The boys listened to the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” After spotting all the animals in the story. The boys then wrote the initial letter e.g. d for ‘duck’ and any remaining sounds they could hear when segmenting and blending. We decorated some of the animals from the story in Art using different materials.

During Phonics, the boys practised learning and writing the sounds, p, i and n. Please do continue to practise writing these sounds in the word book and think about words beginning with these sounds. We also practised writing the numbers 0 and 1.

This week in Maths we have been comparing and ordering by size, length and time.

Here are some activities you can do at home:

Find a ruler or a stick. Can you find something longer or shorter than this? Can you find something taller or shorter than this? Can you find something exactly the same length or height as this?

You can also make caterpillars from playdough. Which one is the longest caterpillar? Can you make a caterpillar that is the same length as a given stick?

The boys thoroughly enjoyed making caterpillar fruit kebabs with a lovely parent from RMC.

The theme for the ‘Show and Tell’ is ‘All about me’. Please bring in a photo/ picture or one of your favourite toys to show to the class. The list is displayed on our class window as well as the blog.

The ‘Show and Tell’ boys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Rian

Tuesday: Sachin

Wednesday: Sqongweni

Thursday: Sterlin

Friday: Theo

To develop the boys’ independence skills we are going to start weekly challenges. Challenges will be placed on the blog and window.

Our challenge starting on the 02.10.23 is: Hang your coat up independently. To support the boys, you can encourage them to hang their coats up using the hook independently at home.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday for our ‘open classroom’ afternoon, the boys have worked very hard and I hope you enjoy looking through their books.

Have a restful and enjoyable weekend!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

Throughout the week, the boys have been practising writing their names in cursive script. The boys then recognised and practised writing the sounds s, a and t. We were very impressed with the words they thought of beginning with these sounds. Please do practise writing your name and sounds we have learnt this week in cursive script using the laminated sound sheet and word books.

In Maths, we continued to sort objects by colour, shape, size and function.

Below is a Math game you can do at home involving matching and counting: 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots

During Understanding the World, the boys enjoyed learning about the five senses we have. We talked about the parts of the body we use our senses for and then did a great cutting and sticking activity.

Here are some pictures of child-initiated play this week:

For Show and Tell, please can the boys bring in their favourite toy or a picture of their favourite toy. Please can the boys think of why they like the toy, ready to share with the class.

Monday: Hiro

Tuesday: Jayden

Wednesday: Julius

Thursday: Leonardo

Friday: Louis

We wish you a lovely weekend.

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

A warm welcome to you and you sons. This is RMC’s class blog which is updated every Friday.

It has been fantastic welcoming all the boys to school and seeing them learn their new daily routines. They have been busily exploring and playing in their new classroom, beginning to learn each other’s names and make new friendships. The boys have enjoyed painting self-portraits as well as completing other small tasks with adults. They have loved exploring the resources they can play with inside and outside their classroom. They particularly love the construction area, colouring and playing with playdough!

During our Understanding the World lesson, we discussed who is in our families and some boys mentioned the pets they love at home too. We later drew pictures and made our family members out of playdough. We labelled them with labels by reading the initial letter sounds.

The boys thoroughly enjoyed their first Welly Time with Mrs Bedwell. The boys searched for dinosaurs in the forest. When the boys found their dinosaurs, they were instructed to build a habitat using natural materials.

In Maths we have been learning to match by number and function. For the Math challenge this week, can you find objects around the house that go together? For example, toothbrush and toothpaste, bat and ball, egg and egg cup etc. You are welcome to take/ draw a picture of what you have found.

We start ‘Show and Tell’ on Monday (18.09.23), please can the boys bring in their favourite toy or a picture of their favourite toy. Please can the boys think of why they like the toy, ready to share with the class.

Monday: Advik

Tuesday: Alexander

Wednesday: Austin

Thursday: Estefan

Friday: Ethan

We wish you a lovely weekend.

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden