This week we are continuing with our topic on pirates as the children have really enjoyed it and are keen to learn more. We will do a variety of activities linked to pirates and will be reading several pirate stories. The children will be helping to write our own pirate story as well as helping to design a pirate ship. We will talk about the good things pirates could do and discuss what the bad things that pirates did.
This week the children will be completing their final Read Write Inc. assessment of the year. The results of this assessment will help us to set the children’s groups for after the summer holiday. It is really important that your child continues to read over the summer so that they do not loose any of the knowledge they have gained this year. You can continue to log on to Oxford Owl where if you click on Fred the Frog you can find all the books that have been set for your child so they can have an extra practice.
This week in Mathematics we will be recapping on some of the topics we have covered over the year. We will be looking at doubling, halving, number bonds to 10, time and money. Below are some of the songs the children like to sing to help with some of these topics.
We can’t believe that we are nearly at the end of the year. The children have all progressed so much over the last academic year and are now getting ready for their move into Year 1. We are continuing to prepare the children by talking about the move and visiting their new classroom. We will open up the gates to Year 1 so they can get used to the space and the Year 1 staff will come down to spend some time with the children. Please help to prepare your child by talking about the move, walking them passed the classroom when possible and even waving to their new teachers on the door.
A reminder that EYFS sports day is on Tuesday 7th July. Morning Nursery and RMT will be doing the morning sports day at 9.00am. Afternoon Nursery and RKB will be doing the afternoon session at 2.00pm. Please only come to the session that your child will be involved in. Can we also remind you to apply sun cream to your child before they come in to school and provide a sun hat and a water bottle.
We are starting our new half term with the topic of Summer. We will be learning about changes in the weather, sun safety, signs of Summer, our senses , what to wear and learning some Summer songs. Look out for signs of Summer when you are out and about, what can you see, hear, smell, touch and taste?
In Maths, children will build on their knowledge of simple AB patterns from the autumn term. They will be introduced to more complex patterns such as ABC and ABCD, where all the elements are different. This can then progress to AABB, AAB and ABB patterns. Pattern structures are seen to be easier when all the elements repeat, so children may find AABB easier than AAB. They will then explore patterns with the same start and end point, such as ABBA, which are more complex. Children may naturally join in with sound patterns that fit different structures, and this is all part of learning. It is important to encourage them to listen carefully to adults or music-making sound patterns and identify which structure is being used. Can you sing and make up silly songs that follow different structures, such as, ‘stomp, dinosaur, dinosaur, stomp’ for ABBA, so that children recognise that this can be audible as well as visual.
In phonics, the children will start work in their new phonics groups. They are continuing to make great progress and you may notice your child has a new colour book indicating that they have moved up a group. Continue to go over the sounds your child has been taught so far this year and put the sounds into words to ensure your child is able to read the sounds within words confidently.Remember that a book is sent home each week and an online book and quiz is set to support your child’s learning. Please encourage your child to complete this work.
As the weather warms up please ensure that your child comes to school each day with a water bottle and a hat. Please can you also apply sun cream to your child before they come to school as we are unable to do this for them.
This week we will be continuing our topic of a ‘Healthy Lifestyle’ We will learn about different ways we can stay healthy such as being active, understanding what a healthy plate looks like, the importance of sleep, how to keep a healthy mind and mindfulness. We will also look at reducing screen time.
In Maths the children will begin to develop an understanding of sharing. They will investigate what sharing is and describe equal sharing as fair and unequal sharing as unfair. Within this block, we explore sharing and grouping, which are both different methods of division. Sharing involves dividing a set equally between a certain number of groups. Grouping involves dividing a set by placing a certain number of items in each group. Activities such as sharing snacks or playing group games are great opportunities for children to notice when it is fair. These practical activities help children see whether items have been shared equally and whether everyone has the same. Children may remember from previous steps the concepts of even and odd numbers relating to this, which will be focused on in later steps. Exposing children to this concept of sharing into groups and beginning to identify when these groups are equal will ensure that children are ready to move on to the next step.
The children are all working well in their phonic groups with most of the children having now been taught their set 2 sounds of ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo, ar, or, air, ir, ou and oy. Please continue to go over these sounds regularly and make sure your child can read these words fluently. Add the sounds to the set 1 sounds already learned and see if your child can read words such as sheep, fight, part etc.
To conclude our topic on ‘Being Healthy’ we will be having a wheels day on Friday 15th May. On this day, your child may bring a wheeled item into school. This could be a bike, scooter, skateboard or pram. Please provide any safety equipment such as bike helmets. The children will aim to do 10 laps of the school playground as part of our learning on keeping active.
All children will be taking part in the day, if they do not have a wheeled item then please speak to a member of the team and we will sort a resource in school.
This week we will be starting our topic on ‘Super Heroes’. The children will be hearing different stories about different superheroes and we will be concentrating on the qualities a super hero needs to have. The children will be encouraged to think about how they can use similar qualities and we will be making our own class superhero that we can try and emulate. We will be involved in a variety of different activities and will be thinking bout superheroes and their skills across the different areas of learning. Next week we will be having a Superhero dress up day where the children can come in dressed as a superhero. Please do not go out and buy a costume for this day. We will be encouraging the children to think of a superhero quality and how they could represent this e.g. they may have a quality of happiness and come dressed in yellow! Obviously if your child already has a superhero costume they are welcome to wear this. A letter will be emailed to let you know when and how the children can dress this week.
The children have now been in their new phonic groups for a week and are working hard. All of the children working in green, purple and pink groups (the colour of their reading books) will be learning the set 2 sounds above. Please continue to go over these sounds regularly with your child. If your child is still working with Ditty sheets or on Red books then they have some gaps in their sound knowledge and need to continue to learn the set 1 sounds and read these in words. It is really important to do reading activities with your child each day to reinforce the learning in school. If you have any problems or are unsure what to do then please speak to your child’s class teacher. All children now have an Oxford owl log in on the front of their reading diary. Log in each week to do the activities set and click on Fred the frog to redo reading activities.
This week in Maths the children will continue to build and notice patterns with numbers beyond 10 (up to 13). We will provide opportunities for the children to recognise that the numbers 1 to 3 repeat after every full ten. So, they have 1 ten and 1, 1 ten and 2, 1 ten and 3. It is important to embed this skill with numbers to 13 first, before going up to 20. Encourage your child to count on and back from different starting points, to say what comes before or after a given number and to place numbers in order. Daily counting routines and games provide many opportunities to regularly count beyond 10.
The children have come back to the school for the summer term eager and ready to learn. It has been lovely to see how they are much more independent not only in their learning but also in their child initiated activities. Lots of the children are showing an eagerness to write now that they have the basic skills to do so. Please encourage this at home if your child is showing an interest in writing. You could provide them with their own notebook or a whiteboard to write on, and show enthusiasm with what they have written encouraging their effort rather than correcting what they may have done wrong.
As we continue into the summer term we are hoping for the weather to improve. We ask that you still send your child into school with a waterproof coat with a hood even on sunny days. The weather in the UK often changes quickly so we would like the children to be prepared for any weather. This could be something simple like a raincoat that can be folded up into their bag ( just make sure your child knows it is in there). If you have purchased any new uniform then please make sure you name this so that we can get it returned to you if your child looses it. Please also check your child’s uniform to see if their name is still visable or to make sure they have not brought home somebody else’s cardigan or jumper.
Don’t forget to send in any photos of your child’s bean plant as they grow so we can show the class the progress of them.
Year 5 shared their work about Eid with their families and the school today in a special assembly. Some children spoke from personal experience sharing how their families celebrated Eid. Year 5 showed respect to other religions as part of learning about different cultures. Thank to everyone who came to see the assembly.
After the success of securing 1st Place in the Coventry School Games Competition, our brilliant gymnasts found themselves invited along to the County Finals. They once more performed their precise and polished routines with extreme skill. A real credit to the school. We are now waiting for the results of their efforts! Whatever the result, they were a real credit to the school!
After the hard work was done, they were also allowed the chance to have a go on some of the other equipment available at the venue. They certainly deserved the chance to hang around and have a little fun.
Welcome to the Summer term, this week we will be focusing on new life. We will learn about the life-cycles of frogs, hens and butterflies and about which animals are born at this time of year. We will read a variety of Non-Fiction books to learn more about these animals.
In Maths, children will be encouraged to build on their conceptual subitising, ‘1 more’ and ‘1 less’ skills by focusing on the composition of numbers to 10. As children’s number sense develops, they learn to see greater numbers as a whole number and its parts at the same time. The children will explore number bonds to 10 using real objects in different contexts and build 10 using two parts.
At home, explore different ways of building the bonds to 10, for example, parking 10 toy cars in two car parks. Use egg boxes with 10 holes that can be partially filled with objects. Ask children how many more we need to make 10. Seasonal songs also support children making bonds, using actions with fingers to represent making 10.
See the number bonds to 10 song to practise on the link below.
The children will start their new groups this week. You may find your child is on a new colour book and may have different work set online. Please check reading diaries for work set at the end of this week. Please continue to listen to your child read and support them with completing their homework.
This week we will be taking part in the Mini London Marathon , Reception will complete a 2 mile run over the course of 4 days.
Now that the weather has taken a turn for the better the children are enjoying being outside for even longer periods. Please remember to send in a waterproof coat with a hood into school each day so that our child can still access the outside area even in Spring showers and when the weather turns a bit chilly.
This week we will be learning all about Spring. We will be going on a Spring walk to spot the signs of Spring, spotting changes in the weather and in nature. Can your child spot the signs of Spring when you are out and about?
In Maths, the children will continue to practise recalling the composition of numbers as doubles. Then, towards the end of the week, the children will apply their sorting skills to numbers and will investigate ways to sort the Number blocks. They will use their previous experience of investigating doubles to begin to practically explore even and odd numbers. Within the context of building Number blocks characters, they will investigate when a number can be composed of 2 equal parts. It is anticipated that the children will quickly identify that even numbers can be composed as doubles, through their experience of seeing numbers composed of 2 equal parts. Practise recalling the doubles to 5 with your child.
The children have now been in their new groups for a couple of weeks and are moving forward with their learning. They are recapping over sounds already learned and are learning new sounds. Every child now has an online login in their reading diaries. Please make sure you follow the link to Oxford Owl and assist your child to access the learning set for them. Your child will also have either a reading book or Ditty sheets to read alongside this online work. Please try to find time each night to do one of these reading activities and sign the reading diary to say how your child read.
