P1D News

It has only been a short week for us but we have managed to squeeze in so much learning!

Phonics

In phonics we have been learning the ‘i’ and ‘n’ sound. The ‘i’ sound is another sound that comes from the vowel house. It is a black sound and our mouth makes a tunnel shape when we say this sound. We now know 2 sounds from the vowel house – ‘a’ and ‘i’. We have been learning that the sounds from the vowel house usually come in the middle of a word. We have been thinking really hard about where we hear a sound coming from – the beginning, middle or end.

The ‘n’ sound is a blue sound which comes from our tongue. We noticed that the ‘n’ sound is dark blue and ‘s’ and ‘t’ are light blue. We were learning that this means loud and quiet sounds. The lighter the colour, the quieter the sound. So ‘n’ is dark blue because it is a loud sound.

Here are the songs we have been using this week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7GuPnhElJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-SkJfIVSXg

Home Learning: ask your child to spell these words (write them down somewhere, use play-doh to make the letters or be creative)

as

it

is

an

nap

nip

Numeracy

In numeracy we have been talking about numbers that come before, after and in between. We were using little number lines to help us with this.

Home Learning: ask your child what number comes after 4, after 7 etc.  Ask your child what number comes before 9, 3 etc. Ask your child what number comes in between 3 and 5, 6 and 8 etc. Challenge: go beyond 10!

We have also been working on our counting skills. We have been using these songs to help us:

Topic

We made our own dinosaur masks this week as part of our topic. We had lots of fun using different materials as part of the masks. Glitter was definitely the favourite material to use! We had lots of fun during ‘fun 31 (golden time)’ playing with our masks and making stories. We had stories about mummy and big sister and little sister dinosaurs. Did you see our class photo on twitter? @mrsd_stnps

Spanish

We have been learning to say hello (hola), goodbye (adios), good morning (buenos dias) and good night (buenas noches) in Spanish. We played some fun games and listened to this song too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKw5IldE9Y

Another busy week in P1D.

Next week:

Tuesday is our buddy mass. We would love if you could come to St Philips at the Lanthorn to join us celebrate liturgy with our peers.

Wednesday afternoon we are going a walk in our local area. Please ensure children have a warm jacket (weather depending) and you may wish to provide your child with a pair of trainers in their bag for this walk.

Have a lovely weekend.