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.
Our PE day is Wednesday (swimming). Please make sure all PE kits are back in school and your child’s clothes are clearly named.
Cricket is now finished.
Most importantly, please keep remembering to read with your child at least 5 times a week so that Orlando the Owl will hopefully come and visit us!
Library books are changed on Tuesdays.
If you need to catch up with us about anything we are available before or after school or you can email the office to arrange a time to meet.
Mrs Ingham
Christmas has begun!
Year 1 children: Please refer to Dolphin's Class page to access the songs we are learning for our Nativity. The singing is sounding beautiful already! Please practise at home to help with your child's confidence with these new songs.
Week beginning 4th December
The festive season is upon us! We have a very busy and fun week ahead.
Year 1's will continue to practise their Nativity before performing in front of the whole school on Thursday and in front of parents and carers on Friday.
Year 2's will continue to practise songs, poems, musical instruments and readings for their Christingle before our church service next week.
As part of our 'Super learning' week we will address any misconceptions picked up from our assessments last week.
In maths we will also be consolidating multiples of 10 and continuing our fluency skills in our 'mastering number' sessions.
We will be writing The Christmas story and we have lots of Christmas/winter themed challenges in Turtle Cove.
We are also having a whole day dedicated to DT. Year 1's will be making space buggies and learning about how vehicles move. We will create our own vehicle with working wheels and axles. Year 2's will be making moving sea monsters with a lever mechanism.
The Numbots Awards are continuing. The winners on Friday 1st December were:
1st Ezmae
2nd Mason
3rd Poppy
Week beginning 27th November
This week is assessment week:
We are taking this opportunity to asses prior learning to ensure all children have understood the learning we have completed. This will help us to plan and re teach any aspects that are not understood fully in the following week.
Our phonics focus:
We are still working on reading and writing words that contain adjacent consonants.
This week they are:
s t in list, c t in fact, p t in kept, x t in next and revising common exception words: some and come.
Please continue to encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills on Numbots.
The Numbots Awards are continuing. The winners on Friday 24th November were:
1st Mason
2nd Poppy
3rd Woody
Year 1s will be continuing to practise their Nativity performance and Year 2s will be practising words and songs for our Christingle service.
Week beginning 20th November
This week in literacy we will be reading 'Litterbug Doug' and talking about the importance of keeping our planet clean and the importance of recycling. The children will explore the characters in the story and invent a machine to make it super easy to pick up rubbish. We will be focusing on sentence structure and making sure we have finger spaces in our writing.
Our phonics focus is:
Adjacent consonants n t in sent, s k desk, revising previous adjacent consonants and common exception word: some.
In maths this week we are counting in multiples of ten, investigating the place value of tens and ones and noticing patterns within the multiples. We are continuing the 'Mastering Number' scheme which focuses on subitising and basic number facts.
Please encourage your child to spend time practising their number skills on Numbots. The Numbots Awards are continuing. The winners on Friday 17th November were:
1st Ezmae
2nd Poppy
3rd Mason
Week beginning 13th November
*Friday 17th November - Non School Uniform Day for Children in Need*
This week in literacy we will be exploring different poems, rhyming words and trying to complete our quest of using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops consistently in our writing. The children are becoming so confident at writing sentences independently - so a big well done to them all!
Our focus in phonics is:
Revisiting phase 4; reading and writing words with adjacent consonants.
l t in tilt, m p in ramp, n d in land, n k in bank and common exception words: have, like, so, do.
In maths this week we will be cementing our knowledge of teen numbers and applying the addition and subtraction skills we have learnt. We will do this using part part whole models, tens frames, rekenreks and bar models, as well as exposing the children to other ways in which this can be represented pictorially.
Week beginning 6th November
The first week back was a brilliant one! Children have settled back into the school routine and did some fantastic learning. They loved their first session of cricket and this will continue on Thursday.
Please remember we have Inset day on Tuesday this week :)
This week in literacy we will be looking at the picture book 'Oi Frog!'. We will explore rhyming words and use the character 'frog' as our main focus for writing. We will be writing sentences about the frog's character, give him a new location and use our imaginations to turn the frog into something else! We will still be focussing on sentence structure, remembering a full stop and capital letter and also adding in an adjective and the word 'and' to join our ideas together.
Our focus in phonics is:
Revisiting phase 4; reading and writing words with adjacent consonants.
'f t' in rift, 'l d' in gild, 'l f' in shelf, 'l k' in hulk, 'l p' in kelp.
In maths we are continuing to explore subtraction using part whole and bar models and use strategies to find the answer efficiently.
Week beginning 30th October
Welcome back to school! We hope you have had a fantastic half term!
In literacy this week we are introducing a new quest to inspire the children's writing. We will be meeting some new characters such as Professor Klunk, Noodle and Titch, Brain and Greap! These characters will help us remember the importance of full stops and capital letters as well as giving us purpose for our writing.
Our focus in phonics is:
ure, er and common exception word 'her'.
In maths this week we are moving on to subtraction. We will be using concrete objects to help with our learning before moving on to pictorial representations.
We will also be starting cricket this week until the end of the term. We cannot wait for the children to learn and explore new skills. They will love it!
Week beginning 16th October
We have such a busy and exciting week ahead for our final week of term. On Tuesday the author M.P. Robertson will be visiting us and reading one of his stories. We will get the opportunity to ask him any questions we have and we will also be taking part in a fantastic drawing workshop with him! On Friday it is our first Play morning of this academic year- please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for a whole morning of fun outdoors!
In literacy this week we will be watching one of the classic episodes of 'Wacky Races'. We will be designing and writing about a new vehicle to enter the race and we will be thinking about what you get if you win first place and what happens if you come last. The children's imaginations have really shone this term and it is so lovely to see their drawings inspire lots of fantastic, independent writing. I'm sure you loved looking at their work during parents meeting.
Our vocab words this week are:
ACCELERATE BRAKING HAZARD STEERING CHUCKLE DEMOLISH OVERTAKE TRANSPORT
Ask us what the actions are for each word and see if we can remember the meanings of the words.
In phonics our focus is:
ow, oi, ear and common exception words are, my.
In maths we are moving on to addition with teen numbers using practical equipment and recording the sums in our books with the correct layout.
Week beginning 9th October
We are so looking forward to meeting you this week for our first parent's meetings. It will be our pleasure to share how well your children have settled in to their new school year.
In literacy this week we are reading the classic 'Hansel and Gretel'. We will be looking at the characters, in particular, the witch and using our imaginations to decide what she has in her cauldron and what would happen if her pet spider bit the teacher. We wonder what it will turn the teacher into?!
Our vocab words this week are:
CONFECTIONARY WICKED DOUBLE SCARY CAULDRON SWISH PIERCING INNOCENT
Ask us what the actions are for each word and see if we can remember the meanings of the words.
In phonics our focus is:
oo, ar, or, ur and common exception words they, all.
In maths we are solving addition problems using a range of manipulatives and representations and recording number sentences in our maths books.
Week beginning 2nd October
We are over half way in this term and the children are surprising us everyday with their learning and confidence!
In literacy this week we are reading 'The Hairy Toe' by Daniel Postgate, where an old lady finds a hairy toe! We will be making up a character who is missing this toe and helping the old woman build something to trap the monster!
Our vocab words this week are:
WINDY FURRY ANCIENT FEARFUL UNDERCOVER CREEP DISTANT SWIRLING
Ask us what the actions are for each word and see if we can remember the meanings of the words.
In phonics our focus is:
ai, ee, igh, oe and common exception words was, you.
In maths we are moving on to addition within 10 and consolidating our learning from the past few weeks.
Week beginning 25th September
After another brilliant week we are all set and ready for more learning!
In literacy this week we are watching the classic Pink Panther. We can't wait to see the children's reactions to this cartoon. Pink Panther will be used to inspire us with our writing. We will be focusing on writing sentences about his character, setting and using our imaginations to come up with a new friend for Pink Panther, who also has a colour in his name and inventing a machine to help clean up all his mess! They have been fantastic at remembering our vocab so far. This week our words are:
CLUMSY SPLODGE COMICAL ACTIVE OBLIVIOUS REVEAL FURIOUS STAMP
In phonics our focus is:
Digraphs- ch, sh, th, ng and common exception words he, she.
In maths we are consolidating numbers to 20, specifically looking at greater than, less than and equals as well as solving missing number problems. We will continue to use our STEM sentence to describe the place value of these numbers e.g.
The whole is 16. 10 is a part. 6 is a part.
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 looking at the traditional tale of 'Goldilocks and the three bears' and using this familiar story to help children use their imaginations about how the bears can find Goldilocks and what could happen when they do! We are focusing on children sounding out words and independently write them so they can show us what they know.
In Phonics we will be recapping Phase 3 graphemes and phonemes as well as common exception words.
This week our focus is: y z zz qu we be
In Maths we will be continuing to focus on representing numbers to 20 using concrete equipment and moving on to pictorial representations. We are using language such as 16 has 1 ten and 6 ones to ensure children are secure with place value before we move on to higher numbers.
Week beginning 11th September
We've had a great first full week. The children have settled into their new routines extremely well and have loved accessing Turtle Cove to further their learning. You may have heard them talking about their 'learning around the room' and what they have been up to in their learning challenges.
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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