Apologies for the lack of photos - our Ipads have been used for assessments! As part of Year 5s learning about the Windrush, we were all treated to a fantastic performance of a steel pan band in Collective Worship.      Story focus : The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We read and retold the story. Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books. Some of us have started writing captions, 'holding' the phrase and then writing it with fnger spaces - quite tricky! .  Maths focus:  comparison. ____ has more than ____ ____ has fewer than ____. They are equal. They are not equal. PE focus : we had our last gymnastics session. Our safe jumping and landing has improved enormously and we are more confident to climb and balance.  Science focus: recapping the changes in winter PSED focus : our visit to St Dominics to see the residents.  We always enjoy COOL...

 Come along at 3pm to see our writing books and some Maths learning. 

 Thank you to those who  attended yesterday. Here are the slides. 

We were a bit late for the Big Garden Birdwatch, but this week RJ did some bird watching on our school field.   We had learned that birds are animals with feathers and wings;  are very good builders because they build nests; and that some birds go on holiday to hotter places when it is our Winter.  We went out in the morning and had to be quiet. We looked up and saw quite a few different birds. One day, we heard lots and lots of tweeting and singing. We saw p igeons, doves, seaguls, a robin, blackbirds, sparrows and a red kite ! The kite was gliding in the air.  Have a look in your garden and see what you can see!

  Story focus : Percy the Park Keeper stories by Mick Inkpen. Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books. Some of us have started writing captions, 'holding' the phrase and then writing it with fnger spaces - quite tricky! Please see previous post about writing.  Maths focus:  subitising and composition of 5. We enjoyed singing 5 Little Speckled Frogs and used out fingers and objects to help us see how 5 is made. 5 is made of ___ and ___. What do you see? (subitising)                                                                        PE Focus:  we had to have a change this week and used the scooter boards instead of gymnastics. They are always fun!  Science focus :chan...

  Story focus : Owl Babies by Martin Waddell Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books. Some of us have started writing captions, 'holding' the phrase and then writing it with fnger spaces - quite tricky! Please see previous post about writing.  Maths focus:  ordinality. We have been noticing a 'staircase pattern' when the Numberblocks are in order and spotting when one of them is hiding. We are learning to use the stem sentence '1 more than ____ is ___'.  PE Focus:  gymnastics skills (balancing, climbing and jumping safely) using apparatus.  Science focus : seasons. We remembered the changes that happened in Autumn and went ouside to look for the changes that are happening now it is Winter.  PSED focus : Zones of Regulation. We recapped naming emotions.  We always enjoy COOL Time (Choosing Our Own Learning) and we practise lots of s...

The adults are very impressed with how our writing skills are developing!  We always have paper and pencils available for free drawing and writing (we are sure you see lots and lots of pictures in your child's bookbag!) but we have upped our adult-led writing so that children are taking part in: - daily handwriting sessions - daily spelling sessions in Phonics  - guided writing sessions where we write words or captions. These are dictated, using only GPCs that they know. This is to develop confidence and sentence structure - they have to 'hold' the phrase which is much harder than it sounds! Those of us who have got a good pencil grip and the beginnings of letter formation are spelling and writing with a pencil. Some of us are using the moveable alphabet whilst these skills develop. Children love paper and pencils - if you haven't already, get some pads of paper and pencils! handwriting practise a caption spelling using the moveable alphabet captions writing /th/ words ...

  Story focus : Super Duper You! by Sophie Henn Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books. Some of us have started writing captions, 'holding' the phrase and then writing it with fnger spaces - quite tricky! Maths focus:  subitising. We have been visualising dot patterns and recreating them, using a stem sentence to descirbe what we can see e.g 'I can see 2 and the top and 3 at the bottom' and " I can see 4 at the side and 1 at the top at the other side". We have also started looking at track games and how to move along the track. PE Focus:  gymnastics skills (balancing and climbing) using apparatus.  We always enjoy COOL Time (Choosing Our Own Learning) and we practise lots of skills during this time. RW were very keen to show off their building skills!