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 Hello all, This week we have introduced Hospital role play area to our classroom. The children watched excitedly  Mrs Robinson creating the Hospital and couldn't wait to enjoy it. We are all amazed how well the children use the resources, how creative and sociable they are. I'm confident that NHS will be in capable hands in the near future. Using information books, videos and our own experiences we discussed the importance of nurses and doctors jobs. Maths This week in maths we were learning about numbers 1,2 and 3 by finding quantities, subitizing, comparing numbers and problem solving tasks.  Phonics In phonics we revisited all of the letter sounds we have learnt so far and we played sound blending games. Please continue practising the sounds at home with your children over the half term.  After the holidays, all children need to be wearing the winter uniform which is the navy tracksuit. The children should not be wearing trainers but school shoes. Please, make sure that all
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  Hello all, This week was all about spiders. We red information books to fid our amazing facts about spiders e.g. Spiders have oily legs so they don't stick to their webs. Water spiders live in webs full of water. When we came to school on Friday, we couldn't believe our eyes. There were spiders webs everywhere!!! We had a walk around the school grounds and we found lots beautifully crafted webs.  Our focus story this week was The very busy spider by Eric Carl. The children created amazing webs for our school corridor display. If you manage to take a picture of a web or a spider at the weekend, please send a picture to school or email it to me. Phonics In phonics the children have been introduced to the letter sounds: r, h, b, f. Our tricky word this week is: 'the'. Please revise all of the Autumn 1 letter sounds at home from the hand out you have been given. Your support is highly appreciated. Maths In maths we have been making repeating patterns using a variety of co
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 Hello all, Our focus story this week was Colour Monster. We spoke about different feelings which we all experience. We also discussed calm down strategies such as deep breathing, bubbles, count to 10, listen to relaxing music with your eyes closed.  During carpet sessions, we have been describing our friends. The children were good at identifying what's on the outside e.g. hair colour and clothes. We helped the children to describe what was on the inside. They were very good at this and were able to identify kindness, happiness and other emotions.  This week we have also begun learning about spiders and spiderwebs. The children were very curious when finding out how spiders are catching insects for their meal. If you find some webs during the weekend, please take a picture and bring it to school to share with the class.  Phonics This week in phonics the children were introduced to the following letter sounds: ck, e, u. We have also learnt the tricky word I. Please , keep revisitin