This week in literacy,  we will be continuing to focus our work on a variety of rhyming books in the Oi series by Kes Gray and Jim Field.  The children will be developing their understanding that rhyming words are those which have the same sound at the end and will be generating their own rhyming words.  They will be writing their own rhyming strings, matching rhyming pairs, creating their own Oi frogs using collage materials and will be building rhyming towers with mega blocks.  Outside, the children will have the opportunity to play rhyming games, paint a rhyming picture from the book and will be making their own rhyming ‘silly soup.’

In maths, the focus will be on subitising (perceptual).  The children will be identifying the number of dots they can see in a pattern and will show the corresponding number of fingers up to 5.   They will also perform an action (hopping, clapping) the same number of times.  The children will be discussing and explaining what they can see - has the amount changed or is it the arrangement?  We will be using a dice to subitise and match to a numeral or number of objects.  The children will be creating their own Numberlings from the Numberblocks, sorting subitising cards dependent on the representation and will be exploring the different shapes of 4 explaining what is staying the same and what is different. 
 

In phonics, we will be learning the digraphs  sh (shell), th (thumb), ng (ring) and nk (pink). We will be learning the new tricky words she, he, of and go.

Reading will be on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and children need their reading folders each day.  They will choose a new book for the reading challenge on a Friday.
 

Rhyme of the week: Baa, baa, black sheep.

Please complete the new permission form sent out via email for your child’s face to be shown on our new Class Dojo system - we are loving sharing some of the things we are doing.  Thank you to those parents who have already done so.
 

PE: Please send children to school in their PE kit on a Thursday and Friday. 

Please send your child with a coat every day as we use the outside classroom every day and will be outside for playtimes and lunchtimes.