Well, it has been another very busy week in Room 4.  I’m not quite sure where the time goes but we seem to have plenty to fill it with!

Things to ask the children about this week.

• We have been focussing on capital letters this week.
• Can you spot any capital letters at home?
• Can you write the lower case letter that matches the capital letter.
• Can you sing the alphabet song.
• Can you remember all the letter names and sounds?
• We have been finding larger and smaller numbers. so for example, if I say the number 14, can you tell me a larger number and a smaller number.
• In Forest School this week we made perfume using water and other object the children collected such a leaves, flowers.  Perhaps they could make one at home and write down a list of the ingredients they used.
• We have written our own amazing versions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar this week.  We thought carefully about what the caterpillar might eat and the children had lots of their own suggestions.  Perhaps they can tell you what their caterpillar ate.
• We have been looking carefully at our class caterpillars.  I am sure the children can tell you what exciting thing has happened to them this week?
• We have been continuing to practise reading and writing some very tricky phase 3 words. Maybe they can show you how to spell: are, you, they, all, her.

Next week, please can the children wear PE kit on Monday, Tuesday (Sports Day) and Thursday. Forest School as usual on Wednesday. Normal uniform on Friday!

If you have any cardboard tubes or small boxes at home, our junk modelling draw is looking a little low and we would really appreciate a few donations.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend.

Mrs Pope

I hope you have all had a lovely week.  Here are some things to ask the children about their learning this week or some ideas for things you may like to do at home.

• We have been learning about 3D shapes this week. We have named: cone, sphere, cube, cuboid, cylinder.  Can you go on a little hunt and find some of these shapes around the house.
• Can you remember what the word vertices means?
• Can you tell everybody what has happened to our caterpillars this week?
• What does the word metamorphosis mean?
• what does the word excrete mean?
• In our art work this week we have looked at landscapes, what is a landscape picture?  Perhaps you can have a go at drawing one.
• We have learnt the last of our phase 3 tricky words. ‘are’ and ‘all’.  How many times can you write them.  You could write them in lots of different colours on a piece of paper or in chalk, whatever you fancy.
• Can you remember what Hindu women have on their hands, and sometimes legs, for a celebration (henna patterns called mehndi)

Thank you for another amazing week Room 4.  Yet again you have blown us away with your amazingness!

See you all on Monday

Mrs Pope

Well it is the end of another week already.   Here are a few things you can ask your children about this week.

We have been focussing on making the number 5 this week. Learning our number bonds.  Using 5 counters or 5 pencils or anything else you have to hand, can they show you different ways to make 5.  eg 4 and 1, 3 and 2 etc.

Can they re-tell the story of the Little Red Hen- using actions for the Little Red Hen (flapping your wings). The lazy dog (putting your paws up). The sleepy cat (putting your hands together and pretending to sleep and the noisy duck (making a beak with your hand and making a quacking motion).

We have been reviewing the digraphs ‘oo’ as in moon, ‘oo’ as in book, ‘ar’ as in farm and ‘or’ as in fork.   See if you spot them in reading books or story books.  Can you make  list of words using them.

We looked at the different parts of plants.  As you are out and about this weekend, can they find and describe different leaves, can they show you where the veins are.  Can they tell you what the leaves job is (to make sugar).  Can they identify the stem, roots, buds, flowers, petals, pollen and tell you what their jobs are.

We have been thinking about the types of fruits and vegetables we like to eat.  Next week we are going to be tasting some and using them for our art work.

We have planted runner bean seeds this week and have started a bean diary to see how the seed changes over time.  We are looking forward to getting a lot more planting done next week.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Pope

We seem to have been very busy this week and we’ve only been back 4 days!

Things to do with or ask the children this week:

• can you find the story of The Little Red hen at home? (If not, there are loads of great versions online)
• can you re-tell the story of The Little Red Hen to someone at home.
• which bits of the story are repeated often? (Not I said the … Who will help me? said the…)
• we have been ordering times in the day. Can you think of 2 things you do in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening and at night?
• we have been ordering the days of the week. Can you remember what day is after Wednesday or comes before Saturday?
• Can you remember the name of the artist we have talked about this week? (Vincent Van Gogh)
• We looked at one of his paintings, can you remember what flower he painted? (sunflowers)
• can you spot any new signs of spring this weekend?  What are they?
• Can you remember the name of one of the herbs in the classroom? (basil, chives, mint, oregano)
• We have been practising counting in 10s to 100.  If I said 0, 10, 20 …can you finish the number sequence up to 100?

We have reviewed the the digraphs ‘ow’, ‘ai’, ‘igh’ and the tricky word ‘you’.

Our PE is now on a Monday and a Thursday. Forest School is on a Wednesday.

If anybody has any plant pots, soil or seeds we could use in school we would be very grateful. We are hoping to do lots of gardening this term and would really appreciate some of these items to help us resource this.

Have a lovely long weekend,

Mrs Pope x