Week beginning 5th March 2018

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SPRING TERM 2 TOPIC: Traditional Tales

LITERACY:

Book Focus: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The children will read and recall the main events of this entertaining traditional tale. We will explore descriptive language to write descriptions of the characters.

Group Phonics:

Miss Pillay and Miss Benoit’s groups: We will revise /j/v/y/w/x/z/ and blending to read cvc words containing these sounds

Miss Dale and Miss Thompson’s groups: We will revise the recognition of these sounds within words /sh/ch/th/qu/ng/ai/ee/igh/oo/ar/or/. The children  will also learn new long vowel sounds /ur/ow/oi/

MATHS: This week we will focus on the language of subtraction eg less, fewer, take away, minus, subtract [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#223ff2″ ]HOMEWORK: sent Friday 3rd March due Wednesday 7th March

My own Gingerbread story

We have been using our imagination to create a new adventure for the Gingerbread man. What adventure do you think he could he have next if he escaped from the fox? Where would he go? What would he do? Who would he meet? Draw a picture and write a few sentences about Gingerbread man’s next adventure.

READING BOOKS: Please remember to send in books and reading diaries

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[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#40f3a7″ ]IMPORTANT DATES

 

Thursday 8th March  – Nurse will be in school for health and weight checks for Reception children[/dropshadowbox]