Parent Consultation
It has been a short but very busy week for the children. We have been watching our caterpillars very closely over the past week. They have grown immensely into quite big hairy caterpillars just like the Hungry Caterpillar. We are now waiting for them to move to the top of their pots where they will turn into chrysalis. In mathematics we have continued to look at number patterns and explored number problems, by finding the dominoes which make given totals on the bugs. We have become authors this week, writing their own version of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ using the repeating story pattern and some of the key words. They have been superb wildlife detectives sorting and identifying mini beasts by looking at their main features. They discovered that all insects have six legs, a three-part body, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Can they find some insects when out and about this weekend?
Homework Complete the homework activities and return to school on Wednesday in the blue homework folder please
Word Challenge. Become word detectives. It is important that the children can read these words confidently within a text and not just as a . list.
Reading. The expectation is that your child reads their book at home 3 or 4 times each week. Please ensure you record this in their blue reading diary. We will not change books where there is no indication that they have read the book regularly at home.
Phonics. Help your child practise their spellings, regularly at home. The children will be tested as part of our phonics session on Friday.
Mathematics.
Next Week As wildlife detectives we will continue to study mini beasts closely Our inspiration will be another Eric Carle storybook ‘The Bad Tempered Ladybird’. We will continue to look at clocks and learn to tell the time, following the story of The Bad Tempered Ladybird.
Here are some activities you could do at home with your child to reinforce the topic What’s the time Mr Wolf?
Take a look at a variety of clocks and watches with your child. Look at the numerals, talk about how they are arranged around the clock face. Can they find the big hand which counts the minutes? Can they find the little hand which counts the hours? When you do activities through the day reinforce the time with your child. What can you do in one minute?
Use a minute timer or a stop watch. Time your child doing different activities. This is a fun way to develop other skills they find tricky whilst increasing their understanding of time as a measure. How many times can they…. - bounce a ball? - hop on one foot? - run up and down a short distance? - Write their name? (in cursive script) How many …. - star jumps can they do? - objects can they count?
Goal of the Week
Homework Complete the homework activities and return to school on Wednesday in the blue homework folder please
Word Challenge. Become word detectives. It is important that the children can read these words confidently within a text and not just as a . list.
Reading. The expectation is that your child reads their book at home 3 or 4 times each week. Please ensure you record this in their blue reading diary. We will not change books where there is no indication that they have read the book regularly at home.
Phonics. Help your child practise their spellings, regularly at home. The children will be tested as part of our phonics session on Friday.
Mathematics.
Next Week As wildlife detectives we will continue to study mini beasts closely Our inspiration will be another Eric Carle storybook ‘The Bad Tempered Ladybird’. We will continue to look at clocks and learn to tell the time, following the story of The Bad Tempered Ladybird.
Here are some activities you could do at home with your child to reinforce the topic What’s the time Mr Wolf?
Take a look at a variety of clocks and watches with your child. Look at the numerals, talk about how they are arranged around the clock face. Can they find the big hand which counts the minutes? Can they find the little hand which counts the hours? When you do activities through the day reinforce the time with your child. What can you do in one minute?
Use a minute timer or a stop watch. Time your child doing different activities. This is a fun way to develop other skills they find tricky whilst increasing their understanding of time as a measure. How many times can they…. - bounce a ball? - hop on one foot? - run up and down a short distance? - Write their name? (in cursive script) How many …. - star jumps can they do? - objects can they count?
Goal of the Week
