Leafy headdresses and other things.

It's been a week of rabbits and headdresses in Hedgehog Class. The children heard the story of When Rabbit Stole the Fire, which originates from North America. They made leaf headdresses to help with the storytelling. First they collected leaves from the field and identified them using some leaf identification sheets. Then the leaves were left to dry over lunch time. In the afternoon, the children chose 5 leaves and made a headdress using tape, staples and a strip of paper. There was some good team work going on. 

Phonics:

Reception learnt the sounds j and v this week. We have of course continued to work on lots of sounding out and blending. If you'd like to practise this at home, here is a word search for you!

Year 1 have started to learn what 'vowels' are and the short vowel sounds. They learnt two rules:

after a short vowel sound, the 'k' sound is spelt  'ck' most of the time. 

after a short vowel sound, some letters are doubled:  ss  ff  ll zz  

There is a ck word search for you here, if you want to practise this at home. 

Maths

Reception have been learning that a number can be made up of other numbers. For this, we used the song 'Five Little Speckled Frogs' and, after each verse, talked about how many frogs were in the pond, how many were on the log and how many there were altogether. You can find the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3N5ihqYjI  but it is best to use objects (they can be frogs, but they don't have to be!) for your child to act the song out.

Year 1 have been looking at 2D and 3D shapes. The best way to practise these is to spot them around the house. Look at the shapes below that we have been learning and see if you and your child can find them as you go around and about your daily lives. 

2D shapes:  circle    square    rectangle    triangle

3D shapes:    sphere    cube    cuboid    cone    cylinder    pyramid

Next week we will be starting to look at the Nativity, so it's all Christmas, Christmas, Christmas from here!