This week we have learnt about the celebrations of Diwali, The festival of light.

The children loved hearing this story  and they have created some wonderful drawings of the 10-headed baddy Ravana.

Within maths this week we have been focusing on height and length, comparing sizes and measuring in non-standard forms as well as continuing to learn the numerals.

Here is a link to a child friendly version of the story of Diwali

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/lets-celebrate-diwaliperformance

Also here is a picture of Ravana!

We have learnt lots of new phonic sounds since the last time we posted.

Mr Thorne on youtube explains the sounds wonderfully and we will post links of his videos to help you at home.

Here are the videos to the new sounds we have been learning;

n sound – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whLEI0ubdao

p sound – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjPC26xA_8M

g sound – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Utd2QjG4_8

o sound – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCwoLDKvee0

c sound – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuEu5ho39cU

k sound – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qQho8cF2gY

This week we have been learning the ‘t’ sound and words that begin with the ‘t’ sound.

Below you will be able to see one of our children modelling how to say the sound correctly and the phrase for writing the sound. Just in case you can’t hear her, she is saying “Down the Tower, across the Tower”.

Ask your child if they can show you anything beginning with the ‘t’ sound at home and if they can write the ‘t’ sound.

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We have been learning the ‘p’ sound and words that begin with the ‘p’ sound.

Below you will be able to see one of our children modelling how to say the sound correctly and the phrase for writing the sound. Just in case you can’t hear him, he is saying “Down the plait and around his face”.

Ask your child if they can show you anything beginning with the ‘p’ sound at home and if they can write the ‘p’ sound.

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We have been learning the ‘i’ sound and words that begin with the ‘i’ sound.

Below you will be able to see one of our children modelling how to say the sound correctly and the phrase for writing the sound. Just in case you can’t hear him, he is saying “Down the body and a dot for his head”.

Ask your child if they can show you anything beginning with the ‘i’ sound at home and if they can write the ‘i’ sound.

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We will post our next sound on the blog shortly!

We had an absolutely wonderful day with your child at Thorndon Country Park for the Gruffalo Trail on Wednesday.

The children behaved impeccably and we are so proud of them.

We had a great time looking for all of the characters and making some forest art.  We even found some dens to hide in.

Here are some photographs:

This week we have been reading ‘The Gruffalo’ and today we have made a Gruffalo Cave to tell the story using puppets and practice reading.

Last week we learnt the ‘d’ sound and words that begin with the ‘d’ sound

Below you will be able to see one of our children modelling how to say the sound correctly and the phrase for writing the sound. Just in case you can’t hear him, he is saying “Round the Dinosaurs bottom, up his tall neck and down to his feet”.

Ask your child if they can show you anything beginning with the ‘d’ sound at home and if they can write the ‘d’ sound.

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This week we have been learning the ‘t’ sound and words that begin with the ‘t’ sound.

Below you will be able to see one of our children modelling how to say the sound correctly and the phrase for writing the sound. Just in case you can’t hear her, she is saying “Down the Tower, across the Tower”.

Ask your child if they can show you anything beginning with the ‘t’ sound at home and if they can write the ‘t’ sound.

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Today we have been learning the ‘i’ sound and words that begin with the ‘i’ sound.

Below you will be able to see one of our children modelling how to say the sound correctly and the phrase for writing the sound. Just in case you can’t hear him, he is saying “Down the body and a dot for his head”.

Ask your child if they can show you anything beginning with the ‘i’ sound at home and if they can write the ‘i’ sound.

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We will post our next sound on the blog shortly!