Halloween Day

 

 

 

Just a reminder, it is the Halloween Show tomorrow, starting at 9/9.15am. Please can you bring your child in their Halloween costumes as we will be having a day of Halloween party and activities. 

Mud kitchen/Gardening Area

Just wanted to show you some fantastic photos of Reception accessing the outdoor classroom. 

The children worked well together to make cakes and with an increased of English language talked amongst themselves as to what they were making and helping each other.

 

 

The children also enjoyed watering the plants.

 

 

Maths focus

 

This weeks Maths focus

 

We are continuing with prepositions such as in, on, under, next to. Below is a link to a song that the children have been enjoying while learning at the same time

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

They have always been learning the days of the week.
Below is a link to a song they sang each morning this half term

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36n93jvjkDs

Literacy focus

 

This week the Literacy focus will remain as Halloween.

The children will be completing various Halloween activities building up to the Halloween show and party on Friday.

 

I hope that you can all attend the show on Friday morning.

 

 

 



Room move

 

As you may have noticed today, Reception and Nursery have swopped classrooms.

An email was sent out today to briefly explain the reasons why.

I will update everyone when I will be holding a short presentation to explain the ethos behind it in more detail and giving you the opportunity to ask any questions.

Miss Liz

As you may have noticed, Miss Liz has not been in school recently. 

I wanted to update and let you know that Miss Liz is having physiotherapy on her knee and will be absent for the next two weeks.

Hopefully after her treatments she will be ready to return to school but I will update you if it is going to be any longer.

You may have seen Miss Maria within Reception, she is a very experienced Higher level teaching assistant recently arrived from the uk and is covering Miss Liz until she returns. 

Miss Maria has been working in our school in Tafira since the beginning of the year and teaches at our Saturday School here.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to come and speak to me.

We all wish Miss Liz and speedy recovery and look forward to her returning. 

Home toys

This week I have noticed quite a few children bringing in toys from home, unless it is a special day of bringing in a toy from home I discourage any toys being brought it. 

It causes arguments as other children wish to play with them, and I cannot ensure that their toys will not get broken or lost.

Please do not allow your child to bring in any toys (even if it’s kept in their school bag) as they are sneaking them out at break times. 

Thank you for your support. 

Read write inc

 

 

 

 

We are continuing with the Read Write Inc lessons, each group will learn a new sound per day.
They have all been introduced to their first word time lesson.

Your child has been practising to read and write the following words:
at
mat
sat
dad
mad
sad

Please encourage your child to practice reading and writing these words at home.

 

Literacy Focus

This weeks Literacy focus is
 

This will also continue next week.

The children will be doing fun activities and crafts leading up to the Party on the last day of this half term.
 

Maths focus this week

This weeks maths focuses are
 

 Learning about the days of the week.

 Using language related to time such as ʻyesterdayʼ, ʻtodayʼ, ʻtomorrowʼ, ʻmorningʼ, ʻafternoonʼ, ʻeveningʼ and ʻnightʼ.

Look at oʼclock times in their daily routine.

They will also be introduced to the language of position, playing hide and seek with a teddy bear using key vocabulary such as ʻinʼ, ʻonʼ, ʻoverʼ, ʻunderʼ, ʻbesideʼ, ʻleftʻ and ʻrightʼ.

Challenege word of the week

This weeks Challenge word of the week is

'like'

 

Below is a link to a song to try to teach the word and a sentence to use it in.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G4y8f-wysg

 

Previous words we have learnt are

I, the, you, and to.

 



Read Write Inc

 

Read Write Inc will continue this week, with each group learning their new sounds to read and write.

 

Each group will also have Word Time, concentrating on segmenting for reading and blending for writing.


Words that your child should be able to read and write this week are:
dad, mat, sat, mad, sad, at.

Please encourage your child to practice their pencil control and writing the sounds and words they have learnt.


Please see previous blog for the link to help with letter formation for parents if you are unsure how they should be formed.



Literacy focus

 

This weeks Literacy focus

 

As we are celebrating Diwali on Wednesday, this weeks Literacy focus is learning about Diwali.

Your child will learn why people celebrate this ´´Festival of Lights, through stories and various activities.

 

Below is a link of a short clip from the National Geographic for kids to see how children around the world celebrate this beautiful and colourful festival.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrrW3rO51ak

 

Happy Diwali!!

 

 

 

 

 

Maths focus

 

This weeks Maths focus

 

This week the children will continue counting to 20, recognising numerals to 10 and counting moveable objects and selecting the correct numeral.

 

I have posted a link below, of a game where you have to count objects and then select the numerals to match to help your child continue their learning at home.

 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting

Challenge word

Week beginning 9th October

The weeks challenge word will be ´to´ Link below of YouTube clip to help your child to read this challenge word.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pjk0SXCia8

 

 



Tapestry

Literacy focus

 

As Diwali is approaching, this week and next week our Literacy focus will be on Diwali.

The children will learn about this Festival of Lights and making various crafts linked to this.

This is a build up to our Diwali celebration day at school next Wednesday.
 

Maths focus

 

This weeks maths focus is counting to 20, recognising numerals to 10 (extension to 20), ordering numerals and counting objects and selecting the correct numeral.

Each day the class has a 30 minute maths lesson followed by small group activities linked to the main lesson.

Word of the week

This weeks challenge word of the week is 

"You"

Please click on the link of a short song we have used this week to learn to read the word

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgtsARDrpY

As with each challenge word, the children will be encouraged to say a sentence using this word.

We are also recapping on previous words I and the.

Read Write Inc

I've just found a link for you and your child to listen to, showing how each sound/letter should sound like.

If you are unsure on how to pronounce the sounds click onto the link below

http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide/

Read Write Inc

This week Read Write Inc sounds are

d, t, i, n

The children will be practising reading and writing these sounds.

To help them write the sound, they all have a little saying to try and form the sound correctly.

d : around the dinosaurs back, up his neck and down to his feet.

t : down the tower across the tower

i : down the insects body, dot for the head

n : down Noddy and over the net

They will also be introduced to word time, where the children will use the sounds they have learnt to blend for reading green words.

Green words are phonetic words, that the children will learn to segment and blend for reading and writing.