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17 May 2013

This is the last week we’ll be focussing on a familiar set of letters. The letter string this week is ou. Again, these letters are pronounced differently dependent upon which word they feature in (eg out, pour).

17 May 2013

This week we are looking at a trigraph: a three letter grapheme, where three letters represent one sound (phoneme), as in air (three letters making one sound).

These words will be tested on Friday 25 May 2013.

17 May 2013

We’ve started our Big Topic about farms! In only two weeks, children have already learnt about how butter is made, where corn is grown and in which country people eat mielies.

Our homework is Creative:

I can show what I know about a farm.

Here are some suggestions:

• poster
• poem
• picture
• map with information on
• photographs of the animals on a farm with captions or labels
• build a model
• research different types of farms

Homework is due on Wednesday 22 May 2013.

Learning futsal skills

10 May 2013

The familiar set of letters this week are going to be ea that are pronounced differently dependent upon which word they feature in (eg bear, fear).

Understanding of the World

Reception enjoy exploring and discovering the world around them.

10 May 2013

This week, we’re learning to spell words with alternative spellings for the ‘long i’ phoneme – the ‘long i’ sound in words such as those in the list.  Some words use igh, some use i-e, some use a y (often at the end of the word).

You can help your child’s spelling:

• look out for these when reading, or anywhere in the home, in shops etc
• prepare labels with igh, i-e, y – read out words and see if your child can say which spelling pattern (which grapheme) they use
• think about other words which use igh, i-e or y to create a ‘long i’ sound – how many can your child find?
• are there other ways to create this sound?

These words will be tested on Friday 17 May 2013.

10 May 2013

This week’s homework is talk time. It is due in on Wednesday 15 May 2013.

I can talk about why it is ‘good to be me’.

This homework links in with our SEAL theme for this term.

10 May 2013

The homework this week is creative and is due in Wednesday 15 May.

To complete the five-a-day challenge.

This week, your child has been set a challenge. Are they able to eat five portions of fruit or vegetables for five days? We want your child to keep a log of all the fruit and vegetables they eat on each day from Saturday until Wednesday. Your child should make a note of the fruit and veg they eat, in anyway they want. Here are some ideas:

• a daily diary of all the fruit and veg they’ve managed to consume
• a video diary of each day of the week
• a podcast detailing all the fruit and veg they’ve eaten
• a picture story of all your different portions of fruit and veg
• a chart or table which details what they’ve eaten

We’ll be sharing our successes next Wednesday and talking about how challenging it was to eat so healthily – or if it was just business as usual.

Finally, no cheating! Check the packaging to find out how much of a fruit or veg counts as a whole portion. One grape does not mean you’ve eaten one portion of fruit or veg, and lots of fruity snacks don’t have enough fruit in them to count as a portion.

Good luck!

10 May 2013

The spellings this week all contain the ending tion, making a ‘shun’ sound.

There are other endings which sound similar but are spelt differently. Can you think of any?

Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 17 May.