Each group has been busy doing different 2d maths activities today.  Some children went on a shape walk, some children used shapes to collage a scarecrow and the rest played shape games.  Over the next few days all the children will get an opportunity to do all 3 activities.

To support your child ask them to find different shapes in the home and when you are out and about.

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This week we are concentrating on recognising and talking about 2 d shapes.   We will also be counting shapes.

The children have been using http://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/pattern-shapes/   to  make pictures onscreen.

The children have continued to practise counting and reading numbers this week.  They have had to read numbers and then count out the correct amount of objects from a pile.

Some children worked on making sure the teddies had the right amount of plates and cutlery for their lunch.

Class 1 had lots of fun doing a range of PE activities this afternoon.  We practised, throwing and catching, dribbling a ball, kicking a ball, throwing beanbags into nets and balance skills.

The children have very quickly settled into our lunch time routine.  They are all independent at getting themselves ready and sensibly settling down to eat.   The plates are usually clean by the time the children go out for lunch playtime

We are continuing with number work this week.  The children have enjoyed singing and acting out ’10 little ducks went swimming one day’, and they have been exploring more interactive games on the laptops and interactive whiteboard.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html

This week the children have been looking at ‘m’ and ‘a’.    They have looked at the letters, found objects beginning with the letters and had a go at writing them.

For ‘m’ we say ‘Down Maisie , mountain, mountain.’  and for ‘a’ we say ‘Around the apple and down the leaf.’

For all the letters and sounds we cove,r the children will learn a song to go with them, and will practise making/writing the letters using playdoh, whiteboard pens, interactive whiteboard, chalks etc.

When we have covered a sound we will pop the worksheet into your child’s bag so they can share it at home.

Children in Class 1 have had a super start  to their first few week at school. The children are getting very good at organising themselves in the morning and remembering all the things they need to do.

1. Put their book bag in the correct box

2. Put their PE kits and spare clothes in their lockers.

3. Choose their school lunch.

The children can also change their choosing book in a morning (parents may wish to help them do that).

Each child will also be bringing home a school reading and reading diary, please do comment in the reading diaries when your child has read to you, this can be about any book that your child has read /shared with you.   We will change your child’s reading book.

At the end of the day, we are now going to open the gate and ask parents / guardians to come and wait outside the classroom window.   Children will then be dismissed from the classroom.