Nidd Class What’s Happening This Week Commencing 5th November 2018

Literacy

We found out lots of facts about dinosaurs before the holidays and now we are ready to start planning our own dinosaur adventure story this week.

We will also be learning about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot as well as Remembrance Day.

Numeracy

In maths we are learning about the position of numbers to 20 this week looking at where they sit on a number line and the value of the tens and ones in a two digit number.  We are also learning to count in 10’s.

In Reception we are learning all about number 10 and how it is made up.  We will be looking at pairs of ten and we will also be exploring one more and less than with numbers up to 10.

Phonics

Our phonic sounds this week which we are focusing on using in our writing are…

Year 1:. This week we are focusing on consonant blends and clusters for example, scr, sk, lk, lp

Reception: We are learning the final set of sounds this week in phase 2: f, l, ff, ll and ss  we will be learning how to read these in words.

Spellings this week (Year 1)

some, come, where, here, there, chair, church, pure, sure

We will be reading every day in school.  Books will now be changed on a Monday. Don’t forget to do your Tic Tac Toe Year 1’s.