Note from Mrs Walshe – Thank you very much to all the lovely Cherry class parents for my fantastic gift. It is very much appreciated! 

Diary dates

Monday 5th January – INSET day – school closed to children.

English

Phonics:

This week we will be revising phase 5 phonemes taught so far and becoming masters in ay,ou, ie, ea

Spelling Common Exception Words: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Writing
This week we will be writing about the story The boy who cried wolf. 

Reading
We will continue reading one to one with children throughout the week and changing books. Please ensure books are brought in daily

Maths   

Maths fluency skills:

Recall of number bonds to 10 

No. recognition to 20

Number formation within 20

Recall of 1 more/less within 20

Addition and subtraction facts within 10

Main learning is Addition and Subtraction within 20:

We will be recapping how to use a number line to add and subtract numbers within 20 by counting on or counting backwards.

We will then be looking at how to derive our number bonds to 20 using our knowledge of our number bonds to 10. 

Support at home: Being fluent at recalling number bonds to 10 will support your child with our learning around number bonds to 20. To support with this please play hit the button to practise their recall of number bonds to 10. Click on the image below and change the settings to ‘make 10’

Wider Curriculum

Shine  – Team building 

PE  – Dance

Science: We are moving onto learning about ‘Materials’ in science. We will be focusing on identifying objects made from metal, fabric, plastic, wood, glass, rock, paper and cardboard.  You can support with this at home by discussing what different objects around your house are made of.

PSHE: This week we will be thinking about hygiene and keeping clean. 

Geography:This week we will be looking at hot and cold continents.