Welcome to Willow Class
Classteacher: Miss J. Dandy
Mrs. V. Bensilum (EYFS HLTA)
Mrs. S. Wade
Mrs. L. Rose
Mrs. N. Borges
***DON'T FORGET - PLEASE COME IN AND STICK ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OR NOTES OF LEARNING YOU SEE AT HOME INTO YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING JOURNEY ON TUESDAY MORNINGS BETWEEN 8.40am AND 8.50am.***
***We are very lonely on Monday evenings (until 3.55pm) and Tuesday mornings (8.40am-8.50am) and would love more of you to join us to contribute to your children's Learning Journeys. We would love to see what your child has been up to at home! You can stick in notes, photos, pictures...whatever you would like to share in their special Learning Journey***
This week, we are continuing our learning about the insect world by investigating stick insects. A friend from Cedar class brought us his insects to study and we have been gathering facts about them to write a ‘What Am I?’ poem. The children have had a great time learning about poetry and using very clever features, like similes, to make them interesting for the reader.
The children are going to have lots of fun digging in our special 'muddy' digging area at COOL Time. If your child would like to do this without the possibility of muddy, soggy shoes, please feel free to send wellies into school in a named carrier bag. Thank you!
Don't forget to come in and share your children's Learning Journeys on Monday afternoons and Tuesday mornings!
Ever wonder which skills your children are learning through play? Here is a link that you might find interesting:
Phonics and Reading:
To help you to support your child's fantastic phonic and reading development at home, we have put together a group of video clips to give you some guidance. It focuses on the importance of sharing stories together at home, as well as how you can support your child when beginning to blend sounds together. We hope this helps!
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide/ - a guide to how to say the 'pure' sounds that we teach at school. No more 'muh' for 'm'!
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-tutorial-teaching-sound-blending/ - how to use the sounds your child knows to 'blend' and read.
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/parent-tutorial-preparing-teach-reading-fred-games/ - games that you can play with your child that will help them prepare to read!