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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

What a fantastic first term at the School the boys have had, it has whizzed by! Lots of friendships and fantastic progress have been made. We are very proud of the boys. They all deserve a well earned happy Christmas.

To end our term, the boys enjoyed a Christmas themed day. The boys enjoyed their Christmas lunch and their Christmas party. The boys also watched a pantomime, magician and listened to a story from Santa!

 

Thank you ever so much for your kind words and generous gifts. We truly appreciate it!

We will look forward to seeing you all after the Christmas break. Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

 

 

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Christmas Play

The boys did a great job with their Christmas production. We are very proud of them!




During Literacy, the boys sequenced the nativity story and wrote captions. We have also learnt digraph ‘ng’, ‘qu’, and ‘ai’ this week.

In Maths, we have been using positional language to describe where an object is located. The Math activity is:

Play hide and seek with toys and shapes. Can you instruct an adult or sibling using positional language to find your hidden toys and shapes? For example, the car is under the chair. 

For Show and Tell, please bring in your favourite Christmas story for us to read in class.

The Show and Tell boys next week are as follows:

Monday: Rian and Sachin

Tuesday: Sqongweni, Sterlin

Wednesday: Theo and Umar

Thursday: William

The weekly challenge will resume in the New Year.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

 

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Advent

This week, the boys have been excited to open the first bauble on the class Advent calendar, which has helped them learn ordinal numbers. The boy from the previous day reveals the face hiding behind the next bauble.

During Phonics, the boys learnt the digraphs ‘sh’, ‘ch’ and ‘th’ this week. We were busy writing words and sentences with both these sounds.

In Maths, the boys continued to explore 2D shapes. We named and identified the properties of a square, triangle, rectangle and triangle.

Have a go at this game:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters

Pictures from child-initiated play:

For Show and Tell, please bring in your favourite Christmas story for us to read in class.

The Show and Tell boys next week are as follows:

Monday: Hiro

Tuesday: Jayden

Wednesday: Julius

Thursday: Leonardo

Friday: Louis

The weekly challenge is: Check your shoes are on the right feet.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

 

 

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Letters to Santa

During Literacy, we wrote letters to Father Christmas. The boys sounded out and listed some items they are hoping to get. These have been photocopied for our role play area. We used our maps to walk to the postbox to post our letters to Santa. We are hoping to receive a reply from Father Christmas soon…

In Maths, we look at recognising and identifying the properties of 2D shapes.

For the Maths activity this week, can you go on a shape hunt? What shapes can you find? How many sides does the shape have? How many corners? Do you know the name of the shape?

During Welly Time, the boys enjoyed using natural materials to make a stickman.

 

For Show and Tell, please bring in your favourite Christmas story for us to read in class.

The Show and Tell boys next week are as follows:

Monday: Advik

Tuesday: Alexander

Wednesday: Austin

Thursday: Estefan

Friday: Ethan

Weekly Challenge: Zip up your coat.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

 

 

 

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Anti- Bullying week

This week we celebrated Anti- Bullying week by wearing odd socks to celebrate being different. The boys also enjoyed eating their breakfast together.

During Phonics, the boys have been learning the sounds ‘j’, ‘w’ and ‘v’. They have been using their phonic knowledge to write words with these sounds and some boys have been challenging themselves to write simple sentences.

This week we have looked at making number bonds to 5 using cubes.

Here are some games you can play at home:

Set up five skittles outside and ask knock them down by rolling a ball. How many have fallen over? How many are left standing?

Use 5 counters/cubes/objects, how many different ways can you split them into 2 groups?

Can you use a sentence to explain, e.g. “3 and 2 make 5”

During Art, the boys designed their own houses using paper bags and painted our diva lamps.

During cooking, the boys made jam sandwiches!

There will be no Show and Tell next week.

The weekly challenge for next week is: Check your draws at home time.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

 

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Remembrance Day

During Literacy, the boys made a home booklet. They used their phonic knowledge to sound out words and write a list of who lives in their home.

In Maths, the boys have been looking at one more and one less of a given number to 10. Some boys challenged themselves to find one more and one less of a given number to 20.

The Maths challenge this week:

Peg a numeral onto the washing line. Can you find the numeral that is 1 more and peg it next to it? Can you find the numeral that is 1 less?

This week in cooking, the boys made sparklers using breadsticks, chocolate and sprinkles. The boys had a wonderful time!

During Art, the boys have been developing their drawing technique by drawing poppies for Remembrance Day.

During Forest School, the boys had fun using a bug catcher to collect insects. They also enjoyed creating story plots in the mud kitchen.

We were fortunate to have a parent speak to us about Diwali. The boys enjoyed finding out about the festival of lights. The boys enjoyed making their own diya lamps using clay.

For Show and Tell, please bring in a picture of your favourite space in your house. The Show and Tell boys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Sachin

Tuesday: Sqongweni

Wednesday: Sterlin

Thursday: Theo

Friday: Umar and William

The weekly challenge is: To share with others.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

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Houses and Homes

For our topic, ‘House and Homes’ the boys learnt about the materials our houses are built out of and looked at different houses from around the world such as, Kenya, Switzerland, and Australia. They enjoyed building their own houses out of bricks, straw, and wood.

In Phonics, the boys learnt the sounds ‘d’, ‘g’, ‘o’ and ‘u’. They thought of words beginning with both sounds and practised blending with these sounds too! Please practise writing your sounds in the Home School Notebook.

During Maths, the boys were learning to use language related to time and sequence events. They sequenced how they wash their hands, their weekend day and days of the week through songs. We also discussed day and night routines.

For the Math’s activity, please can you draw a picture of something you do in the morning and something you do in the evening? I would like to challenge you by labelling your drawing using your phonic knowledge. You are welcome to bring in your pictures and show us!

In Art, we made fireworks using different coloured paints and glitter!

The boys enjoyed decorating their biscuits for Halloween.

The theme for Show and Tell is ‘Houses and Homes’. Please bring in a picture of your favourite space in your home. The ‘Show and Tell’ are as follows:

Monday: Hiro

Tuesday: Jayden

Wednesday: Julius

Thursday: Leonardo

Friday: Rian

Our weekly challenge is: Use a knife and fork.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

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The end of the first half term!

A huge well done to RMC for a brilliant first half term. The boys have all made new friends and they have worked very hard with their school work. They have made progress in many areas and it has been wonderful to see their development so far.

During Literacy, the boys enjoyed listening to the story, ‘Pumpkin Soup’ by Helen Cooper. They wrote about the vegetables they would like in their soup and enjoyed activities based on the story involving cutting and sticking.

This week in Phonics, we have been learning the sounds, ‘h’, ‘r’ and ‘m’. Please continue to practise writing these sounds in cursive script. If you would like to challenge yourself, you can write CVC words with these sounds such as hat, rat and mat.

This week in Maths, we have been using a five frame to count forwards and backwards. In our journals, we matched numbers to the correct amount and filled in the missing numbers.

Please try one of these Math activities:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting 

Using your number cards, can you match the correct amount of Lego bricks, cars (toys of your choice)?

During Welly Time, the boys used natural materials outside to make their very own leaf crowns.

The theme for Show and Tell after half term is ‘Houses and Homes’. Please bring in a picture of your favourite space in your home. The ‘Show and Tell’ boys after half term are:

Monday: Advik

Tuesday: Alexander

Wednesday: Austin

Thursday: Estefan

Friday: Ethan

Weekly challenge after half term: Put your coat on independently. The boys can work on this over the half term.

Have a lovely half term break!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

During Understanding the World, we have continued to investigate our senses. We listened to the story ‘Polar bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?” The boys then listened for sounds in our classroom and they wrote the initial letter sound for what they could hear and any remaining letter sounds.

During Phonics, the boys have learnt the sounds ‘c’, ‘k’ and ‘e’. We practised writing the letters in cursive and thought of words beginning with these sounds. Please continue to practise writing sounds learnt so far in cursive and writing your name.

In Maths this week, we have been exploring AB patterns. The boys have tried their best to recognise and continue AB patterns. They were challenged to create their own AB patterns using unifix cubes, compare bears and counters.

Have a go at completing these patterns:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns 

Can you please practise writing numbers 0-5? You are welcome to bring in your number writing on paper so we can display it on our Independence wall. We look forward to seeing your lovely number work!

During Art, the boys enjoyed using paint to print their leaves on paper.

The boys loved Welly Time this week. They explored the consistencies of mixing mud and water. The boys had so much fun!

The Show and Tell boys are as follows:

Monday: Umar

Tuesday: William

There will be no Show and Tell after Tuesday the 10th of October until after Half Term.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs Craven and Miss Dowden

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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