This has been another busy week as we learned the sounds k, u and b. We began to use the school’s newly purchased PM Writing resource to support our writing. We were looking at a picture of Peep, the Pet Bird and talking about what we could see then naming these things. We looked at the sounds in the words and then talked about why saying the words on their own did not make sense. We then talked about making sentences and the children worked together to create the following:-
The girl has a pet bird. The bird drinks water. The bird eats seeds. The bird is yellow. The cage is white. The bird is cute. The bird looks beautiful.
The children were so proud of their efforts and we talked about the capital letter at the start of a sentence and the full stop at the end. Perhaps you could look for some capital letters and full stops in books at home?
In numeracy and maths this week we have been looking at patterns with colours and numbers. The children were very good at creating their own patterns with colour and thinking about the patterns on the bodies of zoo animals too. We have also been working on counting forwards and backwards within 20 and thinking about the number before and after. Please continue to practise this at home.
In PE this week the children have continued to develop their listening skills and ability to follow instructions by playing Traffic Lights.
Here are some of the children’s comments about their learning this week:-
Georgie “I learned the sound b. Bat starts with b.”
Lucia “I like the sound b too.”
Elloise “With Dave we did songs that are similar to the movies.”
Cole “I liked making 10 to 20 in my numbers.”
Albert “I remember number 8 and I got stickers for my writing.”
Isla “Learning b, bat, bed, book and bell”
Zac “I liked writing the story about Peep the pet bird. It was terrific.”
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
