This week in phonics Lab we have learned to recognise the letters j, v and w. We have been practising our reading and writing skills. Look at our super lists of animal waiting to see the vet! We have to segment the sounds in the word we want to write and write the matching letters. Lots of us are now doing this independently.
Category : Miss Schon’s Class
Letter Formation
This week we have been focussing on forming letters correctly. This week our focus was the ‘Curly Caterpillar Letters’. We learned that we need to start at the top and then move our pen round to the left to form the Curly Caterpillar shape. This shape then helped us to form the rest of the curly caterpillar letters correctly. It is important that when we write our letters they start and end in the write place. The children have really enjoyed forming their letters this week and have concentrated very well on following th3 instructions. We will continue to work on letter formation over the next two weeks.
Phonics Update
The children in F2 have now completed Phase 2 phonics and they have blown us away with their phonics assessments. At the end of phase 2 children are expected to:
- Recognise all (or most) of the phase 2 sounds
- Recognise the Phase 2 tricky words and spot them when reading
- Be able to segment and write simple words containing the Phase 2 sounds e.g. cat, pan, duck, hill
- Be able to read Phase 2 words and simple sentences (at the level of their reading book)
This week we have been focusing on speed blending and recognising some simple words by sight e.g. it, is, on. This is to develop our reading fluency. We have also been building up our memory of words by trying to recognise words that are repeated in books instead of needing to sound them out again.
Funky Friday Fun
We have been working so hard in school so we had a special treat during Funky Friday Time – Mickey and Minnie Mouse came to visit! How lucky are we? The children were absolutely thrilled. Thank you Mickey and Minnie for visiting us!
Maths
The children loved exploring length and height in Maths. Here are some of the activities they enjoyed exploring.
Literacy Labs
In our final cycle of Literacy Labs we read the book ‘When Grandma Gave Me a Lemon Tree’. We had so much fun making and tasting lemonade and serving it from our lemonade stands. The children even helped to make their own lemonade stand too. I was really impressed with how many children wanted to make signs for the lemonade stands.
Phonics Lab
In F2 we have been working super hard on our reading. Crew Schon blew me away with this activity. They had to read the word and find the matching picture hiding in the classroom. Their confidence grows everyday and it was lovely to see the children independently completing the activity and asking a grown up for help only when they felt they needed it.
Save the Children: Christmas Jumper Day
On Friday 10th December, we will be having a Christmas jumper day to raise money for the ‘Save the Children’ charity. Children are encouraged to come to school wearing a Christmas jumper or t-shirt and bring a donation of £1. Thank you for your support, we can’t wait to see your Christmas outfits!
Children in Need
EYFS Expedition Celebration
Today we had a party to celebrate this terms expedition ‘How can we celebrate our similarities and differences together?’ We also had some very special visitors from the local Smile a While Group who came to visit the children to find out about our learning this term. Unfortunately, the rest of the group couldn’t visit on this occasion as planned due to Covid 19 but we are hoping to work together again in the near future. We would like to thank the Smile a While group for the lovely cards and gifts they brought for the children. We have loved looking at your photographs of the crafts you have been doing in the group and the children really enjoyed decorating the pone cones you sent for us. We have thoroughly enjoyed engaging with Smile a While as much as we could during these uncertain times and the children had so much fun at the party!
