Engineers and photographers!
Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 7:02am
Welcome back Penguins!
It is lovely to have everyone back with lots of stories to share and of course our ‘All about me’ books to talk about. We have had a lovely first week back.
The penguins would love to tell you about their Jack and the Beanstalk PE, the firework pictures they have made using their own paint ‘swisslers’, the parcel that was delivered to our class, the baby hedgehog on our playground and our work on the gingerbread man! Yesterday the penguins spent the day as engineers. They had to plan and build escape routes for the gingerbread man! Bridges and boats were made, tested, rebuilt, made stronger, then longer and when they finally thought they had the great escape they got to test our class gingerbread man on it. He did get quite soggy!
The penguins have been helping to take a picture of their number work this week using the iPad. They had a lot of fun and enjoyed the task. However 751 pictures has taken Mrs. Thomson a long time to work through!
The children have enjoyed their new sounds this week. They have learnt the name of our new two letter sounds - digraph (two letters that make only one sound). New sounds have been put in your book bag for you to add to your sound wallet.
Homework this week is letter formation. All of the letters on the sheet start with the curly c. Once the children have mastered this letter the rest will seem a little less tricky. I always remind the children that my pencil shoots up like a rocket to start each curly c.
Thank you for your support over the holidays with reading. Please continue to read each night to help embed the new sounds that are taught each week. A big thank you from Mrs. Morrison for signing your record books or adding a comment to let us know your child has read at home. This is a great help.
Pip Penguin will be coming home each weekend with a child who has made a wonderful effort in their reading. He will be bringing a book to share with you over the weekend and a hot chocilate treat for your penguin to enjoy.
