This week in literacy,  we will be focusing on Spaghetti Hunters by Morag Hood. We will be making predictions about the story and will discuss the ambitious vocabulary.    During the week, the children will be writing a dictated sentence linked to the text, completing labelling activities and will be reading a sentence and drawing a picture to match.  They will also have the opportunity to thread tricky words onto wool spaghetti, use magnifying glasses and tweezers to locate hidden spaghetti before adding to a saucepan and will be accessing a variety of cookbooks. 
 

In maths, the focus will be on composition.  The children will be recapping that they have 5 fingers on one hand looking at different patterns to make 5.  We will be singing the rhyme 5 little kittens jumping on the bed identifying each time how many kittens are on the bed and how many have jumped off with the whole amount of kittens still being 5.  The children will use the stem sentence:  5 is made of ____ and ____; ____ and _____ make 5.  They will be reenacting the rhyme with soft toys, using num icon to explore the composition of 5, using beanbags and hoops to notice how many are inside and how many outside the hoop after throwing them and will be playing skittles noticing how many are knocked over and how many still standing. 
 

In phonics, we will be continuing  with phase 4 and this week the children will be focusing on compound words, for example windmill and words with different endings e.g. swimming, bumped, hunted, freshest.  There will be new tricky words one, out and today.  These will come home in the tricky word box on Friday.

Reading will be on 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: There was an old lady. 

PE: Please send children to school in their PE kit on a Friday only.  We will be using some of our PE time as physical development, exploring and working in the wooded area. 

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. 

Monday 22nd June 2.30pm - 3.30pm: Fathers’ Day celebration - one special guest per child please.