Firstly, I would like to say that as a staff, we are so sad that this year we are unable to have a our annual Halloween disco. It is one of the highlights of the year for the children (and some of the staff!!) but hopefully next year things will be back on track. This week some of our learning has had a Halloween theme.
We have been painting pumpkins using a mabelling technique and used wax crayons and a paint wash to create different textured affects.
The books we have enjoyed reading.
The children especially enjoyed Funnybones!
Writing 
This term we are focusing on persuasive writing. As a starting point, the children were asked to share their opinion on things that were important to them. Next, we focused on sharing how Halloween makes us feel. The children really enjoyed thinking of words to descibed how they felt and suggested scary, spooky, excited, happy etc. Some examples below-
This week we began ELF which stands for Early Literacy Focus. ELF will run Monday to Thursday from 9.15 -10.25. Within this time, the children will complete 4 literacy tasks e.g. reading, common words, handwriting and phonics, and will be supported by an adult during each task. We are hopeful that this will enable the children to become more confident, independent learners. Below is a sound mat which we use to support blending. The children bring 3 sounds and place them on the mat, initial sound on the head, middle sound on the tummy and end sound on the tail, we then blend them together to say a word. We are beginning to change initial sounds to create new words.
News sounds this week i and t (for tiger)
Number 10
This week we have been focusing on number 10. We have been using numicon to help us learn our number bonds to 10.
Health and Wellbeing
This term we will be looking at how we celebrate and value difference. We began this week by looking at similarities between ourselves and our elbow partner. Some pictures below.
I hope you all have a fantastic Halloween! 
