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 2nd October

Swimming continues on Wednesday 4th October. 

Library books are changed on Friday.

In Literacy we will be writing our own circular story.

In Phonics we will be learning alternative pronunciations of phonemes already learnt - o as in no, u as in unit, u as in put and ow as in snow.

In Maths we will be comparing numbers using the < > and = symbols and marking numbers on a number line.

Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills on Numbots.

Week beginning 25th September

Swimming continues on Wednesday 27th September. 

In Literacy we will be writing a class version of a circular story like 'The River'. We will then plan our own circular story.

In Phonics we will be learning alternative pronunciations of phonemes already learnt - a as in fast, a as in was and e as in he.

In Maths we will be continuing to focus on the multiples of ten. We will be adding and subtracting ten and remembering that all multiples of 10 end with a 0. The children have now received their logins for Numbots. Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills.

Week beginning 18th September

Swimming starts on Wednesday 20th September. Please send your child with a towel, swimming costume and goggles in a bag, such as a rucksack, they can carry to the pool.

In Literacy we will be beginning to plan our own class version of a circular story like 'The River'. We will be extending our sentences by using conjunctions (e.g. and, but, because) and including interesting adjectives.

In Phonics we will be recapping some of the digraphs that the children have been less secure with - ue, ph and wh.

In Math we will be continuing to focus on the multiples of ten. We will be adding and subtracting ten and remembering that all multiples of 10 end with a 0. The children have now received their logins for Numbots. Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills.

Week beginning 11th September

P.E. will start on Mondays. Please make sure you have a named P.E. kit in school. Swimming will start on Wednesday next week (20th). You will receive separate information about this.

In Literacy we will be introducing the book 'The River' which will be our main focus for the next few weeks. We will be writing simple sentences, remembering to use capital letters and full stops or question marks and include interesting adjectives.

In Phonics we will be recapping some of the alternative ways of spelling sounds - ay (alternative way of spelling ai), ou (alternative way of spelling ow), ie (alternative way of spelling igh) and ea (alternative way of spelling ee).

In Maths we will be learning that ten ones are equivalent to one ten. We will be representing multiples of ten using their numerals and names, e.g. We have 7 tens. we call this 70. We will be learning that all multiples of 10 end with a 0.