This week our line of inquiry led us to the idea of families being our first community group. The children enjoyed showing us pictures of their families by drawing on photo frames on big pieces of paper. They were able to show each other kindness by working alongside each other talking about similarities and differences between their family communities. Then we looked at different communities within Paddock Wood. We found out about different community groups and the roles that they have in society. Please bring in a photograph of your family to share in class. This can be one that is printed out or sent via email through the school office. 

If you have a particular role in the community like a firefighter, a nurse, a vet or mechanic we would love to hear from you if you could spare a short 5-10 minutes to explain how you support and care for others.

We learnt how to compare amounts in mathematics this week. The children were able to compare quantities using key vocabulary like more, fewer and equal. You could reinforce this concept at home with something like sweets. If you are out on your travels over the weekend we would like you to collect autumnal objects like conkers, acorns and pinecones to use in our continuous provision next week.

We have now mastered the phonic sounds s,a,t, i and p. The children are working hard to hold their pencils correctly in order to write these letters. Now we have mastered these sounds we have been learning how to construct simple words like 'at, it, sat, sit' using phonic letter cards.