[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#a7f09f” ]SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales

LITERACY: Book Focus: The Enormous Turnip

The children enjoyed reading and enacting this funny story about a rather large root vegetable, so this week we will follow this up with learning more about vegetables. Since spring has sprung and the growing season has started, the children will be planting some root vegetables  and who knows……we may even have some enormous turnips of our own in a month or so.

https://youtu.be/KIPTzO0cPcU

GROUP PHONICS:

Miss Pillay and Miss Benoit’s groups: Review digraphs qu/ch/th/sh/ng/ and blending to read cvc words containing these sounds. The children will learn new vowel digraphs /ai/ee/igh/oa/

Miss Dale’s and Miss Thompson’s groups: Revise recognition of /sh/ch/th/qu/ng/ai/ee/igh/oo/ar/or/ur/ow/oi/ear/air/ure/er within words

MATHS: Explore the concept of doubling a quantity. The children will also learn about skip counting by 2’s

Understanding  of the World: We will discuss the Easter story and its significance to Christians. The children will also enjoy some Easter fun with Easter craft and an Easter egg hunt on Thursday. [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f9a6f3″ ]HOMEWORK: sent Friday 23rd March due Wednesday 28th March

Coins and notes

Talk to your child about the notes and coins in your purse/wallet

• Describe the size and shape of the coins/notes

• Name the coins/notes

• Trace around the coins and write the value of each coin eg. 1p/2p/5p/10p/20//50/£1/£2

• Draw a picture of some of the different notes

Please note: Homework books will not be sent home during the Easter break so please return books by Wednesday 28th March

READING BOOKS: Please send in books and reading diaries on allocated group days. [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#f1fb99″ ]IMPORTANT DATES

Monday, 26th March 2018 – Special assembly for children about owls. The children will have an opportunity to see a display of owls in flight (for more information see News and Letters section of website for whole school letters about Night Owls)

Tuesday, 27th March 2018 – Special assembly for children about Healthy eating (Phunky Foods)

Thursday, 29th March 2018 – last day of school for children and Attendance assembly – children receive medals for excellent attendance

31st March 2018 – final payment for coach trip to Godstone Farm via Parent Pay [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#81d0da” ] SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales

LITERACY:

Book Focus: The Enormous Turnip

GROUP PHONICS:

Miss Pillay and Miss Benoit’s groups: Review digraphs qu/ch/th/sh/ng/ and blending to read cvc words containing these sounds

Miss Dale’s group: Revise recognition of /sh/ch/th/qu/ng/ai/ee/igh/oo/ar/or/ur/ow/oi/ within words: Learn new Phase 3 long vowel sounds /ear/air/ure/er

Miss Thompson’s groups: Revise recognition of /sh/ch/th/qu/ng/ai/ee/igh/oo/ar/or/ur/ow/oi/ear/air/ure/er within words

MATHS:

Explore the concept of money. The children will learn to recognise and name coins and notes used in the UK and also to solve practical problems involving money in the class role play shop. [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#bf9afb” ]HOMEWORK: sent Friday 16th March due Wednesday 21st  March

Rhyming words

We have been learning that rhyming words are words that sound the same at the end of the word eg home, comb, roam, etc Can you find other words that rhyme with these words: cat and dig.

READING BOOKS: Please send in books and reading diaries on allocated group days. [/dropshadowbox]

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#5af9bb” ]IMPORTANT DATES

21st March 2018 – Parent meetings for parents who have not had their appointments yet

29th March 2018 – last day of school for children (end of spring term)

31st March 2018 – final payment for coach trip to Godstone Farm via Parent Pay [/dropshadowbox]