This week in literacy,  we will be focusing on Dear Santa by Rod Campbell and the ambitious vocabulary minute, terrifying and gigantic.  We will be making predictions about the story and will identify the title, author and illustrator.  During the week, the children will be unwrapping a present and writing in a sentence what they received, labelling gifts and writing a Christmas list, applying GPC knowledge.  They will also have the opportunity to enjoy Christmas themed books with a friend, create objects from play dough and use Purple Mash to access digital art.

In maths, the focus will be on counting, ordinality and cardinality.  The children will be performing up to 5 actions whilst playing Simon Says, singing rhymes including five little peas, understanding they have 5 fingers on their hand.  The children will be introduced to Numberblock Five and will watch the episode High Five.  How else could we represent 5 with our fingers?
 

In phonics, we will be assessing the children based on all sounds taught so far including tricky words. Please keep practising all tricky words with the children this week. 

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: Little Jack Horner

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.