This week’s phonemes and ‘Tricky Words’
The last phonemes in Phase 2 are f, l, b, h. This week we will be assessing the children to see who is ready for the next phase. Children should know all the sounds (phonemes) of the letters learnt so far and be able to blend (read) and segment (spell) a word like s-a-t. We call these ‘cvc’ (consonant, vowel, consonant) words.
Don’t worry if your child is not able to blend and segment yet. We will continue to practise these phonemes and skills and remember it does take some children a little longer to be able to do this.
This week, the ‘tricky words’ to learn are I, no, go. A fun way to learn these is to play ‘pairs’. Write each word out twice and take turns to turn over two words at a time trying to find a matching pair.
Don’t worry if they get some wrong! These are hard to remember – they need plenty of practice.
Another big well done to…
…everyone in Year 3.
I was so proud of the class during our recent Ofsted inspection. They weren’t bothered by our visitors at all. They showed off what fantastic learners they are and the inspectors were very impressed by their enthusiasm for learning. Special praise must go to Madison, Amie and Abigail who amazed the inspectors with their mature and articulate answers to the inspectors’ questions.
A massive well done to…
Holly Stevenson!
Holly recently took part in a gymnastics competition. It was only her second ever competition but she still managed to scoop four medals and five certificates. Well done, Holly. We’ll be looking out for you in the Olympics in a few years!
Master Chef
We made healthy fruit salads as part of our topic learning. The children took it in turns to wash, chop, slice and mix the fruit. We used our recipe to create a set of instructions in our literacy lesson.
Little Miss Paramedic
Doctor! Doctor!
A day in the life of a paramedic
Thank you to Richard (Indi’s dad) for talking to Year 1 and 2 about his job as a paramedic. We learned lots and were even able to try out some of the equipment!
A thank you from Mr Redfearn
This is a message to everyone in Year 4 for being so incredible over the past few days when inspectors have been in school. Our SEAL theme this week has been to ‘keep calm or help others to be calm’. The children in Year 4 have definitely helped me to keep calm and should be proud of how mature they have been whilst we have had visitors.
There have also been lots of fun and exciting learning this week with some children even being introduced to lowest common denominators in Maths (an objective for Year 6s!).
999
We were lucky enough to have a visitor on Friday. Richard Gale (Indi’s dad) is a paramedic and he came in to talk about his job. As you can see we had great fun using bandages, oxygen masks and stethoscopes! It looked like there had been an awful accident at one point but I can assure you that no-one was hurt at all!
Thank you Richard for taking the time to visit us.
Knock Knock!
This week, your child will be sketching some observational drawings. In keeping with our topic of ‘Our House’, they will have the opportunity to look at doors throughout British History as well as developing some essential skteching techniques along the way. Below, you will find doors from the Anglo-Saxon period right up to the Edwardian period. Later on the week, I will upload some of the children’s drawings to see how they compare alongside the real thing. Why not discuss with your child how the features change through the ages?
