Author: Roxanne Conniff

This week was Nativity week! We enjoyed dressing up and performing ‘Our First Nativity’. In the classroom we covered words ending with -s and tricky words we, me and be. In Maths we have been subitising, recognising numerals, matching quantities to numerals and playing games using giant dice. In other areas we have been thinking about different types of puppets

This week the children were taught the new sounds sh, th, ng and nk and tricky words she, he, and of. In maths we focussed on counting by subitising to 5, singing songs like ‘Once I Caught a Fish Alive’ and playing the equal and not equal game. We read Room on the Broom and spoke about the characters and

This week we covered the new phonemes z, qu, ch and tricky words go, to, no and into. We are applying our phonics in different areas and writing more words on whiteboards. In Maths we looked at the composition of numbers to 5 using the terminology part and whole and we looked at patterns. We also spoke to a special

This week we have learnt the phonemes v, w, x, and y and tricky words and, has, his and her. In Maths we looked at part and whole of numbers. We also looked at capacity using boxes and toys. Books included Car Car Truck Jeep and Mrs Armitage, Queen of the Road. The children enjoyed communicating with cups and string

This week we carried on with our phonics learning and learnt the phonemes ff, ss, ll and j. We have also learnt some new tricky words this week and they are put, pull, full, as. We continued our learning in ‘Marvellous Machines’ where we looked at different poems about machines, talked about the features of poems which then helped us

This week we started our topic Marvellous Machines! We looked at different kinds of machines what they do to help us. In Maths we were focusing on counting and comparing size. In RE we learnt about Diwali and how it is celebrated. We made our own Rangoli patterns and explored with Mehndi patterns! Another focus this week was Remembrance Day.

This week we covered the phonemes h, b, f and l and tricky words is, I and the. In Maths we have used the words more, less and fewer to compare amounts. We read the books Explorers-My First Heroes and What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers and shared our thoughts and opinions on what we could build. This was followed

This week the children thought about what they would wear in hot and cold places, we read Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham and retold the story using masks and discussed new vocabulary such as: squabble, bleat and trample. We also shared the story Harold and the Purple Crayon and anticipated what would happen next. The children followed simple instructions

This week we covered the sounds g, o, c, k and had a review day. In Maths we looked at numbers to 4 and shapes. In other areas we explored nursery rhymes with actions, we discussed past and present photographs from the local area, we listened to the story Mini Rabbit Not Lost (and others) and spoke about safety. The

This week the children covered the phonemes i, n, m and d. They also had a day to review and revise those sounds and apply their new knowledge. In Maths the children engaged in activities that drew their attention to counting and counting skills. They explored the various things that can be counted like sounds. The rest of the week