Phonics -
We are busy reviewing all Phase 3 sounds, including reading words with double digraphs (bigger, carrot). On our whiteboards, we are recalling digraphs to independently write words such as feel, hard, sort, down, join, coat, moon.
Maths -
This week’s activities have had a continued focus on using spatial language and visualisation. The children have been encouraged to visualise and describe arrangements of objects, which will further deepen their number sense. Key skills including:
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perceptual subitising (recognising small amounts without counting) of up to 4 clearly defined objects in different contexts
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perceptual subitising to 5 – saying an amount to 5 shown in a familiar, structured arrangement, e.g. finger patterns, die patterns, number plates or dots on a 10-frame
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conceptual subitising to 5 – quickly saying the groups that they have seen in standard and non-standard arrangements, and naming the whole amount, e.g. I know it’s 5 because I can see 4 and 1 more.
Topic -
We have loved exploring animal life cycles this week. Reading Egg to Chicken to introduce life cycles, we used 'first', 'next', and 'last' to organise our thinking and name each part of the cycle. We played a life cycle interactive game where we had to guess the missing part, and recapped the seed cycle to link our learning.
Notices -
As the weather (hopefully) stays sunny, please ensure a named hat is brought in daily. The children will be given time before lunch to apply sun cream, please ensure these bottles are also named and they will stay in the children's bookbags.