29.6.09

 

TOPIC

We’re still having lots of fun down on the farm!

The children are writing some super poems about their favourite farm animals.

We have made some wonderful cow models

which we are going to begin to decorate with a base coat.

 MATHS

We will be practising number formation.

 

FRIDAY FUN SPORTS

The children will be using the field for their lunch break until 1 o’clock,

so please arrive AFTER this point. Races will begin at 1.30.

Reception children are the first to race, then we watch the other year groups

before tackling our fun race.

Please collect children from their classrooms after our fun sports,

so we can make sure they are in safe hands. 

With this in mind, please DO NOT come and join your children during the event.

 

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & LITERACY

We will revisit letter formation, practising these letters:

u, y, w, v

Our key words for this week are: then them that this

Have fun playing lots of games to practise reading and writing them.

We will also stretch our brains by listening for words with the long ‘oo’ sounds:

ew,  ue

 

 

THANK YOU!

22.6.09

 

TOPIC

Wow! We already know so much about farm animals!

But we have thought of lots of questions to lead us along our learning journey!

 ‘The Cow Gallery’ website has inspired us!

So we have been busy making our own decorative cow designs.

This week we will form model cows out of clay, then when they are dry,

we will use our designs to decorate them.

   

FRUIT

We will continue to look at how different foods help our bodies.

This week we will think about fruit. On Thursday we will have a little tasting session!

Please sign the list if you are able to provide us with any fruit,

or if you can help us prepare them. Thank you!

 

MATHS

We will decide on our favourite farm animals and will

organise this information in different ways.

 

P.E

We will start to practise running in a straight line as we prepare for our fun sports afternoon!

 

 

  

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & LITERACY

We will revisit letter formation, practising letters beginning with a straight line

p,j,r,n,m

Our key words for this week are: put, into, will, no

Have fun playing lots of games to practise reading and writing them.

We will also stretch our brains by looking at different ways to record the long o sound:

oa, ow.

 

THANK YOU!

15.6.09

 

TOPIC

Well the weather matched up with Renoir’s Umbrella’s painting,

and we all enjoyed an indoor picnic to round off the topic.

Our visit from Cuddle me do gave us a sneak peak into our new theme!

This week we will share what we already know about farm animals

to set us off on our new learning journey!

 

PET DAY

This Friday, we will be inviting families to bring in small pets for the children to see

and talk about. We will pop up a sign up sheet on Monday, please sign up if you

are able to visit us with your pet. Numbers will be limited!

Also please let us know of any allergies or fears that we need to be aware of!

   

VEGETABLES

We will continue to look at how different foods help our bodies.

This week we will think about vegetables. On Thursday we will have a little tasting session!

Please sign the list if you are able to provide us with any vegetables, or if you can help us prepare them. Thank you!

MATHS

How many different ways can you make …. 4?

We will move beads along a string to practise our number bonds

and look for patterns in our answers.

0+4

1+3

2+2

3+1

4+0

 

P.E

We will start to practise running in a straight line as we prepare for our fun sports afternoon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & LITERACY

We will revisit letter formation, practising letters beginning with a straight line

l, t, k, b, h, i

Our key words for this week are: but, his, not got

Have fun playing lots of games to practise reading and writing them.

We will also stretch our brains by looking at different ways to record the long ie sound:

ie y igh.

 

THANK YOU!

 8.6.09

 

TOPIC

We have stepped into Renoir’s painting ‘Umbrellas’ and discovered so much about

the people and the places by using our imaginations. We think they may have been in

busy market place. The little girl may have been heading to the park to play with her hoop,

and the lady may have been buying things for a picnic…

We will explore this further, leading to a grand finale of a ‘French day’ on Thursday.

 

PLEASE WEAR RED, WHITE OR BLUE ON THURSDAY!

Feel free to wear one colour or any combination!

We will fill baguettes for a picnic with the whole school in the afternoon.

PLEASE BRING YOUR PACKED LUNCH AS USUAL.

   

MATHS

We will be practising out subtraction skills by taking items out of the picnic basket.

SCIENCE

The girl from the painting has arrived in the park and she spots people playing with the boating lake. She doesn’t have a boat, what could she use instead? We will investigate floating and sinking by predicting which objects will float and testing them in the water tray.

P.E

We will apply our sending and receiving skills to play different games.

Please check that plimsolls fit, we have a lot of squashed toes!

 

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & LITERACY

We will revisit letter formation, practising letters beginning with the ‘c’ shape:

c, o, a d, g, q

Our key words for this week are: if, off, had, back, him.

Have fun playing lots of games to practise reading and writing them.

We will also stretch our brains by listening for words ending in these sounds:

ng, ing, ong, ang, ung.

 

THANK YOU!

1.6.09

 

TOPIC

Our butterflies have flown away, safe and sound!

It was amazing to see them change in such a short time… just like the children!

When we return from our half term break, the whole school will explore a

painting called ‘Umbrellas’ by Renoir. We will think about what is happening in the picture,

and will consider what might happen next… The adventure begins!

 

We think one of the characters may be shopping for food,

SO we thought we could bake some delicious bread!

If you can come and help us with this please let us know – we would be most grateful!

Also please inform us of any allergies to bread related products.

 

MATHS

We are comparing the weight of different objects that may

have caused the main character’s basket to break!

P.E

Outside! We will DEFINATELY need plimsolls.

 

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & LITERACY

Our key words for this week are: of, all, was, said, come

Have fun playing lots of games to practise reading and writing them.

We will also practise recognising capital letters V, W, X, Y, Z

 

WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK

Well done for trying your best to have friendly feet!

Keep up the super work with our car free Fridays!

 

SAFETY

So many children are coming into school independently now,

thank you for supporting them through this transition!

Please can you help us keep your children safe by…

·        Making it clear that they are to stay in the classroom once they have left you.

·        Please move right away from the cloakroom once you have said goodbye.

·        Please speak to an adult in the shared area if you need to see a

member of staff, the person on door duty must focus on security.

 

Thank you for your support.

Have a fabulous half term break!

 

School will  reopen on TUESDAY 2^nd JUNE 2009

 

 

 

 

18.5.09

 

TOPIC

We are experts at retelling the tale of the very hungry caterpillar!

This week we are going to share our super ideas in writing.

 

MATHS

We will create repeating patterns with colours.

We will also look at number patterns, counting forward and backwards in ones.

We will use this knowledge to help us figure out missing numbers.

We will also have a go at counting in tens and twos!

 

P.E

Football skills.

We will aim for a target then practise defending the target

before applying these skills to a simple game.

Please bring plimsolls to school. If the weather is good, we will start to go outside!

 

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE & LITERACY

Our key words for this week are: go, day, away, play, they

Have fun playing lots of games to practise reading and writing them.

We will also practise recognising capital letters Q, R, S, T, U

 

If we have time, we would like to round off our butterfly topic by baking some butterfly cakes. (We won’t say too much about it in case we run out of time!)

Please let us know of any cake related allergies we need to be aware of!

 

WALK TO SCHOOL WEEK

Please try to walk or scoot to school all week.

If you need to drive, PLEASE DO NOT  park near the school or shops…

the car park in Maidenbower park is huge and not too far away!

We will record the children’s travel during register time each day.

 

 

 

 

 

THANK YOU!