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07 October 2011

The homework this week is creative and is due in Wednesday 12 October.

I can design my ideal house.

It is completely up to your child what house they want to design. Here are some ideas:

• an underwater house that requires special oxygenated zones
• a house on a mountain that needs specialist infrastructure to keep it stable
• a mobile house
• a house from the future

07 October 2011

Your homework this week is Practice Makes Perfect.

I can use ‘add-ins’.

Your task is to create ten different sentences each with an add in.

In class, we are working on using ‘add ins’; these can be openers, middlers or enders.

Openers

• Silently, the thief approached the house.
• Panting wildly, Mark ran into the safety of the cave.

You could also use a connective opener (Later on, Because of this,) or a preposition opener (Under the chair, Further down the road,).

Middlers

• Sean, who lives in Leeds, likes chips.
• The dragon, breathing fire, stalked the princess.

Enders

• We couldn’t do wake up shake up because it was raining.
• The girls skipped along without a care in the world.

07 October 2011

This week we continue to look at words we need in maths.

These words will be tested on Friday 14 October.

Year 4 Assembly

Hello everyone,

Just a quick word to let you know that your child will be performing in their class assembly tomorrow at 2.40pm. It would be great to see you all there. We will try to put a video on the website.

Hope to see you there!

Firemen at Moortown

Year 3 and 4 have been treated to a lesson in fire safety by two professional firemen. Unfortunately, they were unavailable (for some unknown reason) during school hours but they decided to do a video instead to remind the children about what to do in case of a fire.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBEOdHlQnDQ

The children then wrote down some instructions detailing what to do if there is a fire.

We know how to stay safe in Year 1!

What a week we had last week!  It was amazing how much we learnt in such a short time.  We now know how to stay safe in many situations: 

•   around dogs
• dancing and keeping fit
• in case of fire
• when crossing the road
• when someone is hurt

SEAL statement 3 October

‘I can do something brave’ is the SEAL statement for this week. 

Following our Staying Safe themed week we are now returning to our New Beginnings SEAL theme and this week also sees the start of our new topics. 

As children are settling in to their new classes and getting more familiar with their new routines they may be more comfortable to try something brave, maybe working with someone different in their class, trying to answer a question they are not 100% sure about or attempting to move up their learning mountain.

Reading is fun!

Your child will be bringing a reading book home very soon. At this stage, you can help with their reading by enjoying  books together. Talk  about what they think might happen next in a story and ask them to retell the story themselves using the pictures.  Can they think about what they would feel if they were in the story?

Your enthusiasm for a book will help children to understand that books are exciting.

Focus on the sounds of spoken language by playing games which point out similar sounds in different words. For example, how many things can you find around the house that begin with the sound ‘f’? Share favourite rhymes letting children supply the rhyming word or encouraging them to choose their own silly rhyme. Help children to understand that the marks on the page mean something. Explain that they represent the words and sentences we speak. Point to the words as you read. Show them examples of print around you: the sign on a bus stop, labels at the supermarket, traffic signs, and so on. Read alphabet books together to make the link between the sounds used in words and the letters used to write those sounds. Label your child’s bedroom door to help them to recognise their name.

Share the following books:

• rhyming books
• alphabet books
• a wide range of exciting stories
• non-fiction books about favourite subjects

Remember:

• Make sure your child sees you reading.
• Read to your child. Show you like the book. Bring stories to life by using loud/soft/scary voices – let yourself go!
• Spread books around your house for your child to dip into.
• Let your child choose what they would like to read – books, comics, catalogues.
• Read favourite books over and over again.

Enjoy!

If you have any questions about reading and how we teach this in Reception, please ask.

Learning together!

Reception have settled well and made new friends.

Staying safe around dogs

We enjoyed the visit from the charity Dogs’ Trust as part of Staying Safe week.