This week our text is “Owl Babies.”  Watch the story with your child.  Talk to your child about what happens.  How do the owls feel at the start of the story?  How do they feel at the end?  Why?

Children are really enjoying their PE lessons. Please ensure that your child can dress/undress independently. 

During our lessons the children are moving around in a range of ways, negotiating space so they do not bump in to other children.

This week we have been counting objects (up to 5) and practised writing the numbers to 5, using our number rhymes. Support your child at home with counting objects, writing numbers to 10 and ordering numbers independently. 

Does your child know all these sounds? We also expect your child to be able to write them independently, holding their pencil correctly as they do so.

This week our text is “Peace at Last” by Jill Murphy. In the book, Daddy Bear is kept awake by lots of different noises. We went on a sound walk around school to hear noises that surround us all day. We also played Sound Lotto, which was great fun. We finally attempted to play musical instruments fast, slow, loud and quietly. 

The children have settled in fantastically. They have all been super stars, and already are working really hard. Well done to every child in RA and RW.

We have been using props and masks from our story sack to act out the story of Handa and her basket of fruits. It was fun watching the animals take their favourite fruits without Handa noticing.

We have been looking closely at butterflies, and using our observation skills to draw them.

We have been creating our own caterpillars and observing real caterpillars grow.