Week beginning 30th October 2018

October 28, 2018

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#6ef9a6″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddddd” ]School reopens for children on Tuesday 30th October at usual time 8.50am – 3.30pm[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#4b57e7″ ] Welcome back to school! We hope you had a restful half term break.

AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and Dark

This week’s learning

Knowledge and Understanding of the World: This week we will introduce our new topic: Light and Dark, and explore the celebration of Bonfire Night, discussing fireworks and the safety of handling these.

LITERACY

Phonics: This term the children will begin learning letter sounds in Phonics lessons. They will learn to say, recognise and write one new letter sound each day.

This week’s sound focus: /s/, /a/, /t/ and /p/

The children will bring home a daily sound sheet. Please help them with letter formation and practise ‘stretching’ or ‘bouncing’ the initial sound for each of the pictures on the sheet sent home

MATHS

This week’s Maths focus:

  • To explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.
  • To recognise, create and describe patterns
  • To use mathematical names for ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes.
  • To select a particular named shape [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#5acef9″ ]HOMEWORK

Well done to the children who received certificates for completing all their homework in Autumn Term 1. Keep up the good work and they will receive another certificate at the end of Autumn 2 too.

  • The first homework for Autumn 2 will be issued on Friday. Check book bags for green homework books.
  • Your child will also bring home 2 reading books and a reading diary during the course of this week. Please check book bags for these. There is further guidance about reading books on the inside covers of the yellow reading diary. Please ensure that reading books and diaries are kept in your child’s book bag after you have read with/to them.[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#6ff672″ ]IMPORTANT DATES

Monday, 5th; Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th November 2018 – Parent meetings for Reception children

Tuesday, 13th November – Reception trip to cinema – Check your child’s book bag for more information

Further dates to follow

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