Friday 5th June This week we have been reading books by the author Catherine Rayner. They are beautifully illustrated books with stories about different animals. The author provides step by step picture instructions on her website demonstrating how to draw the different animals. The children have loved following theses instructions and have produced some amazing pictures. Phonics This week in phonics we have learnt the sounds oa, oo(book), oo(spoon) with greater emphasis on writing words and sentences containing these sounds. We have been practicing reading all of the phase 3 tricky words so that we can work towards quicker sight recognition. Click below to listen to the tricky word song. Maths This week in maths we have been exploring the rekenreks and practising how to use them. We have been making different numbers using them and making sure the rekenrek is the correct orientation and practising how to push quantities of beads smoothly and with one finger. ...