Week beginning Monday 13th January

Phonics

oy – (toy for a  boy)  enjoy  destroy   joy  joyful (Tuesday)

We will also revise ph & wh which we did last week.

 

We have not been able to do “Read Write Inc” today, so the children will get words for their new story to learn tomorrow (Tuesday) and they will bring the new book home on Wednesday as normal.

 

Maths

This week we are working on 3D shapes. Your child will learn to name cube, cuboid, cylinder, pyramid cone & sphere. There should also be able to describe how many faces each shape has, how many edges and how many vertices (points).

Try singing this song at home.

3D shapes song

There is also a new game on 3D shape on the active learn site.

 

Some faces are flat and some are curved. A cone has a flat face and a curved face.

Topic

Our topic this term is toys from long ago and now. Over the next few weeks we will be looking at toys and what they are made of, sorting out old toys from new toys and discussing how we know which are old/new. If anyone has a grandparent/neighbour who has some old toys they would like to come in a show us (in Spanish will be fine) or if anyone knows of a toy museum or anything similar, then please let me know.  Thanks

 

Healthy living

At the end of last term, to promote the health and well-being of our students, Year One and Year Two did a trial run of “The Daily Mile.”  There are numerous sites (mostly in English) explaining the daily mile or you can try this one in Spanish. It is an initiative which originated in Scotland in 2012 but is now being done all over the world.  daily mile info Our school is not currently registered as a school which is doing it, but hopefully it will be soon.

The basic idea is that the children do some physical aerobic exercise for 10/15 minutes per day and at least 3 times per week.  We have been jogging around the playground/carpark and the intention is to do this (weather permitting) every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Those who jog at a slow pace (like mine) continually will be able to do 1km in about 10 minutes. Some children will do more and others will do less. But all will build up their stamina. In the future the idea is to count how many laps they do so each child can aim to improve on his/her own personal best. Each child can go at the own pace and may walk if they are too tired to jog.

 

Please remember (see school email) we are working towards eradicating “single use plastics” in our school.  When preparing your child’s snack, please try to avoid foil wrapping, clingfilm, yoghurt pots and drinks and single use cutlery.  Thanks

 

 

 

	Some faces are flat and some are curved. A cone has a flat face and a curved face.