Starlings WB 24.01.22

Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 6:04pm

Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy sharing stories with your Starling at home.  If your child has received new books for Christmas that you think other children will enjoy please do let me know and I will try and order them in for the class

The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime story books are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.

English

This week we have looked at an image from the book and written about what we could see with a focus on using adjectives to make our writing more interesting.  We really enjoyed watching the opening scene from ‘The Lion King’ and seeing all the different animals. The children then chose their favourite animal from the clip and write sentences describing them and how they moved.

Maths

Starlings class looking at numbers up to 20.

In Religion, we are looking at the wonder of God’s creation.  We have already been out for a walk in the school grounds and explored the beauty of our outdoor world using our senses. In history, we are looking at some of the inventions in transport and looking at how vehicles have changed over the years and why. This past week we have explored how people travelled 100 years ago.  We decided that having to walk everywhere or ride a horse would mean our journey would take much longer than it would in a car today  In geography we will continue with our exploration of the United Kingdom and locate other places as we explore our topic. In Science, we have looked at classifying animals.  Initially, we classified them into our own groups – animals with legs, animals that can fly, animals that live in water etc.  We then watched a film clip about reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and insects and the children worked in groups to classify pictures of animals using this information.

Reading

 Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too. 

RWI

Please refer to your child’s diary for information regarding the sounds that your child has been taught and also the titles of the books they will have at home.

Spellings

During the Spring term our spellings will be focused on the Year One Common Exception words. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks. 

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PE

Our PE days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue. Can we also ask that your child has a drink bottle that is clearly named and contains only water. We also request that if your child wears trainers with laces they are able to independently retie them if they become undone otherwise can they please wear trainers with a Velcro fastening.