Successes!

Today we spoke about what it means to be successful and unsuccessful and will soon be focusing on dreams and goals.

If you have a picture of your child being successful (this can be in a sport, lego, art etc), we would love to have a copy to put in the classroom! 

100 square splat

100 square splat is fantastic to help the children with counting in 2s, 5s, 10s, 20s and so on. It helps them to recognise the numbers. You can use this website to count on in different amounts.

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

Happy 2020!

Welcome back!

We are back and ready for a brand new term!

This week is only a three day week.

Maths:

. In maths we will be continuing our work on money focusing on counting notes and coins and solving worded problems based on this. 

Maths homework this week:

Maths homework this week will be worded problems based on money. This will be a paper sheet.

 If you would like to complete extra tasks:

Website 1:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=15

• Click cashing in-> up to 2 pounds

English:

.RWI- after a long time off, we will recap our sounds. Remember, children should be confident in the following sounds and know their rhymes to help them with their spellings:

  

 

. Reading comprehension

This week we will start focusing on retrieval questions for comprehension. Retrieval questions are questions, which children will answer by finding the answer clearly in the text.

Reading comprehension homework

Alongside spelling homework, children will be given a short non-fiction text and will have to answer retrieval questions about the text. These are good examples of the types of questions you could ask your children when reading their English and Spanish books.

 

Topic:

Our topic this term focuses on healthy eating, looking after our planet and discovering where our food comes from!

This week:

Geography: learning the names of the world’s continents and oceans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFIS3aLQPfs

Optional task:

• Pick a continent and find out 5 facts about a country within that continent. Write it down on a piece of paper and we will display it online!

Science: what are humans and animal´s basic needs?

 

Thank you!

This is a message for all parents to say thank you for your continued support throughout the term. The children have had a fantastic term and I am sure are ready for Christmas.


 I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year!


Miss Busnell

Homework for the holidays

The Christmas holidays have arrived!  School has suggested that each class should have 2 or 3 pieces of work, which is what I will send home on Friday (maths tasks and a reading comprehension) If you want to do any extra work, please feel free to do so and you are able to bring this in when we return from the holidays.

Over the holidays it would be useful for your children to continue working on their handwriting. They can use their previous handwriting sheets to support them with their joins. Unfortunately, this is no the most exciting task, but one all children need to work on.  You may want to ask your child to write a letter to a grandparent/cousin/ friend saying thank you for any gifts they have received. Or, additionally, you could ask your child to write about a picture.

Additional maths tasks:

Active learn:

. Reel It In 2.4c 

. Clam Collector 2.5c 

. Hedgehog Hurry 2.8c 

.Sand Search 2.10c 

Please note, this is only for those who wish to do extra tasks over the holidays! This is not expected to be completed.

Children should continue to read regularly in both English and Spanish.

This week has been full of fun! 

- Our trip to Divertlilandia 
- Creating our Christmas decorations
- Writing Christmas poems
- Learning about advent 


In maths we have looked at money and ways of using different coins to create an amount. The children have made a good start, however, If you would like to continue this learning at home please follow the link below: 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Once on the webpage, select: mixed coins, begin with up to 1 pound then progress to other amounts. 


I would like to thank you all for all of your kind donations (Christmas present and 1 pound of Christmas jumper day), we appreciate your support. 

Each year we like to enjoy the celebrations of Christmas with the Infant children and give them memorable experiences of this time of year.  This year we are visiting Divertilandia on the 10th December with Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2.  Here is a poster with a little more information.  We are looking forward to a fun-filled morning!