What a busy week we have had in Crew Godley!
The children have been working hard developing their understanding of what ‘Gold and Green Standard’ looks like in our classroom – how we Work Hard, Get Smart and Be Kind. We have introduced a visual aid to help children, they have been trying ever so hard to ensure they are on Gold Standard most of the time. We will be working hard next week to make sure ALL crew members are demonstrating this standard by making sure we are using our listening ears when it’s time to follow simple instructions.
The crew have been working so hard this week on their phonics and have made me so proud! We are making fantastic progress and will be sending home some resources to help you support your child with their phonics. This week, everyone has had a go and have joined in with our lessons which is brilliant to see!
Today we continued to practise blending sounds together. We introduced a new activity using magnetic letters, we listened carefully to instructions and were able to use our segmenting and blending skills to make our very own words.
SJ’s amazing blending IMG_7092
During the next couple of weeks the children will bring home a phonics keyring. This keying will contain the sounds we have covered in class. Please practise the sounds regularly at home to ensure children can recall the sounds confidently. Keyrings will need to be returned daily to enable us to add new sounds. Some of the children will be feeling confident with these sounds already and we ask that these children practise making words using the sounds e.g. Can you make the word as, it, sat, nap. You can also make a word and ask your child to blend the sounds together to read the word you have made.
When learning the sounds with your child it is really important to ensure they pronounce the sounds correctly. This video will show you how each sound should be pronounced. It is really important that children learn to pronounce the sounds correctly as it will make it easier for them to read words.
Work Hard: This Howl today goes to, Summer, Reggie and Dominic.
Summer did an amazing job in phonics this week and created some beautiful work. She tried ever so hard with her handwriting and used the magnetic letters confidently to spell CVC words.
Reggie has tried ever so hard to be a good role model within our crew and today was Dputy Crew Leader. A role he took very seriously helping Crew Leaders ensure all children were displaying ‘Gold Standard’ learning behaviours.
Dominic has been working hard to ensure that he is producing beautiful work. He has been trying hard to write his name and create some beautiful art work for our expedition work. Keep up the great work Dom!
Enjoy the weekend everyone! We would also like to wish Kyla a very happy 5th birthday tomorrow, we hope you have lots of fun and can’t wait to hear all about it on Monday 🎈🍰
Mrs Godley