This week we have been blending sounds together to make words like c-a-t to make cat.  Then we were given a large cardboard box to decorate like a house because we were learning the h sound.  At story time were shared this rhyming story with both cats and boxes.  In playroom 8 we found a jigsaw map of the world and tried to find the countries the cats were from in the story.  Which is your favourite box, country, and cat?

Parents and Carers – World Nursery Rhyme Week

Our ‘Rhyme a Day’ challenge will focus on each rhyme in the following order:
Monday 10th November: Sing A Song Of Sixpence
Tuesday 11th November: Humpty Dumpty
Wednesday 12th November: When I Was One
Thursday 13th November: I Hear Thunder
Friday 14th November: Two Little Dickie Birds

Please find the many new verses to traditional rhymes in the homework folder.

On Friday we will choose our favourite rhyme by using pincers and pompoms in a named rhyme tub,  Results to be confirmed….

Last term we enjoyed the Number Zoo stories to 10.  Spotty seven is a favourite.  He is a giraffe and has 7 bones in his neck, just like us, and Mr Bones!

Today we explored the number 11.  We watched Numbertime 11 where they played a football game.  We learned there are 11 players in a football team.  Some of us knew that already.

We decided to invent our own number 11 story – Dalmatian  dog eleven – with 11 spots.  We wonder if our story might feature a football game?

We started celebrating Halloween today with a cosy Halloween backdrop on the big board.

We guessed the number of pumpkins then counted to check.  How many windows are lit up?  How many bats can you see?  How many fires are there?  Can you see the ghost?

We were dressed in some super Halloween costumes and some super everyday outfits.  We even made up our own Happy Halloween sign-a-long sign thanks to a member of the class.

On the table was a carved pumpkin with love hearts and a traditional neepy lantern which another member of the class brought in.  We compared the 2 lanterns and thought the neepy one was the favourite.  We also learned about some Samhain traditions, faeries and magic folk.

We then chose some movement songs from the GoNoodleween Party!  Click on the link below.

GoNoodle Halloween

S,A,T,P,I,N Segmenting and Blending

This video helps children with understanding how words are made using the first few graphemes (s,a,t,p,i,n) they have previously learned.

We have a class visitor this week – Mr Bones!  He brought a book with him which we shared at story time.