On Monday we will be having a Julia Donaldson day. We will be talking about our favourite Julia Donaldson book and then doing a character description of one of our favourite characters. The rest of the week we will be combining our english and history work looking at another famous astronaut Mae Jemison. We will be writing a diary entry for different parts of Mae’s life using the personal pronouns I, me, my.
In phonics we will be having a ‘grow the code’ week to demonstrate how different sounds link together.
ou/ui (oo/yoo) as in soup, fruit
all ee sounds learnt so far
all s and z sounds learnt so far
all oa sounds learnt so far
We will also be recapping all the tricky words learnt this half term.
Have a look below to see some examples of the types of ‘real’ or ‘alien/fake’ words they may have to read. More information about the Phonics Screening Check will be given to you later in the year.
Real Words:
juice group happy shoulder
Alien/Fake Words:
reb chack meft flisp
Don’t forget to review the sounds and tricky words in the front of the reading records whenever you read with your child.
Thursday 5th February 8:40am – 8:55am Open Door morning – a chance to come and look at your child’s books in the classroom.
We are continuing our unit on addition and subtraction up to 20. This week, we will be completing simple subtraction problems which involve counting back within 20 and subtracting by finding the difference. We will also be exploring the link between addition and subtraction and related facts.
In Science we will be comparing and grouping together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.
In History we will be researching Mae Jemison and learning why she is an important historical figure.
In DT we will be starting to make our own vehicles based on our designs.
This half term the children will be making their own moving vehicles and will need to bring one box in to make this. We would like something medium sized (like a small cake box, tissue box or coffee box) a sheet with example pictures is displayed on the classroom window.
Our homework this week links to our work on greater than and less than symbols. The children will choose the correct symbol either > < or =. See the examples on the homework sheet.
Please could you also practise this weeks tricky words: friend, through, thought, people, their.
Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any questions or concerns.
Top Player
Class 4
Nathan Jackson
Zyiah Elvy
Class 5
Daisy Capon
Class 6
Harmony Hatfield
Top Dancer
Class 4
Millie Love
Class 5
George Maddison
Class 6
Ava Page
Children’s Health Project
Class 4
Sienna Warren
Class 5
Thea Vincent
Class 6
Freddie Atkinson
As the weather is changeable, please could you ensure all children have a named coat in school everyday.
Lunch boxes – reminder – please could we ensure that there are no sweets (e.g. marshmallows, smarties, skittles) or popcorn in children’s lunch boxes.