Weekly News! 3.5.24
What a wonderful week it has been! Look at what we have been up to…
Read, Write Inc.
We have been continuing practising spotting our sounds and then using fred talk to read words. We have also been continuing to use our fred fingers to help us write the words in our books, but not for the red words, because we all know you can't fred a red! We have been working hard on our writing and making sure all our letters are formed correctly. We have been really working on our big writes, keeping diaries at home, writing comic strips, writing postcards/cards, and making up stories at home can really support this. In your child’s reading folders, you will find some set 1,2 and 3 sounds and also some red words. Any practice with these would be wonderful!
Reading
*UPDATE* Read, Write, Ink home readers will now be changed on Mondays not Fridays. Please continue to remind the children to put their reading folder in the coloured trays so that we can give them new books.
Reading at 3 - Every Friday at 3 our doors will be open for you to come in and read with your child. Please note, this will be for the full 15 minutes and children should not leave any earlier. Their books will be set up and ready for you to come in and enjoy listening to their wonderful reading.
Reading folders - All children will bring home two books, one being a RWI home book. Children are expected to try and read this three times during the week to ensure they are building on their reading fluency. The RWI home books will be changed, by an adult, every Monday.
The other book (with the coloured sticker) should be changed independently by the child themselves - first thing in the morning is a great time to do this!
Please ensure that the reading folders are being placed in the reading-coloured trays, so we can read with your children and ensure books get changed. Thank you for your support with this!
Please listen to your child read as much as possible at home and record this in their reading records. Every week, one child from each class will receive a reading certificate in our Chilton Heroes assembly.
Let's practice spotting special friends, fred talk, read the word. Your words of the week are....remember you can break up multisyllabic words into two chunks with your finger to help!
Maths
This week have been looking at number and place value! We recapped our learning on 2-digit numbers to 20 and learnt to partition and recombine them into tens and ones.
Next week we will be looking at money!
Thematic
This week in our Toymaker topic, we have been focussing on history! We learnt all about the differences between toys from the past and present. We looked at how their features and materials have changed over time and completed a carousel of activities. In groups we looked, felt and played with a range of toys from the past and present and discussed what we thought the differences and similarities were. We also sorted new and old toys, placed a range of toys on a timeline and used books and iPads to help us find more information independently!
We were then lucky enough to visit The WonderWorks Toy Museum in Margate! We had the best day. Take a look at what we saw there….
