20.12.24

This week we have had a lovely Christmassy week. On Monday we had our carols around the tree and in the afternoon decorated biscuits and delivered presents for Santa. We went home as the snow machine snowed on us.

On Tuesday was craft day and we made calendars cards and decorations. The older children helped the younger children and it was a lovely day.

Wednesday was party day and we played traditional party games and danced away.

Father Christmas left us a sack of presents.

Thursday was Christmas dinner and it went down very well.

We have been busy revising a lot of the sounds we have covered so far and we are now blending and segmenting with words containing ch,sh,ng,th.  We are learning the tricky word my. We have done some Christmassy writing segmenting words to write and have done some writing around the story Hurry Santa.

We have been naming and talking about 3D shapes and practised our counting skills.

 

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12.12.24

This week we had our dress rehearsal and performed our nativity play for the parents. The support from parents was fantastic and the children were extremely brave and performed so well. They were absolutely amazing and made us so proud.

In phonics this week we have just learnt one new sound   igh  and the tricky word my. We are consolidating our knowledge of the sounds learnt so far and completing individual phonics and writing assessments.

Our maths work has been centred on heavier and lighter using balance scales and estimating and weighing classroom objects using cubes .In our post office area we have also compared the weight of parcels and continued our learning.

We have also looked at capacity and compared different containers to see how much they contain.

We are reading lots of Christmas stories including the Jolly Christmas Postman where we looked for links to other traditional stories that we know.

This week we are looking at how Christians celebrate Christmas and comparing it to other festivals studied.

The children are enjoying making some Christmas crafts using lots of different techniques and materials.

In PE this week we used the apparatus and confidently moved and balanced in different ways and in music we are practising Christmas Carols and songs.

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12.12.24

This week we had our dress rehearsal and performed our nativity play for the parents. The support from parents was fantastic and the children were extremely brave and performed so well. They were absolutely amazing and made us so proud.

In phonics this week we have just learnt one new sound   igh  and the tricky word my. We are consolidating our knowledge of the sounds learnt so far and completing individual phonics and writing assessments.

Our maths work has been centred on heavier and lighter using balance scales and estimating and weighing classroom objects using cubes .In our post office area we have also compared the weight of parcels and continued our learning.

We have also looked at capacity and compared different containers to see how much they contain.

We are reading lots of Christmas stories including the Jolly Christmas Postman where we looked for links to other traditional stories that we know.

This week we are looking at how Christians celebrate Christmas and comparing it to other festivals studied.

The children are enjoying making some Christmas crafts using lots of different techniques and materials.

In PE this week we used the apparatus and confidently moved and balanced in different ways and in music we are practising Christmas Carols and songs.

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5.12.24

In phonics this week we have learnt the new sounds ai and ee . They are grasping the idea that two letters can make one sound when they are partners. We have practised reading and writing words containing these sounds and have played games to consolidate our learning. We are getting very good at writing the tricky words I , to, the, no, go .

We are learning to read the tricky words we, me, he,  she, be and was.

We are learning the letter names of the alphabet recognising both capitals and lower case letters.

The children are using their phonic knowledge independently in their play and we’ve seen some excellent examples of this this week. They have managed to write captions in our work around the story, Stick Man.

In Maths we have been concentrating on recognising numerals, counting accurately and recognising when there is the same amount. They have used their subitising skills to recognise amounts quickly and can explain how they know.

In PHSE we have discussed differences in homes and spotted some similarities.

This week our work on celebrations has led us to find out about the Jewish festival of Hannukah and we had a go at making some Hannukah candles.

The Christmas Play is drawing nearer and the children are showing excellent speaking skills . They are listening to instructions and producing some excellent singing.

 

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29.11.24

This week the children have worked really hard in their phonics lessons and their ability to remember the sounds and use them to write words has been amazing

We have learnt the sounds sh , th, th, and ng and blended to read words containing these sounds as well as segmenting to write words using these sounds.

We have learnt to read the tricky words he , she, we, me, and be and practised writing the and to, I , no and go.

We are practising naming the letters of the alphabet, both capitals and lower case.

The children are becoming much more confident to segment skills to write. So we are beginning to learn to spell some common words – I am calling them useful words. I have sent some home to practise. Everyone also has a copy of the handwriting script to ensure we are all encouraging them to start and finish in the correct place.

In maths we have been building on the children’s knowledge of composition of numbers by investigating the composition of 3,4,5. Through practical activities they are consolidating their understanding of a whole being made up of smaller parts. A key focus has been the special arrangements that can be made with different combinations of the same object.

We have also talked about  and sorted events that might happen during the day and during the night.

Continuing our theme of special times and celebrations we have learnt about how the people who follow Judaism celebrate Rosh Hashana. This is a New Year Celebration. The children enjoyed having a taste of bread dipped in honey and apples dipped in honey.

Our rehearsals for the Christmas play are well under way and the oral speaking and singing are coming along very well.

In English we have sequenced the events of the story of Elmer and then used the pictures to help us retell the story.

In PE the children discovered different ways to travel on ,under and through.

This week in our continuous provision the lego has been very popular and we have some master builders amongst us.

 

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22.11.24

This week the children have worked really hard in their phonics lessons and their ability to remember the sounds and use them to write words has been amazing

We have learnt the sounds y ,z, zz, qu and ch and blended to read words containing these sounds as well as segmenting to write words using these sounds.

We have learnt to read the tricky words he and she and practiced writing the and to.

We are practicing naming the letters of the alphabet, both capitals and lower case.

The children have learnt more about the Hindi festival of Holi and have had a go at cooking and tasting Multi coloured swirl Mathri.

We have continued to read Elmer and have talked about how he made everyone laugh and told jokes. We have written information about ourselves and our families. We have coloured in some Elmer pictures trying hard to use repeating patterns.

The children have practiced their words for the play and they have done so well speaking out loud. The singing is coming along with several children knowing a lot of the words.

In maths the focus has been identifying that there can be a whole which can then be split into parts,

Sometimes the parts can be removed but sometimes they can’t eg our bodies are the whole but you can’t remove and reassemble it.

We have looked at the number three as a whole and worked out all the parts that could make it up.

This week we are looking at shapes in the environment and went on a shape hunt around school.

Our move to write sessions are continuing to strengthen their writing skills using big movements.

We enjoyed planting trees to help our environment.

We were very excited to watch a theatre company in school performing Oliver Twist and the children sat amazingly well the whole way through.

 

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15.11.24

The children have worked hard this week .

We started our week by thinking about remembrance day and by cutting out and making a poppy wreath. We talked about the different coloured poppies and did some work on repeating patterns.

In phonics we have learnt the first 4 sounds in level 3. J , v, w, x and are blending and writing words with these sounds. We are practising writing and reading words with these sounds.

We continue to practise the correct letter formation.

Nursery have been working on the theme of little red riding hood and all their activities have been based around the story.

Our key text has been Elmer and we have continued thinking about differences between ourselves and other’s and how it might feel to be different from everyone else. Nursery were very keen to talk about the colours they could see

We have looked at the Hindi festival of Holi and have begun to find out how they prepare and celebrate the festival.

Continuing our theme of celebrating difference we have looked at different families.

Move to write is proving to be a popular activity and is helping them build their muscle strength from the shoulders down to help their writing.

In maths the children have continued to develop their subitising skills. We have also matched amounts one to one to see if they are the same. The language has been more than, fewer than or the same as, too many or not enough. We have practised counting accurately by touching or moving each one and knowing that the last number is the amount.Our shape and space focus has been looking at 4 sided shapes and sorting shapes that have 4 sides and 3 sides.

We have also looked back in time to find out why we burn a guy on bonfire night, and why we use fireworks to celebrate.

The children enjoyed dressing up for children in need and have all been out planting trees in our school field.

 

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4.11.24

In phonics this week we have been consolidating our knowledge so far ,making sure that we are

confident to say all the sounds learnt so far and we can point to them if the sound is heard. We have played lots of games to help us with this and have practised our first set of tricky words.

We have continued to practise our blending to read and have been segmenting the sounds in words in order to write a word.

We have spent time trying to get our formation of letters correct and will be practising this every morning.

Nursery have continued to identify initial sounds in words and have been copying rhythms .They are working hard at building sentences verbally – who/what doing/where.

Our Communication and language and our art activities have been based around a bonfire night theme and an Autumn theme. We have explored the children’s own experiences of bonfire night and fireworks and have written descriptive words about fireworks. We have talked about the weather and how we begin to wear hats,gloves etc and labelled them.

Pumpkins were used up to make pumpkin flapjack.

In maths this week we have continued to engage with activities to find out how many altogether.We have reinforced their understanding that the last number they count tells us how many. They have practised one to one correspondence by touching ,moving or tagging objects.

A key focus has been deepening their understanding of five ,the patterns it can make and how it can be made up.

We have talked about differences in people and discussed how some people are good at one activity and other’s might be good at something else because we are not the same.

 

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17.10.24

Reception have worked so hard in phonics that we have learnt our first set of sounds. Blending practise using these sounds continues and individual assessments have begun to take place.

Alongside this we are practising segmenting words into their individual phonemes and practising writing the letters.

 The tricky words we are practising to read are ;  I, no, go, the, to.

Nursery have continued to listen to environmental sounds , to use the language big and small related to the story of Goldilocks and the three bears and have started learning vocabulary related to our homes. We have also been practising our counting skills.

We have begun to use The Way Back Home as our language focus and have tried some labelling . We are practising speaking in sentences .

In Maths we have continued to subitise numbers up to 4 and have worked out all the different arrangements we can make. Some children were able to use mathematical language to say that 2 and 2 more makes 4.

We are also working on our recognition and naming of 2D shapes.

Continuing our theme of homes we have looked at the homes of people in the Amazon rain forest, what they are made of and how the village is arranged.

This week we have spent some time in PSHE talking about all the positive uses our hands have all the things we can do with them. Answers ranged from stroking my dog to riding a bike.Then  we talked about using kind hands with our friends.

We continue to look at our value of thankfulness and are focusing on being grateful for our food.

17.10.24

Reception have worked so hard in phonics that we have learnt our first set of sounds. Blending practise using these sounds continues and individual assessments have begun to take place.

Alongside this we are practising segmenting words into their individual phonemes and practising writing the letters.

 The tricky words we are practising to read are ;  I, no, go, the, to.

Nursery have continued to listen to environmental sounds , to use the language big and small related to the story of Goldilocks and the three bears and have started learning vocabulary related to our homes. We have also been practising our counting skills.

We have begun to use The Way Back Home as our language focus and have tried some labelling . We are practising speaking in sentences .

In Maths we have continued to subitise numbers up to 4 and have worked out all the different arrangements we can make. Some children were able to use mathematical language to say that 2 and 2 more makes 4.

We are also working on our recognition and naming of 2D shapes.

Continuing our theme of homes we have looked at the homes of people in the Amazon rain forest, what they are made of and how the village is arranged.

This week we have spent some time in PSHE talking about all the positive uses our hands have all the things we can do with them. Answers ranged from stroking my dog to riding a bike.Then  we talked about using kind hands with our friends.

We continue to look at our value of thankfulness and are focusing on being grateful for our food.

 

 

Class Blog   11.10.24

This week has been busy as we are really getting settled into our learning.

In phonics we are all working really hard. We have learnt f, l b, ff and are all trying hard to blend them into words. We are listening for the sounds in words and beginning to write them into words – a bit tricky for the majority.

The tricky words we are practising are ; I, no, go, the, to. It was lovely to see so many parents attend our phonics meeting this week to learn about all things phonics. Please ask if there is anything you are unsure of.

Nursery have continued to work on their vocabulary and have been talking about all things to do with clothes.

In literacy we have read the owl babies and this led to lots of talk about feelings and we ventured into non fiction to find out about owls and what they like to eat.

Maths – This week the children have explored the composition of the numbers 3 and 4,for example seeing that 3 can be composed of 3 ones or 2 and 1. They are learning from practical experience that a whole is made up of smaller parts. When the children are able to compose and decompose numbers mentally they will be able to use these effectively when calculating in KS1 and KS2.

They have practised subitising to identify 3 and 4 and have found out that there can be different arrangements and the objects can vary in size.

We have been busy producing art work for the harvest assembly and practising our song.

In PSHE we have talked about sharing and resolving conflict with the help of our puppets and in RE are looking at the names Christians give to God and the names that Muslims have for their God.

As we have been putting our wet suits and wellies on this week I have been very impressed with the way children are independently managing their trousers and shoes . Well done everyone.

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4.10.24

Phonics – We have now learnt the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n,  m ,o, d, g, c, k, ck, e ,r, u ,h ,b, f and are doing We are practising blending these sounds into words and we are trying to segment the sounds in words in order to write words. Children are beginning to be able to attempt to write words and get some sounds correct. This week we introduced three more tricky words no, go, I to add to the two tricky words the and to these words cannot be sounded out and need to be learnt by sight. We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible for our phonics meeting on Tuesday 8^th October to explain our approach and to play some games with the children.

Maths - In maths we have been concentrating on counting accurately making sure we count each object and sound only once and don’t miss any and knowing that the last number is how many. We have practised recording counts by making marks or own representations.

We have also been looking at balance scales and the vocabulary heavier and lighter and estimating which is heavier or lighter.  We also weighed objects by counting the number of bricks it took to balance them.

English - We are reading the story owl babies and have talked about their home and their family and tried to write some names. We have learnt some vocabulary related to birds and described the mother bird.

RE – The children have found out that the Christian God has many names and that our names are written on his hands. We talked about who is special to us and wrote them on an outline of our hands.

The puppet assembly was a huge hit with a theme of kindness – see the photo’s on the website.

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We are discovering what an architect does and are having a go at designing our own buildings. I have also challenged them to use the blocks to follow a model.

 

26.9.24

Phonics – We have now learnt the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n,  m ,o, d, g, c, k, ck, e and u .We are practising blending these sounds into words and we are trying to segment the sounds in words in order to write words. This week we introduced two tricky words the and to these words cannot be sounded out and need to be learnt by sight. We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible for our phonics meeting on Tuesday 8^th October to explain our approach and to play some games with the children.

We have introduced the mastering number programme and have practised subitising with small numbers. Subitising is seeing how many without needing to count. This helps their maths fluency. We are also working on number recognition.

On Monday Farmer Ed and Farmer Alice brought two calves to school and the children had the chance to get close and even to feed them. They really enjoyed seeing them and being able to stroke them.

On Tuesday we experienced a bus trip to Maryport and went on the train to Whitehaven checking out what we could see on the way. Behaviour was excellent and everyone enjoyed it.

The children have been making trains and playing at being the driver and conductor, handing over tickets to get on.

We are still talking about naming and identifying our feelings and how to manage them.

We looked at pictures of children and wondered why they might be feeling that way.

PE  This week we worked in small groups practising different skills and games.

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Early Years  Class blog 19.9.24

 

Phonics is continuing and the children in reception have now learnt the sounds m, i, d, g and are trying hard to blending them into words whilst still practising their oral blending and segmenting skills. Everyone is working hard at writing these single letter sounds down correctly. They are doing so well I will be sending words home for the children to practise blending with you. They have to say the sounds and then blend them into words. If you’re not sure please ask.

We have continued to focus on the book train ride and have been talking about what we see in the pictures. We are working on saying longer sentences.

We spent some time looking at maps of the village and talking about the facilities Crosby has. We found the school, park, community centre, and The Stag.

We are thinking about our emotions, starting with naming them and identifying how we feel in different situations.

We continue to look at similarities and differences and have done some simple graph work on the computer and have studied our own fingerprints.

We have continued talking about our homes and you will have seen some photographs of some lovely models. Some children knew the number on their door.

In maths we have completed activities to practise the vocabulary longer, shorter, big, small, heavier, lighter and are beginning to look at repeating patterns. We have drawn around our hands and feet to compare sizes.