Welcome back to school

Hello and welcome to back to St Peter’s, I hope you all had a lovely October break and it has been wonderful to have the boys and girls back to school.

Literacy
We have been learning new phonemes since coming back to school.  So far we have covered the phonemes ue (as in blue) and aw (as in paw).  I will put homework on Education City each week which will contain activities to help the children practise these phonemes.  It will help them with the trickier ones.  The children are continuing to read a mixture of fiction and non-fiction texts, and are encouraged to speak about the stories they are reading.  It has been lovely to see the children become more fluent in their reading.  

Maths
In maths we are looking at capacity. We will also learn more about measure and weight this term.  The children are working on 2D shapes on a Wednesday with Mrs Duncan.  The children will be doing mental maths every week, we will be working on the two times table (there is a lovely song on Education City to practise with that we use in class) and we will be working on number stories (of numbers up to 15).  

Under the Sea Topic
This term we are going to be finishing off our Under the Sea topic.  The children have had opportunities to experience hands on science lessons within this topic and we will continue with this until we finish (around the end of November).  

P.E.
The children have just finished working on ball skills this week, and are very excited to move on to gymnastics beginning next Monday.  Just a gentle reminder that our gym day has moved to a Monday. Could the children please come with a change of clothes for gym.

Finally I would like to say a huge thank you for all the hard work and effort put into the Under the Sea craft that took place over the October break.  The children are so proud of their creations and they will be on display in the hall at parents’ night.  I look forward to seeing you all then.