TV Stars Newsletter 17.5.13
Communication Language and Literacy / Topic This week we have continued to think about mini
TV STARS Class Term 5
beasts with a focus on spiders. The children
17.05.13
have written their own silly Incy Wincy Spider’ poems and we have focused on the text ‘AAhh Spider’.
practising our mouse control and various other skills. We have used the Incy Wincy activity site to do this. You can access this website at home with your child on
We are learning about
http://www.ngfldefault.htm
Dates for Diaries Monday 20th May – Pluckley’s Got Talent Auditions
Next week we will be looking at ladybirds. We
and persuade them to change their ways.
Tuesday 21st May – Bee Day (Children to come dressed as bee / black and yellow – no face paint, £1 donation would be appreciated)
We will be looking at the repetitive phrases in
Thursday 23rd May – Class Assembly
will focus on ‘The bad tempered lady bird’ and we will be writing letters to the ladybird to try
the story and be using our reading skills to piece them back together when they are jumbled.
This week the children enjoyed creating their apple tree pictures, laden with blossom for the Pluckley Art Festival. Next week we will be making spoon bugs!
We will be learning to tell the time at ‘o’clock and half past. It would be brilliant if you could practise this at home with your child. A great website to use is http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/5_7ent ry/4.shtml
Friday 24th May – End of Term 5 Monday 3rd June – Back to school Knowledge and Understanding
Creative
We have been learning to recognise number bonds to 10 this week. The children have used spots on a lady bird and duplo bricks to help them. Next week we will be recapping on all of our learning from throughout the term. We will particularly focusing on our shape, space and measure skills.
We have worked on the computers this week
cymru.org.uk/vtc/incy_wincy/eng/Introduction/
Numeracy
We have also used ICT this week to create our own animation. The children have made a stop motion animation based on the song ‘A tiny caterpillar’. The children created everything used in the animation themselves and were able to use the child friendly software to take lots of photographs and then blend them to create the effect of movement in the film. We then recorded the soundtrack to accompany our animation. The song and animation demonstrate the life cycle of the butterfly.
Learners of the week
Archie Mc Carthy Oscar Roberts
Enjoying, learning and achieving together
TV STARS Class Term 5
beasts with a focus on spiders. The children
17.05.13
have written their own silly Incy Wincy Spider’ poems and we have focused on the text ‘AAhh Spider’.
practising our mouse control and various other skills. We have used the Incy Wincy activity site to do this. You can access this website at home with your child on
We are learning about
http://www.ngfldefault.htm
Dates for Diaries Monday 20th May – Pluckley’s Got Talent Auditions
Next week we will be looking at ladybirds. We
and persuade them to change their ways.
Tuesday 21st May – Bee Day (Children to come dressed as bee / black and yellow – no face paint, £1 donation would be appreciated)
We will be looking at the repetitive phrases in
Thursday 23rd May – Class Assembly
will focus on ‘The bad tempered lady bird’ and we will be writing letters to the ladybird to try
the story and be using our reading skills to piece them back together when they are jumbled.
This week the children enjoyed creating their apple tree pictures, laden with blossom for the Pluckley Art Festival. Next week we will be making spoon bugs!
We will be learning to tell the time at ‘o’clock and half past. It would be brilliant if you could practise this at home with your child. A great website to use is http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/5_7ent ry/4.shtml
Friday 24th May – End of Term 5 Monday 3rd June – Back to school Knowledge and Understanding
Creative
We have been learning to recognise number bonds to 10 this week. The children have used spots on a lady bird and duplo bricks to help them. Next week we will be recapping on all of our learning from throughout the term. We will particularly focusing on our shape, space and measure skills.
We have worked on the computers this week
cymru.org.uk/vtc/incy_wincy/eng/Introduction/
Numeracy
We have also used ICT this week to create our own animation. The children have made a stop motion animation based on the song ‘A tiny caterpillar’. The children created everything used in the animation themselves and were able to use the child friendly software to take lots of photographs and then blend them to create the effect of movement in the film. We then recorded the soundtrack to accompany our animation. The song and animation demonstrate the life cycle of the butterfly.
Learners of the week
Archie Mc Carthy Oscar Roberts
Enjoying, learning and achieving together
