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11 January 2013

Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 16 January.

I can express my opinion about the book The Switch.

We’ve just finished our class novel, The Switch. Homework is to produce a piece of work that tells me your opinion of the book. The homework also has to relate to our learning about different text types so the children need to produce a piece of written work about The Switch.

This piece of work could be:

• An advert persuading people to buy the book and promoting the book
• A script of one of the most exciting parts of the story
• A narrative continuing the story
• An explanation showing what the book is about
• A discussion praising the book
• A debate or balanced argument showing two points of view about the book or a character, or…
• Your own idea choosing a different text type.

11 January 2013

The home work this week is talk time and is due in on Wednesday 16 January.

I know how I am going to take reponsibility for my learning this year.

Our SEAL statement this week has been about taking reponsibility for our learning. As it’s the start of the year and a time for new starts and new year resolutions, we thought it would be a good time to think about how we can take responsility for our learning and set some targets for ourselves for the new year.

Examples could be:

• Making sure that I read at home with an adult every day.
• Reducing the number of warnings I get.
• Giving out 3 friendship tokens every day.
• Pushing myself harder in literacy lessons. 

For talk time homeworks, children don’t have to write anything in their homework books but many find that writing down some ideas and prompts helps them to contribute during the discussion we have as a class.

Great excitement when the builders came into Reception!

Space Dance

This half-term, we’re very lucky to have a dance teacher coming into school to teach us dance in PE lessons. We’ll create and learn a dance which links with our Big Topic about space. We’ll even perform our dance in an assembly in front of the whole school!

It’s cold outside…

…so make sure you come to school wrapped up warm!

PE multi-skills

We’ve been practising lots of different skills in PE this week.

A chance to perform

This term sees the return of the annual dance showcase event held at Allerton Grange.  Alongside Talbot, Moor Allerton Hall and Hillcrest Primary Schools, we’ll be taking part once again.

To prepare for the event we are running an eight week after-school club led by dance leaders from Allerton Grange to master the routine for the showcase.

No dance experience is necessary and it’s a great opportunity to learn a fun routine and take part in a fantastic dance event.

The club, open to boys and girls, starts next Tuesday 15 January, 3.15 – 4.30pm and will run until Tuesday 19 March.  The dance showcase will be on Thursday 24 March.

There are still a few places left so call in at the office if you’d like to sign up.

11 January 2013

Please learn these words for a test on Friday 18 January.

Words containing the ‘ea‘ letter pattern, which create a ‘long e’ sound.

For those of you that want a challenge…

You could write the words in a sentence, such as:

• I swim at the sandy beach.
• I saw a seal by the beach and then went to have an ice-cream.

11 January 2013

Lions, Tigers and Zebras are the names of our three spelling groups. The name of your child’s group will be written on their spelling book. Spellings, as usual, will be tested on Friday (18 January).

Lions: the ‘tion’ ending

• action
• option
• addition
• infection
• situation
• creation
• donation
• education
• election
• emotion

Tigers and Zebras: ‘sh’ and ‘ch’

• shirt
• church
• sharp
• shark
• catch
• chart
• smash
• wash
• short
• shift

11 January 2013

This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 16 January 2013.

I can find different materials around the house.

You could produce:

• art work
• cut out pictures from a magazine
• construct something
• a poster
• write a sentence or two
• a Venn diagram
• your own creative idea

Remember: all objects are made from a type of material (glass, wood, metal, pottery etc).