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Learning in Term 2

Phonics

This term, we are continuing to learn all the letters and sounds from Basics 2 using our phonics scheme: Supersonic Phonic Friends. The children have consolidated their learning of the names of the various characters which support the teaching of phonics, throughout the year. At the start of every lesson we revisit all the previously learnt sounds. Daily practice helps the children to remember and retain new learning. When all the Basic 2 letters and sounds have been taught, we revisit them allowing the children to apply them by incorporating them in their reading and writing.

We are continuing to consolidate and learn new Tricky Tess words (common exception words). The words the children have learnt are - I, is, the, to, no, go, as, has, his, of, into

The characters that help the children in their phonics sessions are called: Listening Len, See it Sam, Segmenting Seb, Blend with Ben, Build with Bill, Read with Rex, Write with Ron, Tricky Tess.

Basic 2 sounds: s, a, t, p, i, m, n, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, l, ll, ff, ss

We apply these sounds by reading and writing in every phonics session.

Basics 2 and 3 sound mats can be found in the boxes at the bottom of this page.

Please ask the FS staff if you would like a hard copy for home.

Topic

Celebrations

This term, our enquiry questions are: What is a celebration and how are they celebrated? and ‘What are the differences between night and day’?

In term 2, we explore celebrations such as Diwali, Bonfire Night, Halloween and Christmas. We also consider why we have day and night, explore the world around us, the Solar System, changes in seasons and how animals and humans adapt to this. In RE we explore why Christmas is special to Christians. We also find out about how Christmas traditions vary around the world. The children also take part in our Nativity play which is recorded. This will be posted on Tapestry and you are invited to come into school to watch the recording and listen to the children singing Christmas songs. We visit the Christmas trees at Holy Cross Church as well as partake in the whole school Christmas Carol concert which is very special.

During PSHE we continue to follow the Jigsaw programme focussing on Celebrating Differences.

Some of the books we will be exploring are:

Where the Poppies Now Grow

The Best Diwali Ever

Room on a Broom

Look Up!

Perfect Fit

Stickman

Mathematics

We are continuing to follow the NCTEM Mastering Number scheme, alongside supplementary materials from White Rose to support our maths learning. We are focusing on the counting, cardinality and ordinality of numbers to 10. We will practise the concept of subitising which is where we look and say an amount, without counting. We will talk about the stopping number being the last number we count, which tells us how many there are of something. We will be introducing the concepts of comparison- focussing on how many, who has more or less and equal to, and composition-where we think about how objects and numbers can be split into parts.

We will also look at aspects of time, measure and shapes.

Ways to support at home:

Reading

Please read regularly with your child. They will be bringing books home from school twice a week (once each book has been read three times). Please read each book three times. We will then change it for a new book.

Please share other story books with your child at home. Reading for pleasure is something we always promote at Manor Primary School. What stories did you enjoy when you were younger? Can you share these with your children? Remember the library. It has so many beautiful books and it is free! Uckfield library love to see families and children and are very welcoming.

Phonics

We have put the Basics 2 sound mat in the back of the reading diary of each child. Please practise these at home, in addition to to learing Tricky Words (on tags in reading diaries).

Maths

Practice counting as far as you can go.

Look for numbers in the environment- door numbers, bus numbers, numbers in shops, they are everywhere.

Can you practice writing your numbers?

Can you find things that are taller or shorter than you?

Understanding the World

This term we look a lot at different celebrations. Please talk to children about how you celebrated things when you were younger. If you see poppies displayed, talk about what they mean. Ask familiy members to talk about celebrations.

We are also looking at Autumn and the changes they see at this time of year. We talk about how the days are shorter/ darker. What things we might be able to do when it is dark - fireworks, see different animals. What happens when it gets colder - hibernation, changes in clothing, see more frost/ ice.

Please talk to your children about their day, celebrating coming to school.

Go on walks, what can you see? Do you notice any changes in their environment?

Do you celebrate any festivals or traditions with family and or friends?

Expressive Arts and Design

This term we are explore clay more, making clay poppies. If you have access to clay or other modelling materials (playdough, plasticine, cardboard, junk modelling) can you make your own creation? Talk about what you have made and how you have made it.

We will be experimenting with different materials and making collages. Maybe you can make your own collage?

In the run up to Christmas, we will be having lots of fun making different Christmas decorations and lots of other Christmas arts and crafts. You can make paper chains, thinking about repeating patterns.

Please put anything you do up on Tapestry; we love to see any learning.

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Oct 2024 reading-meeting-powerpoint.pptx

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