Author: Roxanne Conniff

Happy New Year! We have loved welcoming the children back this week and have had a very packed first week of the new year. In Phonics we went over any gaps for phase 2 and tricky words, in maths the children used their perceptual subitising skills moving from dots to dice arrangements, noticing sub-groups in

This week has been full of festive fun! We have enjoyed playing various phonics and maths games while recapping on lots of learning we have done so far. We have listened to the Christmas story with lots of opportunities to retell the story using puppets and we then drew the scene from the Christmas story

We had lots of fun performing our Christmas concert for everyone. Thank you all for coming!

This week we worked on words ending with -s and -s that sounds like -z and tricky words be, we and me. In maths we recapped comparison and used the language more than and fewer than to describe objects. We wrote Christmas cards, learnt about Christmas jumper day and started our mini topic Puppets and

This week we we learnt the sounds -sh, -th, -ng and -nk as well as tricky words she, push, he, and of. In maths we drew attention to the purpose of counting, concept of 1:1 correspondence and developing their understanding of the ‘stopping number’ being the last number that we stop at when counting. In

This week we learnt the sounds -z, -zz, -qu, plurals with -s and -ch and tricky words no, go, to and into. In maths we consolidated our knowledge of part and whole numbers by looking at the composition of three, four and five practically. In other areas we completed some science experiments using different vehicles

Thank you all for your kind donations, bringing in cakes, entering the raffle and joining in with our pyjama day! We raised £1,215 with more donations still to be counted. Congratulations to all of the raffle winners and the poster competition winners, who should have received their prizes.

This week we learnt the new sounds -v, -w, -x and -y as well as new tricky words and, has, his and her. In maths we focussed on composition and parts and whole vocabulary, looking at ourselves, toys, animals and numbers and how they are composed and decomposed. In our topic we thought about how

This week in Phonics we covered the sounds -ff, -ll, -ss and -j. In maths we were thinking about comparing groups of objects by counting them 1:1 and reinforcing language such as more than, fewer than and equal number of. In other areas of learning we wrote a wanted poster about the book No-Bot, The

This week we have revisited some phase 2 sounds. In maths we focussed on the importance of careful counting, counting to 5, counting actions, sounds and objects, 1:1 correspondence skills and how many ‘altogether’. In other areas we looked at seasonal celebrations such as Bonfire Night and our experiences. The children wrote initial sounds linked