P1C

Literacy 

P1C have been continuing to learn special friend sounds. This week we learned: ‘ch’, ‘sh’ and ‘th’. We counted sounds, built words and wrote sentences. For example, we were able to tell Miss Hoffman that the word ‘shop’ has 3 sounds but 4 letters: sh – o – p.

Numeracy

This week we wanted to share our knowledge of finger patters. We use finger patterns to help us add. E.g. “Show me 8” – “Can you tell me 2 numbers that make 8?” – We could see that from having 5 on one hand and 3 on the other that 5 + 3 made 8.

From out knowledge of ‘doubles’ we could also show 8 as being 4 and 4. We challenged ourselves even further by using our doubles to answer 5 + 4! “4 + 4 = 8 and if you add 1 more that makes 9!”

“Can you tell me 2 numbers that make 8?”

Health and Well-being 

• We have been learning how to recognise our emotions through our Cool In School resource. We are learning that how we think influences how we  feel and how we act.
• Our stamina is improving week by week through taking part in The Daily Mile.
• We have been exploring balance and different ways of travelling in P.E

Other

• We have been exploring how things work with Miss Gallagher (STEAM teacher) and learning a bit about electricity. We know that electricity makes our televisions’ work!
• In line with our People Who Help Us topic we were role playing doctors and paramedics. We also enjoyed using junk to create fire engines.

Lastly, many thanks for your kind donations for Children In Need. We had lots of fun dressing ‘oddly’ for the day!