setting.
In numeracy, we practised putting numbers in order, thinking carefully about which number comes before and after. We have also been using tools such as Numicon and Rekenreks to develop our number sense.
This week, P1 have continued learning about letters and their sounds. We have been learning about the letter ‘a’. We are working hard to identify the letter sound and form it correctly. Here is a link to our ‘a’ Jolly Phonics song and action.
Some of us have been focusing on the ‘th’ sound, listening for it in words and practising reading and writing words containing our new sound. We have been working hard to use ‘th’ within words and sentences.
We continued developing our descriptive writing by drawing and describing a woodland setting, thinking carefully about the details we could include. P1 also continued with Foundations of Writing, creating detailed drawings around ‘Brushing Our Teeth’. We thought carefully about all of the little details that make our drawings tell a story.
In numeracy, we practised the correct formation of 8 and 9, as well as counting and ordering numbers. Some of us have also continued exploring place value, identifying the tens and units in different numbers. Some children challenged themselves even further by exploring three-digit numbers and identifying hundreds, tens and units!
As part of our Deep Dark Wood topic, we learned all about woodland food chains. We explored how plants and animals depend on one another for food. We had great discussions about what might happen to a food chain if one part disappeared.
In music, we listened carefully to different pieces of music and talked about how they made us feel. We also continued developing our ball skills, practising control, coordination and movement. We also worked on our skipping skills with Mrs Cook!
In P1, we have continued developing our phonological awareness, with a particular focus on auditory memory. We have been playing lots of fun listening and memory games to help build these important early literacy skills. We have also started learning our first sound, ‘s’.
Here is a link to the Jolly Phonics song and action, which can be used at home to help us remember our sound.
During writing, P1 have been working on ‘Foundations of Writing’ and created detailed drawings for our “Brushing Our Teeth” lesson. We focused carefully on adding lots of detail to our pictures.
In P2, some of us have continued developing our descriptive writing, thinking about how we can add detail to make our writing more interesting. We have also been learning and revising the ‘ch’ sound.
In numeracy, we have been busy developing our skills in counting, ordering numbers and number formation. Some of our learners have also been working on place value, learning how to partition numbers into tens and ones.
We have had another busy and exciting week in P1/2!
In Literacy, we have been learning about syllables and developing our early writing skills through Foundations of Writing. We created detailed drawings of our faces, thinking carefully about all the features we needed to include.
P2 have also been exploring ‘Visualisation’ and beginning to develop their descriptive writing skills.
In Numeracy, we have been doing lots of counting, number formation and finding missing numbers. Some of us have been learning about place value, using tens and units to explore how numbers are made. We even created some fantastic tens and units monsters! Some of us have also been working on identifying the number before and after.
We continued exploring our Deep Dark Wood topic this week. We learned how to identify living and non-living things in our environment and talked about what makes something living. We also got creative, making some lovely fox crafts and experimenting with mixing paints to create different colours for our artwork.
In music, we took part in some ‘body percussion’ and had fun finding the beat of a piece of music. Ask us about this at home!
We also enjoyed welcoming our families into our class during our stay and play. We were proud to talk about our learning.
