Week beginning Monday 12th October

The children have enjoyed exploring the theme of Harvest this week, exploring different fruits and vegetables and finding out how some of them get from the farmer's field to the shops for us to buy. We have looked at images of tractors from today and in the past and talked about how farming has changed over the years.

The lovely Autumnal resources that have been collected have been used to make some funny faces although we are very disappointed that Mr Squirrel took ALL of the conkers during one lunchtime!!! We have also used some conkers and pine cones to represent numbers using five and ten frames. These ones have been kept safe from Mr Squirrel in our classrooms!

The letters we have learnt in phonics this week are h, b, f and l and next week we will be assessing the children on what they have learnt so far. The skills we are focusing on are identifying the phoneme from the letter card, blending orally (we give the three sounds and the children blend them to make a word e.g. p-o-t = pot) and the children sounding out and blending a three letter word independently. 

In Whizzy Maths we have been learning about the number three and have explored different ways of showing three objects to support learning pairs of numbers that make this number.

To develop our gross motor skills and upper body strength we practised the skills needed for skipping with a rope including jumping over a rope and turning it over our heads.  We also experienced what it would be like for a farmer to change their tractor tyres by pulling, flipping and rolling tyres around the track!

We have also talked about scarecrows and the children enjoyed being Dingle Dangle Scarecrows whilst singing the song!

What a busy week!!

How you can help 

Please continue to record comments about your child's reading in their diary and sign the reading worm at the back. There are just a few parents who haven't done this. We encourage you to contribute to our knowledge about your child's progress through your comments.

Thank you for your support.

Year R Phonics and Reading presentation

Thank you to the parents who took time out of their evening to attend the presentation.

Please find the presentation slides below. The videos shown during the evening can be found under the 'For Parents' tab on the Little Wandle website. Please remind yourself of the key points that Mrs Chapman shared a few weeks ago. These can also be found below in the Home Reading handout.

If you have any questions, please pop in and see the class teacher. 

Thank you for your support.

Year R Curriculum Presentation

Letter formation and handwriting

Please find images of how to support your child in achieving the correct letter formation.

• lower-case letters start at the top
• dots and horizontal cross lines are added after the main part of the letter has been formed
• capital letters start at the top and go down first, the pencil is then taken off the paper to add the horizontal lines

It is extremely important that your child uses a comfortable and efficient pencil grip, even though this may not be the same as your own. This should be the pincer grip.

Climbing the tree to a better me

Our special tree focuses on the Social, Moral, Spiritual and Social aspect of our learning. In Year R we are practising using our manners, being a good friend and being respectful and responsible.

We can earn three stars for each rung of the ladder and at the end of the year we can earn a special sticker at the top of the tree for our effort in trying to show these things.

When we have collected three stars of the same colour we can show our certificate in assembly and our name is moved up the ladder in class to show our progress.