RJ played a good game today: we had to be like Easter bunnies and bounce/jump along the hoops to collect eggs for our team. 

 We have been jumping and landing in PE; acting out the Easter Story in RE; looking for signs of Spring outside; decorating eggs and lots more!

 For being resilient.

 For being resilient.

We have had another busy week with the addition of a visit to Church, card-making for Mother's Day and some litter picking!  B ook focus :  we have been reading a rap this week: The Three Billy Goats Get Rough Rap.  Tomorrow, we are going to act it out.  Maths focus : sorting (same and different), doubles, odd and even numbers. PE focus : gymnastics, using apparatus to develop balance, control and coordination.  We are also working on our jumping so that we are landing safely on our feet, with bendy knees.  PSHCE/The Natural World focus:  caring for our world.  We have talked about other ways we can care for our world, using this brilliant book:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmNcToKvVZ4 . We were a clean up crew and went litter picking on the pavements around school.  We have daily  Phonics, handwriting, reading  and  writing  sessions. 

 For being resilient.

 B ook focus : Clean Up! by Nathan Bryon. Today, we have sequenced the story and retold it: this was tricky! Please remember to talk about characters and events when reading the Rhino Reader. There are some good questions at the back to support parents with this.  Maths focus : doubles, including using the stem sentences  ____ is made of __ and ____. ___ and ___ make ___. We used the words equal/the same when talking about the parts.  PE focus : gymnastics, using apparatus to develop balance, control and coordination.  We are also working on our jumping so that we are landing safely on our feet, with bendy knees.  PSHCE/The Natural World focus: caring for our world. We have been talking about rubbish and recycling. We sorted out rubbish into their materials.  We have daily  Phonics, handwriting, reading  and  writing  sessions. 

We have been learning lots of new sounds, digraphs and trigraphs.  The Rhino Reader books have a useful first page where your child practises the sounds that they know, ready to read them in the text.                                           

 B ook focus : Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold Maths focus : composition of 7, including the 5 and a bit method "7 is made of 5 and 2". We used the 7 Little Ducks song to talk about parts to make 7 using the stem sentence "7 is made of ___ and ____" PE focus : gymnastics, using apparatus to develop balance, control and coordination.  RJ played a game of Stuck in the Mud because we didn't have our PE kits due to photos.  As a school, we won some Sports funding and so KS1 and EYFS had a multi-skills session on Friday.  PSCHE/People and Communities focus:  we had special visitors to talk to us about being an Optician and an Engineer. We also found out about Sherlock the Fire Investigation dog who has retired after 10 years. This  made us want to find out about more dogs who have special jobs, so we watched a couple of episodes of Dog Squad (Guide dog and Search and Rescue dog). We have daily  Phonics, handwriting, reading  and  writing ...

 For being resilient.

 We have had two special visitors this week: an Optician and an Engineer! As we have been learning about people who help us (and dogs who help us!), we invited some real people who help us into school! Thanks to Mrs Wearmouth and Mr Hollocks who came in to tell us about their jobs and how they help people. It was great to hear about their roles and we enjoyed looking at their equipment and listening to what they do.