WB 10.10.22

~ OWLS WEEKLY BLOG  ~

Friday Superstar: Annabel

Top table: Sophia and Tri 

This week we have…

This Week's Theme: We have been exploring people who help us, looking at texts which explore the busy lives of everyday superheros. We have been discussing our own family members who have very important jobs such as being dentists or vets. On Thursday, we had a very special visitor! One of our Owls friends got quite the shock when their mummy who was a nurse, came to talk about her incredible job and we were able to explore equipment she uses everyday.

Literacy: The children have been learning about lots of important jobs through different texts, they were asked to talk about their favourite everyday hero, writing about how they help us and what tools they need for the job. We were blown away with the children's phonics knowledge, using blending skills to write their ideas and label drawings - what incredible Owls they are!

Numeracy: We have been exploring the number for this week: 1 - looking at how many ways it can be shown, the children were given the challenge of finding number 1 in our classroom. We have also been using the key words 'more, less, least and most' to describe and compare groups of objects, the children are really working on their wow sentences to show their understanding. 

Next week we will…

Next week we will be exploring 'All about me!', the children will be looking at their own interests and choices. We will be investigating how this may sometimes be different to our friends and that makes our friendships even more interesting!

We will be planning a nature walk after reading 'We are Going on a Leaf Hunt' and making predictions about what we might see, smell, hear and touch. We will also be introducing our new artist: Andy Goldsworthy who will be inspiring our own Nature Art. We will be using the key words around measurement that will be introduced in Numeracy alongside our number of the week: 2, maybe you can look out for our new number of the week during your lovely weekend activities?

In Phonics, we will continue to introduce new sounds, (r, j, v, y, w) as well as revisit previously learnt sounds which the children can do at home using the green booklet provided at the start of the year.

Homework:

Thank you to everyone who have been using the reading diaries this week, we have really enjoyed reading about the lovely stories you share at home. This week’s homework will continue to be the phonics booklets to be returned to school by Friday 14th October, this can be found in the children’s bags as usual and a copy will be shared on Class Dojo – this week the children have covered:

f, e, l, h, sh

In addition, I will be sending home a short maths challenge to be completed and returned with phonics booklets by 14th October, details will be found in reading diaries.

AOB: 

Telephone Catch Ups This Week:

We will continue with the catch up calls on Friday 7^th October, thank you to everyone who has informed me of their availability. If you have not been able to access the calls this week, I will be directly messaging on Class Dojo to arrange another time to call next week. The phone call is a great opportunity to discuss any queries you may have about a first few weeks in school and progression going forward. 

Open Day This Saturday 8th @ 9:00am - 12:00pm:

If you have child due to start school in September 2023 or know of someone locally, please tell them about our Open Day on Saturday 8^th October! 

Thank you again for a lovely week! 

Miss Dalby, Mrs Hoskins and Mrs Rathbone

P.S If you are still not on Class Dojo please can you check emails (including junk folder) for the link to access. Class Dojo is a fantastic communication tool to share the children's learning journey and gain daily updates of events at school. I will be resending invites this Friday so please keep an eye on emails.