As we head towards this very different Christmas, we are thinking of ideas to make this time as festive as possible.
Literacy
We are reading the traditional story, ‘The Gingerbread Man’. The children will be retelling the story and taking part in lots of gingerbread themed activities-our roleplay area has become a gingerbread bakery!
Phonics
This week we are recapping Phase 2 and focussing on ‘tricky words’.
The tricky words learnt so far are the, to, I, no, go, into.
We will be encouraging the children to use these words in their independent writing.
Watch this useful parents and carers guide to tricky words here.
(This is a YouTube link. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog along the play bar and turn off autoplay – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.)
Maths
We will investigate the number 5 through number rhymes and stories including 5 currant buns and 5 little ducks.
The children will be introduced to the link between counting forwards and the one more pattern and counting back and the one less pattern.