Literacy
It is crucial for children to develop a life-long love of reading. Reading consists of two dimensions: language comprehension and word reading. Language comprehension (necessary for both reading and writing) starts from birth. It only develops when adults talk with children about the world around them and the books (stories and non-fiction) they read with them, and enjoy rhymes, poems and songs together. Skilled word reading, taught later, involves both the speedy working out of the pronunciation of unfamiliar printed words (decoding) and the speedy recognition of familiar printed words. Writing involves transcription (spelling and handwriting) and composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in speech, before writing)
Literacy ELG: Comprehension
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary.
- Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories.
- Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.
ELG: Word Reading
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs.
- Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending.
- Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic knowledge, including some common exception words.
ELG: Writing
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.
- Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters.
- Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.
Term 6
This week, we read books about pirates and ships. We drew our own pirate and wrote a message in a bottle.
Term 5 -Growing
We are gardeners.
We watched the children design a garden for the Chelsea Flower Show. We designed our own special gardens too!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/news/2024/chelsea-children-garden
The children designed their own garden taking ideas from this plan.
These books inspire the children to read and write.
This is our new 'Special Friends' sheet. This will be sent home on Thursday to help support writing at home.
Save the Planet - Recycling
Handa's Surprise & Oliver's Vegetables
We listened to the stories.
We made a fruit kebab.
Then, we wrote about our favourite fruit.
Writing Instructions: How to Grow a Sunflower
We planted a seed to learn how to plant a sunflower seed and then wrote the instructions.
What the Ladybird Heard
The children listened carefully to the story and drew a map of the farm. Then, they labelled the animals and what noises they make. Some children wrote a phrase or sentence about what the ladybird heard.
Term 4
Amazing Animals
CVC Words and Words with Special Friends
Non-Fiction: Sir David Attenborough
This week, a very important letter arrived. Sir David Attenborough asked us to care for this planet and not to waste paper, electricity or food. He asked us to write back to him, so we have been learning all about statements and questions. Look at our super letters. You can see your child's letter next week during our Stay & Play - 'Book Look'.
Does your child understand the difference between a statement and a question?
What do they remember about Sir David Attenborough?
Non-Fiction -The Life Cycle of a Butterfly & Fiction - The Hungry Caterpillar
This week, we have looked at the life cycle of a butterfly. We drew the pictures and wrote the words. Some children can write phrases or sentences.
Oi Frog!
After reading 'Oi Frog' the children matched the rhyming words and chose their favourite words, phrases or sentence to write.
This week, we looked at the books 'Rumble in the Jungle' and 'Commotion in the Ocean' to look at which animals live on land and which live in the sea.
Then, we drew a picture of our favourite animal and wrote a fact or the reason why we liked the animal. Some children are now using the word 'because' to give reasons.
Then, we looked at which words rhyme and why. Most children could spot the rhyming words and some children needed help, so play games at home to see if your child can hear the same sound. Then, we matched the pictures to show what we had learnt.
Our challenge this week was to read the sentence and colour the sea creatures the correct colours.
Term 3
Real Superheroes - The Police Visit/People who help us.
When I grow up I want to be a...
The children met the real superheroes - The Police. They answered our questions, showed us their uniforms and their police car. Some children were brave when the put the siren on and some were not so brave. Mrs Bunny had fun dressing up as a police officer too! We will be meeting more people who help us during our last week at school.
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The children met the real superheroes - The Police. They answered our questions, showed us their uniforms and their police car. Some children were brave when the put the siren on and some were not so brave. Mrs Bunny had fun dressing up as a police officer too! We will be meeting more people who help us during our last week at school.
IMG_2712[1].MOVThe children met the real superheroes - The Police. They answered our questions, showed us their uniforms and their police car. Some children were brave when the put the siren on and some were not so brave. Mrs Bunny had fun dressing up as a police officer too! We will be meeting more people who help us during our last week at school.
IMG_2712[1].MOVThe children met the real superheroes - The Police. They answered our questions, showed us their uniforms and their police car. Some children were brave when the put the siren on and some were not so brave. Mrs Bunny had fun dressing up as a police officer too! We will be meeting more people who help us during our last week at school.
IMG_2712[1].MOVFiction - Superworm & Non-Fiction -Facts about worms
Phonics - Set 2 ~ Special Friends
Phonics-
I hope you found our phonics meeting useful. The children have moved on to learning Set 2 words. Continue to learn these at home and play fun 'Fred' games.
The children met the real superheroes - The Police. They answered our questions, showed us their uniforms and their police car. Some children were brave when the put the siren on and some were not so brave. Mrs Bunny had fun dressing up as a police officer too! We will be meeting more people who help us during our last week at school.
IMG_2712[1].MOVThe children met the real superheroes - The Police. They answered our questions, showed us their uniforms and their police car. Some children were brave when the put the siren on and some were not so brave. Mrs Bunny had fun dressing up as a police officer too! We will be meeting more people who help us during our last week at school.
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The children met the real superheroes - The Police. They answered our questions, showed us their uniforms and their police car. Some children were brave when the put the siren on and some were not so brave. Mrs Bunny had fun dressing up as a police officer too! We will be meeting more people who help us during our last week at school.
IMG_2712[1].MOVSupertato -Capital Letters & Sentences Structure.
Curiosity Cube- Superheroes: Capital Letters & Sentences Structure.
Superheroes-Capital Letters & Sentences Structure.
This week, we learnt all about capital letters for superhero names and at the start of a and sentences. We named superheroes and then wrote what our superhero powers would be. Look at our super writing.
Winter
The children listened to a Fiction and Non-fiction book this week. We looked at the difference and learnt the words title, genre (theme) , index, contents and glossary, The children had fun drawing a winter picture and wrote a letter, word, phrase or sentence to show they knew a winter fact.
The children listened to a lovely story called ,The Magical Snowman. Then, they followed an artist and learnt how to draw a snowman. They are looking more carefully now and adding detail. Then, they thought of a CVC word , phrase or sentence about the snowman and used their phonic sheet to write the correct sounds.
The children have been set a challenge in the writing area. They were asked to use the Winter pictures to make a book or story.
Cameron loves his phonic cards!
We are using Fred to say the sound and then read the word.
Try making CVC words at home and then writing the word too,
The children enjoy playing teachers!
Term 2 - Once Upon a Time../Christmas
The Little Robin Red Vest
I read my favourite Christmas story to the children. They drew a robin and wrote a letter, phrase and some children even wrote a sentence!
Writing Area
The children have been writing to Santa and making Christmas cards for their buddies. . It is great to see so many children accessing writing independently.
Messages for the Elf
We drew the Elf and wrote him a message.
Letters to Santa
We wrote our letters to Santa and went to the postbox to send them. We are excited about recieving a letter back from him.
Jack and the Beanstalk
We listened to the story and used pictures and words to sequence the order of the story.
The letter from the giant asked us to paint him some friends so that he wasn't lonely and write about the giant.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
We made puppets.
We acted out the story.
Miss Doohan modelled how to draw a troll and used metacognition to sound out and write the words.
The children listened to lots of different versions of this traditional tale. We talked about what the troll looked like so they could draw amd describe their picture.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears...
The children looked at the picture and said the word clearly.
Then, they looked at their sound sheet and found the initial sound.
Finally, they wrote the letter next to the picture.
Some children could write the initial, middle and end sound to write the CVC word - bed.
Great work, everyone!
A Glass Slipper...
We arrived at school to find this glass slipper in our classroom...
The children talked about who it could belong to and we decided it must belong to Cinderella! We read the story to find out why she lost it. Then, we drew the slipper and used our phonic sounds to write g for glass and s for slipper. The next day we all drew a magic wand and wrote a wish. Ask your child...." What did you wish for? " Some children went to Mrs Brown for a head teacher sticker. Keep encouraging your child to learn the pure sounds at home so they become more confident to say the sound and write the sound. Great work everyone!
TERM 1 - All About Me
This week we have been learning all about the changes in seasons. The children looked at our Curiosity Cube and were asked to draw what they could see and use Fred Talk to write the sounds they could hear. Some children are starting to write some of the sounds they can hear independently! This is great. Play this game at home. Look at some toys, draw the shape and write the initial sound. This will help your child to hear the inital sound and start to write it.
"I have drawn a beautiful leaf." - Elsie
" l for leaf" - Nora
This week, we have listened to stories about birthdays. We have planned a party for Kipper and set the role play /home corner up ,ready for a party.
We made cards for Kipper to show we could draw a picture and write our names. Then, we played pass the parcel to show we could sound out the words using Fred Talk - Read the word. Keep practicing reading the pure sounds at home so that your child becomes fluent in blending CVC words.
Great work everyone!
This week, we have been learning the pure sounds f, e, l, h and r. The children have been using the magnetic letters to make the word in and pod.
It is great to see the children acting out stories and using their wriitng in the role play too!
Cameron loves reading books by Julia Donaldson. He enjoyed reading all about Elmer,
Teo can speak clearly in full sentences and use the vocabulary taught, when playing in the role play area.
This week, we have been learning the pure sounds o, c, k, u and b. We have made some new words during word time. We made in, on, it an, and, pin, got, not, dog, sit, tip, pan , gap , dig and top. Try making these at home using your new sound cards in your reading folders.
This week, we have learnt the pure sounds t, i, n, p and g. Can your child sound out the word s-a-t - sat?
The children have been learning their pure phonic sounds and tracing each sound craefully using the correct letter formation. They have been tracing over their name card and some children can now write their own name independently.
This week, we have started our phonic lessons. We have been learning the letter sounds m, a, s and d. We use pure sounds so the children can hear the words that Fred sounds out. We have been sounding out m-a-n, m-u-m, m-a-d, m-u-d and j-a-m. Please look at the sheet that the children bring home and encourage your child to form each letter correctly. Some children can now use Fred Talk to make the words too.
I will model this lesson during our Class Welcome Meeting . (See Parent Hub message)
The children have completed a baseline assessment of a drawing of themselves and writing their own name without looking at their name label. What great work everyone!
This week, children have been looking for their name on the writing table and on their smile chart. Great work everyone.
During R.E, the children learnt about St. Joseph , our class saint and drew a picture.
This week , the children found their own name and put it in the basket.
