Welcome to Puffin Class
On this page you will find weekly updates about what the children are learning in literacy, maths and phonics so you can support at home. Our termly curriculum maps provide an outline of what the children will learn across all subjects. More detailed information for a particular subject can be found in the curriculum area of the website.
Week beginning 29th April
P.E. is on Monday and Tuesday.
Library books are changed on Friday.
We will be visiting the Rural Life Museum on Tuesday. Please arrive at school promptly in the morning.
In Literacy we will be writing a recount of our visit to the Rural Life Museum.
We have now completed all Phonics sessions and are focussing on common spelling patterns instead. This week we will focus on long vowel sound spellings and the suffixes -ed and -ing.
In Maths we will be learning about money. We will be recognising coins, adding coins and making totals. In our Mastering Number sessions we will be continuing to learn how to add by bridging through ten (e.g. to calculate 8 + 5 I could split the 5 into 2 and 3. Make 10 first and then add the 3, 8 + 2 = 10. 10 + 3 = 13.)
Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills on Numbots. The Numbots Awards are continuing. The winners on Friday 26th April were:
1st
2nd
3rd
Week beginning 22nd April
P.E. is on Monday and Tuesday.
Library books are changed on Friday.
In Literacy we will be writing a new version of the traditional tale Jack and the Beanstalk.
We have now completed all Phonics sessions and are focussing on common spelling patterns instead. This week we will focus on words with the soft c (nice, prince) and the ai or ay spelling.
In Maths we will be learning about 3d shapes. We will be revising the names of the common 3d shapes (cube, cuboid, pyramid, sphere, cyliner, cone and triangular prism) and discussing their properties - faces, edges and vertices. In our Mastering Number sessions we will be focussing on adding by bridging through ten (e.g. to calculate 8 + 5 I could split the 5 into 2 and 3. Make 10 first and then add the 3, 8 + 2 = 10. 10 + 3 = 13.
Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills on Numbots. The Numbots Awards are continuing. The winners on Friday 18th April were:
1st Benjamin
2nd Ava
3rd Ella
Week beginning 15th April
P.E. is on Monday and Tuesday.
Library books are changed on Friday.
In Literacy we will be starting a unit of work on the traditional tale Jack and the Beanstalk.
We have now completed all Phonics sessions and are focussing on common spelling patterns instead. This week we will focus on words ending with -ed and -ing, and words with the spelling pattern dge and ge.
In Maths we will be learning more about shape. We will be revising the names of all the 2d shapes and knowing how many sides they have. In our Mastering Number sessions we will be focussing on strategies for adding three numbers.
Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills on Numbots. The Numbots Awards are continuing. The winners on Thursday 28th March were:
1st Rosie
2nd Molly
3rd Ava
Week beginning 25th March
P.E. is on Monday and Tuesday.
Library books will be changed on Thursday this week.
This week we will be having an Art Day and a Design and Technology Day. (Please see App message about bringing in sticks for the Art Day.) We will also be learning about the Christion festival of Easter. We will spend some time reviewing the recent assessment booklets for reading and maths.
In our Mastering Number sessions we will be focussing on doubles and near doubles.
Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills on Numbots. The Numbots Awards are continuing. The winners on Friday 22nd March were:
1st Molly
2nd Rosie
3rd Ella
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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