Dear Parents,
The children have been exploring Light and Dark this week after multiple questions over the last few weeks about ‘Why is it so dark now?’ Where are the leaves? Why do I get up in the dark and go to sleep in the dark?’  We have looked at how the Earth rotates (how we have day and night), which animals come out at night, what light sources are, light vs dark pictures, how we see in the dark and what reflection is.  Through stories such as Owl Babies, Funny Bones, The Very Lonely Firefly and The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark; the children have learnt a lot about wildlife at night. They have enjoyed going on a nocturnal animal hunt, looking at the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals; drawing shadows and shadow puppets, playing with light sources and investigating light-sensory objects in a dark den.

We ended our week making (Pudsey) bear biscuits and doing activities surrounding anti-bullying (with a focus on kindness) as well as Children in Need. The children have been doing daily 2 minute burpees in support of the charity and enjoyed trying to beat their previous day’s total. 

In Maths we have been making 5 and 10 in different ways and continuing with subitising by recognising the picture or pattern of numbers. 

In phonics, we have looked at  /qu/ /ng/ /nk/ and started revising tricky sounds from set 1. We will be starting to reassess the children in Set 1 sounds and their blending skills next week, so any help at home to revise would be amazing. Please use the following videos to assist your child at home: 

/qu/ sound

/ng/ sound

/nk/ sound

Learning to blend- #10

As the children have been so interested in animals, next week we will continue looking at Winter animals and include those from the The Arctic and Antarctica. We will be looking at how they are adapted to their environment and creating dens and lairs for them as well as lots of other exciting activities. In Maths, we will be sharing and grouping. Even though we won’t yet be using the division symbol, here is a useful video to show you and your child the difference between these two. 

Challenges: Can you attempt some sharing challenges at home this week? 

If you would like to do a little bit extra for Show & Tell- could you research an winter/ Arctic animal to share with the class?

Reminders: 

• Parent consultations (28th and 30th November) are virtual, please sign up when the link is provided by the office.
• INSET Day- Dec 1st (children not in school)
• Christmas Fair -25th November 12- 3 pm
• Kites Singing – 14th December 2:30pm
• Christmas Carols (performed by KS2)- 19th December at 6pm
• End of Term- December 20th at 1:15pm

Have a great weekend, 

The Kites team