We used ‘Sumdog’ today to help us with our maths.

We had a visit from the NSPCC to tell us all about speaking out to keep us safe.

We were working hard today on our reading, spelling and sounds literacy work.

In the Learning Zone today we were using our imagination to be explorers, archaeologists, artists and storytellers.

Sounds
Group 1 – magic “u-e” sound (June tune, flute etc). Practise reading the magic “u-e”words from your sound booklet each night.
Group 2 – Practise reading aloud the ‘wh’  sound words from your new sound booklet every night (when why, whisk, whisper etc).
READING
Read your book each night being careful to read the words on the page accurately (don’t add extra words, miss out words or read different words from the ones on the page). Talk about what is happening in the story. Can you find any of this week’s common words, sound words or spelling words in the book?
HANDWRITING
Practise these letters in small and capital letters –
iI, lL, tT.
Remember to start at the correct place and make the capitals and tall letters touch the top line in your jotter.
Make tall letters and capitals twice as big as the small letters.
Sit your letter on or below the line.

COMMON WORDS – read these words aloud from your word wall or list.
Group 1 – today, too, took, tree.
Group 2 -away, because, best, blue    PLUS common words from the word wallets.
SPELLING
Practise writing these words in your jotter in rainbow writing. Do each word three times.
Group 1 -here, saw, very
Group 2 – this, that, will.
Use Sumdog to practise your spelling skills too.

MATHS

Do some double and near double sums like this;

5 +5 = 10                    so        6 + 5 = 11  (just 1more)

7 + 7 = 14                   so         7 + 8 = 15  (just 1 more)

Do lots of examples like this.

We all had a great time at ,Snowball Madness on Wednesday.

We have been using our 10 frames to help us to add on from number 8 and 9.

COMMON WORDS – read these words aloud from your word wall or list.
Group 1 – there, these, thing, three, time.
Group 2 -after, again, always, another, ask   PLUS common words from the word wallets.
SPELLING
Practise writing these words in your jotter in choo- choo  writing. Do 3 of each word. Write a sentence with each word too.
Group 1 – made, came, make.
Group 2 -down, look, too.
Use Sumdog to practise your spelling skills too.
Sounds
Group 1 – ‘ow’ sound (low, glow, snow, shallow etc). Practise reading the ‘ow’ words from your sound booklet each night.
Group 2 – Practise reading aloud the ‘th’ sound words from your new sound booklet every night.
READING
Read your book each night being careful to read the words on the page accurately (don’t add extra words, miss out words or read different words from the ones on the page). Talk about what is happening in the story. Can you find any of this week’s common words, sound words or spelling words in the book?
HANDWRITING
Practise these letters in small and capital letters –
gG, qQ, sS.
Remember to start at the correct place and make the capitals and tall letters touch the top line in your jotter.
Make tall letters and capitals twice as big as the small letters.
Sit your letter on or below the line.

MATHS

We are learning how to add on from 9. Try some sums like these –

9 + 3 =              5 + 9 =          9 + 8 =      Do lots of these types of sums.

We celebrated Robert Burns’ birthday with Scottish singing, dancing, food and poems.

The children enjoyed showing the parents some of the activities we do not in class during our open morning.