28 January 2011
Spellings this week are based on silent letters. Learn the spellings for your group and find four more words with silent letters.
Spellings will be tested on THURSDAY 04 February – school isn’t open next Friday!
A |
B |
C |
interesting |
castles |
castles |
knowledge |
climbing |
climbing |
designed |
designed |
surprise |
surprise |
different |
different |
environment |
environment |
hedges |
medicine |
hedges |
interesting |
participate |
interesting |
known |
physical |
knowledge |
medicine |
wrestling |
known |
physical |
scissors |
medicine |
should |
Birthday ‘treats’
We are currently reviewing our Food in School policy and would welcome parents’ / carers’ views on ‘treats’ brought in for birthdays.
Within school we recognise that providing treats can create pressure amongst parents / carers, reduce teaching time, create problems with allergies and create litter.
A number of parents /carers have given their views to Mrs Taylor before school today in the playground. However, if you have any views on this and whether we should ban or discourage birthday treats please contact Mrs Taylor via the office.
SEAL statement 24 Jan
Being resourceful is the next of our 7 Rs for learning. ‘I can be resourceful’ is this week’s statement.
Resourcefulness includes managing your time, resources and ultimately your learning.
This week, take some time to look at the all the resources available in the classroom to help with your learning.
21 January 2011
The homework this week is a talk time homework and is due in on Wednesday 26 January.
Are aliens real? Why?
Discuss with somebody at home whether you think aliens are real or not. You have to have reasons to back up what you think.
I will look forward to talking to you about your discussions.
21 January 2011
The spellings this week are all homophones. These are words that sound the same but
are spelt differently:
1. new knew
2. right write
3, through threw
4. great grate
5. their there
6. hole whole
7. no know
8. pair pear
9. heard herd
10. poor pour
11. bored board
12. peace piece
13. aloud allowed
Spellings will be tested on Friday 28 January. Good luck.
Patterns
Reception children have been following and making their own repeating patterns in Maths.
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21 January 2011
The homework this week is Creative and is due in Wednesday 26 January.
I can design a costume for a member of the circus.
The children have just learnt about materials so a discussion on what everything is made of will be productive. Here are some suggestions but, as always, the more creative the better!
- A costume for a clown including separate designs for their hat and equipment.
- A costume for a ring master including their cape and top hat.
- You could design clothes for animals in your circus.
One way to make this homework excellent would be to include labels and descriptions of materials used.
21 January 2011
This week’s spellings for Bananas and Oranges all have the prefix ‘un’.
Apples have some high-frequency words to remember. They will be tested on Friday 28th January 2011.
Apples |
Bananas and Oranges |
LO: High-frequency words |
LO: Words with prefix ‘un’. |
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Relax and Read!!
In Year 1 we spend time every day reading; it might be reading with an adult or it might be reading independently. Please remember that it is important to read “real” books as well as the reading books that the children bring home; your child will become a much more fluent reader if they experience a wide range of books. There will be a leaflet coming home soon with some questions you can ask your child when they have read a book as it is essential that they understand the different features of the text.
Enjoy some reading time with your child; it is a very valuable and enjoyable time!
21 January 2011
This week we are learning to spell words with the ‘ea’ sound.
beads |
pea |
meat |
seal |
leaf |
beach |
tea |
cream |
These words will be tested on Friday 28 January.