Friday 22nd May

 Friday 22nd May



This week week we have been thinking about celebrations and why they are special.
We have then learnt about the Jewish celebration of 'Shabbat' and have thought about the similarities and differences with other celebrations. 

You might like to talk to your child about celebrations you take part in with your family.  Maybe look back at some photos. Do all people share those celebrations? Do all children celebrate in the same way?
How do different children celebrate their birthdays? 

Phonics

This week in phonics, we have been revising all the phase 2 and phase 3 sounds we have learnt so far.

This week's sounds are ai, ee, igh and oa.

We have also been revising all of the phase 2 and phase 3 tricky words.


Click here to listen to the Phase 2 tricky word song


Maths

This week, we have revisited the concept of 'comparison'.  The children have thought carefully about where numbers to 10 are in relation to each other thinking carefully about which is more or less.
We have used the language 'more than', 'fewer than' (for countable objects), 'less than' (for positions on a number line) and 'equal to' to describe the relationship between numbers.

The children have been asked to make their own number track using digit cards.
 
We have also encouraged the children to play number track games such as snakes and ladders and hopscotch.
You may like to play some of these games at home.

Thankyou for your support.



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