This week we will be continuing our Penguin theme and sharing and recording what we have learnt about penguins.
We will also be learning about what life is like in the Polar Regions.
We would like to say a big thank you for all of your support at home with your child's penguin homework - we have been blown away by your efforts! The children have taken great pride in sharing their homework to their class and what they have learnt about penguins.
Literacy Focus: -
This week we will be modelling to the children how information can be retrieved from books and computers and we will be making a class non-fiction book all about penguins. The children will all contribute a page to the book writing information which they have learnt about penguins.
We will begin our week by watching the video below: -
It looks like a penguin has teeth!
During a guided reading session some of us read from a non-fiction book called, "Top Jobs"
"They fix taps"
Learning what life is like in the North Pole -
Phonics Focus: -
This week the children will continue to learn letter sounds which are digraphs (a digraph is 2 letters which make 1 sound. The sounds which the children will be learning this week are, ur, ow, and oi. For help in how to say each sound correctly please visit the phonics website http://mrthorne.com/ which has short videos which you and your child can watch at home. The children are particularly enjoying the "Geraldine The Giraffe" videos in school!
We will also begin number bond activities encouraging the children to investigate and find two numbers which when added together make a given number.
Computer suite session: -
This week we will be teaching the children how to use a mouse to move, click and hold objects to draw a polar region picture on a computer program.
In the hall we became penguins!
We hatched from our eggs -
We waddled -
We slid on our tummies!
We huddled together in groups -
This week the children will be making and bringing home 'tricky word' igloos! Tricky words are words which cannot be sounded out correctly. The only way these words can be read (and spelt) correctly is by learning them and having plenty of practise. The tricky words which have been introduced to the children so far from the Letters and Sounds programme are: - to, the, no, go, I, into, we, me, be, was, my, no, go. Please help your child to learn these tricky words at home. We will be assessing the children on the tricky words the week before the half term holiday.
Making our 'tricky word' igloos!
Reception writer of the week!
Well done to Isla.
Well done to Alex for becoming a Handwriting Hero in Caterpillar Class this week.
Maths Focus: -
This week we will be continuing calculation activities with the children and they will be encouraged to find the total number of items in two groups by counting all of them. We will be using Numicon to make the activities visual and interactive for the children. The children will also record their work in a number sentence using the + (add) and = (equals) sign.
We will also begin number bond activities encouraging the children to investigate and find two numbers which when added together make a given number.
Computer suite session: -
This week we will be teaching the children how to use a mouse to move, click and hold objects to draw a polar region picture on a computer program.
PE session: -
The children in Caterpillar class got changed in record timing this week!
In the hall we became penguins!
We hatched from our eggs -
We slid on our tummies!
We swam quickly -
Creative activities: -
We made penguins using plasticene and photographed them on an iPad.
We listened to the story, "The Big Dark" and then made our own sunrise pictures.
We made igloos using sugar cubes.
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