Tuesday 19th January | St John's CE (C) Primary School

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all well and staying safe at home!

Don't forget to send in a joke for the Head Boy's Joke challenge...we all need a bit of a laugh at the moment!

Have you seen Eloisa's Lego animal challenge as well?

Have a look on the Head boy and Head girl's page to find out more.

Challenge of the Day!

Draw a plate with your favourite food on it. Why do you like them?

Phonics

We are now starting Phase 4 of our Phonics learning.

If your child can recognise most of all the Phase 2/3 sounds and read the Phase 2 and 3 tricky words then they are ready for Phase 4.

If you feel that your child still needs more practise with Phase2/3 please re-visit the previous weeks learning and try some other games on the suggested websites on our front class page.

Phase 4 phonics lasts at least 4 to 6 weeks and teaches children to blend and segment longer words with adjacent consonants.

This stage consolidates knowledge of learned graphemes by reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.

CCVC, CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC, CCCVC and CCCVCCC words.

Learn the Letters and Their Sounds Zed | Alphabet Sounds | Jack Hartmann

Challenge - pause the video when all the letters are on the screen and see if your child can say the letter names out of order.

Super smoothie I have put this game in to recap when words start with the same sound it is called 'alliteration'.

Let's revise our letter sounds and tricky words and see what Kit and Sam are going to tell us about final consonant blends.

Level 4 Week 1 Lesson 1 Final blends.pptx

You say this sentence and your child writes it down. Look out for tricky words and sound out each word.

The lamp is bright.

Challenge 1 - if your child can write this sentence easily add in some describing words e.g. The short lamp is bright.

Challenge 2 - Can they write another sentence about the lamp?

Maths

I have hopefully sent everyone login details for Ten Town!

This is a numbers scheme which helps children to recognise numbers 1 - 20 through a range of characters. It also has a lot of games and challenges that cover the mathematical, shape, space and measure learning concepts which they will learn this year.

I ask that you use this program as your child's maths homework for this year.

Even though they will already be able to recognise the first numbers the scheme will help your child to consolidate the teen numbers 11 - 20.

I am asking everyone to start at Number 1 and then work through the levels at your own pace.

Have fun and please let me know how you get on!

Size order

I can put objects in size order.

Talk about ordering the snowmen starting with the smallest to the biggest.

Snowman size order.pdf

English

I can talk about a character's feelings.

I can write a simple sentence.

The Snowman

After you have read the story think about how the Snowman and James may have been feeling throughout the story.

Challenge - write a sentence about how James or the Snowman may have felt at certain times in the story e.g. James was happy when it was snowing.

Art

I can follow instructions and make meaningful marks

How To Draw A Snowman

We have used the Art Hub before in school with great success. Have fun following along how to draw a snowman, pause it when you need to.