Your child will now have a blue Phonics book to practise sounds and blending. If your child is finding it tricky, try 'my turn, your turn' so that they hear you first.  You also have a library book to share. Happy reading!

Thank you to those parents who made the meeting on Monday. We practise reading every day during our Phonics lessons. Focus: Peace At Last by Jill Murphy PSED focus:  We have been talking about the school rules of be kind, be honest and be respectful. We have been talking about looking after our classroom and where things belong. Maths focus:  careful counting. We need to touch objects one at a time and say one number name for each object. The last number we count tells us how many in a group.  PE Focus: moving in a space and listening to instructions to play simple games.  We always enjoy COOl Time (Choosing Our Own Learning) and we practise lots of skills during this time.

 Here are the slides from the reading meeting. The video is midway along - please click on the link.  Video demonstration of decoding a Rhino Reader text:  https://youtube.com/shorts/fP52u27KyrA?feature=share

 Some of the children are finding it difficult to put their shoes on independently.  A trick is to get them to check the straps touch in the middle (as in the photo). If they are on the wrong feet the straps will stick out to the sides.  If your child does find this difficult, it would be fantastic if you could practise at home.

We have started our formal Phonics sessions. We will talk to you more about this on Monday at our reading meeting.  Book focus: we have been reading books with repetitive phrases such as Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr PSED focus:  sharing our likes and talking about what we do that makes us happy and healthy.  We have been introduced to the school rules of be kind, be honest and be respectful. Maths focus: subitising (the ability to instantly recognise the quantity of a small group of objects without counting them); represent 1,2,3 on our fingers; identify sub groups of 1,2,3 You can practise  showing 1,2,3 on your fingers at home - look at which fingers we have been learning to use (this is harder than it looks!) PE focus : moving in a space; stopping and starting. COOL Time (this stands for Choosing Our Own Learning). We do lots of chatting, turn taking, playing and exploring, problem solving and moving.

 We are getting into the swing of school life and we are learning lots already! Thank you for being patient as we are settling in with regards to drop off and pick up.   Here are some snaps of us in COOL Time and in PE. Here we are at lunch. Please keep working on using a knife and fork (we are helping to cut up their food).