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Wednesday, 19th October – Individual Photograph Day

Harvest Festival, Wednesday 12th October – Donations- This week we will have a visit from our local Salvation Army Representatives during our Wednesday assembly. Before then, we are asking for  Harvest donations for them to distribute to those in need to be donated. Please just bring them to the classroom at drop off or pick up time.
We will be collecting tins and packets of food. All long life. No perishables please.

We ask for all donations to be into school in time for our assembly on Wednesday 12th October.

THIS WEEK: Westonbirt Arboretum on Tuesday, October 11th.
Please ensure your child has the following:

• Sensible footwear (wellies are acceptable)
• Raincoat
• School jumpers/tops to be worn (with logo)
• Warm clothes (if needed – hat, scarves, gloves, extra pair of socks)
• Packed lunch (unless you have indicated for your child to have one provided by school) in a rucksack or lunchbox (REMEMBER – no nuts due to allergies)
• Water bottle and a snack for during the  morning

We will be leaving at 9:15am so please arrive to school promptly.

• Next week we will  be walking down to St Peters’ church for a visit as part of our R+WV curriculum on Wednesday, 19th October. This is also the same day as class photos but will be having these taken before we go.  We will contact you about the timings involved for your class and will request offers of helpers. Each class has a different time slot in the morning. We are just waiting for the church to confirm timings.

• Children will change for their PE sessions so please continue to ensure that children’s PE kits are in school on their pegs. They need a white T-shirt, black shorts and a change of shoes, pumps or trainers. All the classes had their first ‘changing times’ last week. Thank you for  supporting and preparing your children for this. It is an important part of their learning and promotion of independence to change unsupported.
• You will find below a grid showing the sessions to be taught each week. They do not exactly follow days as each class has different sessions due to support and PE times being different but it allows you to see the week as a snapshot of sessions. 

We will always aim to get outside, whatever the weather, as much as possible so children will really need a waterproof coat each day.

Well Being Activities

Monday – Connect – Ask someone to play with you, either in the classroom or in the playground that you have not played with before.
Wednesday – Be Active – Every time you go into the playground today start your playtime by doing 10 star jumps.
Thursday – Keep Learning – What could you do today to challenge yourself?
Friday – Give – Draw a raindrop and write on an act of kindness.

English

Revision on Phase 3 and 4 Phonics (Taught in Reception): 

Adding the prefix:  un-  to verbs and adjectives unzip unwell
Practice Blending for reading: E.g. unpick  unclog unclip
Segmenting for spelling: E.g  unhook    unpeeled
Revise CEW: when  out   what
Each day, writing dictated sentences using the above.

Vocabulary: adjective, phoneme, sounds, blend, letter name, word, sentence, full stop

Writing:
-Write a recount of the trip to Westonbirt. Using pictures, use a scaffold to write about the trip or write captions for photos.
-Write a postcard to Beegu’s mum and dad telling them about her time on Earth. Write it as if you are Beegu.

Handwriting: Correct formation of the CEW for spelling listed above through the use of our 4 formation families. Complete a dictated sentence.

• Handwriting and Spellings of the phonics and keywords listed above through formation and joining practice of digraphs and dictated sentence.

Reading:

• Read as part of a group. Look at front cover details and explore making predictions, using phonetic knowledge to decode unknown words and to extend vocabulary. Read aloud and look at increasing fluency and use discussion as a group to discuss comprehension.

In reading groups, continue to continue on phonic and CEW recognition gaps identified in assessments.

Whole Class. Share stories each day and reading together an electronic book from our school scheme. This promotes their listening skills and extends their vocabulary and understanding of language. Time also to discuss characters and adjectives to help stimulate their learning.

Maths

Mental/ oral warm-ups:

Recall of addition facts within 9 (every day)
Practice < > = symbols 
Recall of 1 more/less
Number formation

Learning Objectives: 

• To compare addition and subtraction number sentences using the symbols < > and =
• To use the language part-part whole and relate to addition and subtraction.
• To find all addition and subtraction number sentences relating to a part-part whole model.
• To know that addition and subtraction are inverse operations.

This week’s main focus will be exploring the relationship between addition and subtraction. Children will be using part-part whole models to write 4 number sentences to show the number fact families such as:

Wider Curriculum

PE- SHINE Outside Session (Weather permitting) Ball skills and one leg controlled balance.

R+WV (Formally known as RE) – Why are churches special to Christians? Preparation for visit to St Peters’ church, Henleaze next week. What questions and thoughts do we have before our visit? 

Computing –  Use Purple mash paint package to create autumnal leaves – Compare to autumnal paint pictures from earlier in the week.

Art – Using paint to mix colours to represent the autumnal colours in the leaves collected and seen on trip. Create an artist palette of colours and use these to paint leaves. Compare to creating digital pictures on ipads later in the week.

Science-  To identify key features of autumn using our senses. Using things and knowledge gathered from our trip.

PSHE – To recognise that the choices we make have consequences and understand the emotions that may come with certain consequences.

Bluebell Class Daisy

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