Good morning,

It was great to see everyone back in good spirits after a well deserved break. It sounded like everyone had a great week off.

Homework

Spelling

This week we will be looking at short vowel sounds.  We will go over the vowels and practise some words that have the short vowel sound (words that use the letter sound rather than letter name)  For example cat, let, bit, lot, cut.  The words will be quite straightforward this week but the children should also be able to name the vowels by the end of the week. This video should help the children remember their vowel sounds.

Maths

This week the children will have pattern homework.  This is looking at colours, shapes and basic number pattern.   This has been covered in class.  This will be issued on Monday and collected in on Friday so can be completed on night that is suitable for you.

Reading

New reading books will be issued this week. This term we will be focusing on how to construct sentences and also on sequencing. Both of these things can be included in any book discussions at home.

News

We will be starting our new Stickman topic this week.  We will be completing lots of literacy work around this story and also looking at other Julia Donaldson stories.  The children can bring in any books they own written by this author.  Please remember to write your name on the inside cover so that we can return these books to the correct owners.

This term, P2B will be creating new, and improved, lunchboxes for Mr Grinling (The Lighthouse Keeper). To help with this, we would be grateful if you could send in any empty shoe boxes, cereal boxes and any other materials our lunchbox designers think they need for their design. Thank you in advance!

Have a pleasant rest of the week.

Miss Bachell/Mr Collins