Phonics
Amelie: we have been learning the ‘m’ sound.
Sophie J: it comes from your lips.
Anaiya: it’s a red sound.
Lennox: we put jam on our lips and lips went red.
Kian: we pretended it was like lipstick and we made the ‘m’ sound.
Harry: we have been learning the ‘c’ sound.
Chloe: it’s yellow.
Myron: it comes from the back of your mouth.
Max: you need a torch to see the back of your mouth.
Kian: the torch turns your mouth yellow.
Ollie: ‘m’ for mug.
Grace: ‘m’ for mum.
Chloe: ‘c’ for cup.
Mason: ‘c’ for cat.
We have been using these songs to enhance our understanding of these sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2fB71gOD0o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0AB79253I
Numeracy
Mason: we have been learning how to write the number 6. You do “bend down low to pick up sticks, now I’ve made the number 6.”
Parker: we have been learning how to write the number 5. You do “the neck, the tummy and the hat.” You can only lift your pencil for doing the hat.
Anaiya: we have been learning how to write the number 4. You do “down and across and down once more, now I’ve made the number 4.
Chloe: we have been learning how to write the number 3. You do “around the tree, around the tree, now I’ve made the number 3.”
We have been playing this game on the smart board this week as part of a rainbow learning activity:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering
Our Highlights this Week
Anaiya: playing with the puzzles in the playroom.
Grace: drawing a love heart.
Amelie: playing with the dolls house.
Kian: building a castle with bricks.
Max: playing with the pirates.
Carly: playing with the building bricks in the playroom.
Harry: playing in the dinosaur museum.
Chloe: playing in the house corner.
Sophie F: drawing shells.
Sophie J: playing in the house corner.
Mason: playing with the dolls house.
Parker: drawing a house.
Ollie: playing with the bricks.
Myron: playing with the pirate ship.
Lucy: playing with the dinosaurs.
Zaki: playing in the dinosaur muesuem.
Lennox: playing with the bricks.
Sylvia: playing with the dolls house.
Anna: playing with the bricks.
Reka: playing with the puzzles.
Joanna: playing with the play-doh.
Amelie has been singing the m and c songs for us this week and encouraging us all to join in!! This morning she’s been showing us the number rhymes for 6, 5, 4 and 3 – they are a really fun way of remembering how to write the numbers 😁 She’s had a great first ‘full’ week and is looking forward to visiting the library next week 📚📚📚
I was so proud to see some of the work you have been doing on the ‘m’ sound – I even took some P1 girls to my office for ‘special’ stickers. I continue to enjoy our morning smartstart, this week I have been building jigsaws and playing in the ‘loose parts’ area.
Sophie has had a great week in P1! She loves the rhymes for writing her numbers and says that ‘milk and story’ is the best part of her day.