Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Swallows Blog 15.11.2021
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 6:35am
Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog!
Top Table: Joseph O Praise Book: Olivia
Swallows have had another wonderful week of super learning and have one again made Mrs Elson and I so proud of their fantastic attitudes towards their learning. We enjoyed a beautiful Remembrance Day service at Lostock war memorial on Thursday and our children showed respect as the reflected on the lives lost in the World Wars. We also planted Poppy seeds into our new garden of Remembrance. We can’t wait to watch them grown.
Thank you so much to those who have accessed Times Tables Rock Stars at home this week. If you have not managed to log in yet, please have a go this week. It will really help to prepare you for our weekly times tables quiz in the classroom. As always, should if you need any help with this.
Christmas play rehearsals have begun and we are well on the way to learning the eight songs which feature in our play this year. Swallows have learnt how to read a script and have a good understanding of the story. Our next job is to learn our lines by heart. Please encourage your child to learn their lines at home. It would help if they knew who spoke before them so that they know when to come in.
Reminders:
As the weather is turning colder and wetter now, please ensure your child has a coat in school every day.
Next Week
Maths
Our Maths work will continue to focus on addition and subtraction this week. We will use number lines and place value counters to help us to calculate. Our aim is to really understand what happens as we bridge ten.
We will also continue to learn our 10 x table this week. Please remember that we will have our times tables quiz each Friday. Your child must show that they can answer all questions correctly three times before moving onto the silver challenge.
Writing
Our English work will continue to focus on the beautiful story ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ this week. Swallows will explore the use of different conjunctions and use them to extend their sentences. We will use co-coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or) to join clauses. We will then apply our knowledge of conjunctions by writing a setting description.
Read Write Inc
Orange Group- Miss Gillam 12.11.2021
I think I want to be a bee
A vet’s week
New sounds:
- o-e phone home
- u-e – huge brute
- are – care and share
- ur – nurse with a purse
- aw – yawn at dawn
Reading focus: We have been focusing on reading at an appropriate pace this week. Not too fast, not too slow!
Please continue to use your little sounds book to read words containing each of our new sounds for this week. Remember, we are now focusing on being super speedy readers and need to be able to spot the special friends, Fred talk and read the word using Fred in our head as quickly as possible. You will find lots of words to read on the back of each speed sound card.
Yellow Group – Miss Gillam 12.11.2021
The Foolish Witch
Tom’s cooking class
What’s in the woods?
New sounds:
- o-e phone home
- u-e – huge brute
- are – care and share
- ur – nurse with a purse
- aw – yawn at dawn
Reading focus: We have been focusing on reading at an appropriate pace this week. Not too fast, not too slow!
Please continue to use your little sounds book to read words containing each of our new sounds for this week. Remember, we are now focusing on being super speedy readers and need to be able to spot the special friends, Fred talk and read the word using Fred in our head as quickly as possible. You will find lots of words to read on the back of each speed sound card.
Blue Group– Mrs Elson 12.11.21
A box full of light
Dick Whittingham
The Sun
New sounds:
- o-e phone home
- u-e – huge brute
- are – care and share
- ur – nurse with a purse
Reading focus: We are continuing to revisit our sounds and we have been looking at the speedy words at the back of the book to help improve the pace of our reading. We aim to be super, speedy readers.
Please use your new sounds book to read new words containing each sound on the back of the speed sound card.
Pink Group – Mrs Esling 12.11.21
Tab the cat
Pip the parrot
New sounds
- i_e – nice smile
- o_e phone home
- u_e huge brute
- aw yawn at dawn
Reading focus: We have been focusing on using Fred in our head to help us to become speedier readers this week. Remember to spot special friends, Fred talk and then read the word.
Please continue to use your little sounds book to read words containing each of our new sounds for this week. Remember, we are now focusing on being super speedy readers and need to be able to spot the special friends, Fred talk and read the word using Fred in our head as quickly as possible. You will find lots of words to read on the back of each speed sound card.
Grey Group – Mrs Judge / Mrs Hoskins 12.11.21
Toad
Frog or Toad?
Pond Life
This week, we have continued our new RWI spelling scheme and spelling the or sound spelt a before 1 and ll. We have also started looking at the soft ‘c’ sound which we will continue with next week.
Practise reading and writing these words with the or sound: wall, talk, almost, stalk, chalk
Practise reading and writing these words with the soft ‘c’ sound: mice, icy, race, fancy, pencil
Reading focus: We have been focussing on comparing our text with other books we have read.
Homework
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. Please remember to record any reading in your blue reading diary.
Spellings
Throughout the Autumn term our spellings will be focused on the Year Two 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 from the previous week's page.
kind last many mind money
Our next spelling quiz will be on Friday 19th November.
Maths Homework
Please continue to learn your 10 x table this week. We have given each child our Bronze times table challenge for this week. This involves learning the 10 x table in order. In addition to completing your written times table challenge, please log in to Times Tables Rock Stars. When you click into the TT Rock Stars home page, you need to select 'Garage' which is a single player game. This is where I can select specific tables for you to learn. I have set you a little 10 times table challenge for this week. Remember, when you see the division sign, it is asking you how many tens are in that number. Use your counting in 10s to help you. Have fun choosing your rock star names and completing our special challenge
Our next times table quiz will be on Friday 19th November. You will move onto the silver challenge once you have answered all questions correctly on three occasions in school.
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ? Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Gillam