Phonics

Today we looked at the sound ‘ay’ and revised the sound ‘ng’.

For the rest of this week we will be revising and segmenting and blending with the sounds :    m a s d t s i n g p o

Words:  in, on, it, an, and, pin, got, dog, sit, tip, pan, gap, dig, top

Nonsense words: ip, op, sop, gip, pog

Nativity costumes – updated

The children will be bringing home a letter this afternoon with the roles they are doing for this year’s Nativity.

If you would  like to provide/donate a costume for our Nativity we would be very grateful.

Items requested need to be in school by the 7th of December, in a bag with your child’s name on.  class-1-costume-letter

 

Phonics

Over the next few weeks the children in Class 1 will be consolidating the letter sounds we have covered so far.

We will be continuing to practise letter formations, reading words containing the sounds – segmenting and blending.  Some children have put the words into sentences and had a go at writing out simple sentences with these words in.  This week we have concentrated on m a s d  t  and the words mad, sad, dad, mat, sat, at, Sam.

The children will be revising the words contained in the Powerpoint below.

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Maths – measure

The children in Class 1 have been busy using cubes to measure objects.  They have been using the language of taller and shorter to compare heights and longer and shorter to compare lengths.

 

Maths – length

The children  in Class 1 have been very busy measuring objects and using comparative language to describe how long objects are.

 

 

Diwali

The children in Class1 have been learning about Diwali – the Hindu festival of light.  This has given them a greater understanding of the world particularly in relation to other customs.

In Maths they have looked at patterns and made symmetrical rangoli pictures.  They have also made Barfi sweets where they had to measure out the ingredients.

In Expressive arts and design they have shaped clay into divas, decorated a hand with a mehndi pattern and collaged rangolis with coloured rice.

In Literacy the children have listened to the story of Rama and Sita and sequenced it. They also had to follow a recipe to make their Diwali sweets.

The children have enjoyed playing Diwali games on : http://www.iboard.co.uk/teacher/bictonclass1/3  and http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/ngfl/re/b-dag/ngfl-container/re-unit3-en.html

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Phonics this week

This week the children in Class 1 have looked at and practised writing – ‘th’  ‘z’   ‘ch’  ‘qu’

th : Down the tower, across the tower, then down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back.

z: zig, zag, zig,  stretchy sound  zip, zebra, zag, zap

ch: Curl around the caterpillar, then down the horse’s head to the hooves and over his back.

qu ; Round the queen’s head, up to her crown, down her hair and curl.

Autumn Walk

Class 1 went on an Autumn walk today.  img_0420 img_0422 img_0423 img_0424 img_0425 img_0426 img_0427 img_0428 img_0436 img_0440 img_0441 img_0442 img_0443 img_0444

 

Symmetry

Class 1 will be looking at symmetry and patterns this week.  They have been putting on their symmetrical binoculars to spot things that are symmetrical.

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Online books to read at home

The children in Class 1 have been enjoying reading and listening to stories from the Oxford Owl website.  I have set up a class 1 login for them to access this at home.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

username:  class1bicton

password: bictonschool

Do write in your child’s reading diary if they read some of these books with you.