12.01.23
Happy New Year and welcome back everyone.
Hope you’ve had a restful holiday and are ready for another busy term!
We loved sharing christmas stories and experiences during circle time. Some children even heard Santa coming down the chimney :). Lucky!
This week we dedicated to Epiphany and talked a lot about the three kings and how they gifted baby Jesus with very special gifts. We created beautiful crowns using different shaped gems:
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On the writing table the children were practicing their digraphs and trigraphs by writing messages to friends and family.
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We also dressed up as kings and prepared special gifts for Jesus. It was a long journey 🙂
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In Little Wandle this week we learnt the first four of phase 3 sounds. You will find more information about phase 3 sounds in your child’s pink folder.
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I also added some information about phase 3 tricky words and how we learn them at school.
In Maths we talked about shapes with 4 sides and their properties. We used mathematical language for describing the shapes: ‘sides’, ‘straight’ and ‘corners’. We also made shapes by combining different sizes of squares and rectangles. Starting from this week the children will have a maths activity to take home. Once completed please bring it to school, or if you prefer you can upload a photo of it on Tapestry.
Please take your time to look at our new home learning grid (you will find a paper copy in your child’s orange book too).
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Have a lovely weekend.
Looking forward seeing you all on Monday.
Mrs Solakova