Spring 2 Week 6

Week beginning 27th March 2017

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fcfe9e” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]UPCOMING EVENTS:

Last Day of Spring Term: Friday 31st March 2017.

The children will return to school on Tuesday 18th April 2017 [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”curled” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#b0daf5″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]REQUEST:

Please ensure all items of clothing are clearly labelled.

If you notice the wrong item has been brought home please return the item and we will do our best to locate any missing items[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#e45e39″ rounded_corners=”false” outside_shadow=”false” ]HOMEWORK (sent out on Fridays and due back on Mondays)

Sent out Friday 24th March 2017

Mother’s Day

This week we have been talking about Mother’s Day. Can you draw a picture of your mum and write a few sentences about her? [/dropshadowbox]

THIS WEEK’S LEARNING:

LITERACY:

Book Focus: The Easter Story

We will read and discuss the Easter story. the children will engage in several Easter themed craft activities throughout the week

CAL- Communication and Language:

Word of the Week: This week’s WoW: happy (joyful/delighted/glad/cheerful)

   eg We feel cheerful when we play together.

PHONICS:

We are currently revising Phase 3 digraphs/trigraphs – ch, sh, th, qu, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, air, ear, ure, er.

Here is a video to practise reading longer words using a strategy known as ‘chunking’:

https://youtu.be/BbtfInZnmKg?list=PLXKeximRDJ8oh33KHQFIj0Sd3XpXmq1Nr

 

KEY WORD LISTS:

Don’t forget to go back through previous lists to check that your child can still recognise the words learnt earlier on.

READING AT HOME

Please continue to write a comment in your child’s yellow reading diary and let us know how they are getting on with their reading at home.

MATHS:

During this final week of the spring term, we will practise counting in steps of 2, 5 and 10 and learn to double numbers to 20

PSED- Personal, Social, Emotional Development

This week we will discuss playing safely with each other and how to respect each others personal space.