Make-a-wish
This year, we’re supporting Make-a-wish as our school charity, chosen by the School Council.
Today, we welcomed John Russo, a volunteer from Make-a-wish, who told us about the charity, the kind of wishes they make happen and how the money we raise might be spent.
Children were asked to consider how we can support the charity over this year. They could either write a suggestion for their ‘I want to say’ box or pass on their ideas to their class school councillors.
Chicks!
The chicks visited Reception today.
Thank you!
Thank you for sending emails informing us of your child’s achievements at home.
Please keep them coming! They really help us to plan for your child’s interests and help us to accurately assess their abilities.
Below is an example(names have been changed).
This email informs us that Jane is writing at home and using lead-ins. More importantly it tells us that she really enjoys her learning.
Maths Stay and Play
Thanks to everyone who attended our Maths Stay and Play. We hope you had fun!
Chick Cam 3!
We’ve now got seven chicks! We’ll start moving them to the breeder box today.
Chick Cam 2!
The streams on YouTube only last for 8 hours, so here’s the next one!
It’s 17:10 and we now have three chicks with one more arriving very soon! Once hatched, the chicks need to stay in the incubator for about 24 hours to ‘fluff up’ before they are moved to the breeder box.
Chick Cam!
Good morning. Click on the following link to watch the chicks in our incubator. Two chicks have hatched already and there should be more hatching today and tomorrow! Stay tuned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSUKPotLzS4&feature=youtu.be
Parental partnership
Please continue to let us know what your child’s current interests are and those moments that make you proud.
This information really helps us to assess your child and lets us know what they are interested in.
For instance, you have told us which children have been practising their writing at home, learning to fasten their coats and reading to their younger brothers and sisters.
Thank you!
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Maths Stay and Play
Join us on Thursday for our Stay and Play session which will focus on maths. Come along and join your child in their learning of number, shape, space and measures.
See you there!
There will be no Relax and Read this week.
Phonics
We have begun phase 3 of the ‘Letters and Sounds’ phonics programme.
The purpose of this phase is to:
- teach more graphemes, most of which are made of two letters, for example, ‘oa’ as in boat
- practise blending and segmenting a wider set of CVC words, for example, fizz, chip, sheep, light
- learn all letter names and begin to form them correctly
- read more tricky words and begin to spell some of them
- read and write words in phrases and sentences
Here are some examples of words your children will be reading: tail, week, right, soap, food, park, burn, cord, town, soil
Tricky words
During phase 3 the children will learn more ‘tricky words’: he, she, we, me, be, was, my, you, her, they, all, said.
In addition, during this phase children will be expected to begin to write sentences independently.
Our next phonics mornings will be held in February.
