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Thursday, 26 January 2012


In Maths we will be learning to DOUBLE numbers.
When you double you add the same number together~ 1+1=2
Here is a song to help.

http://www.singup.org/songbank/song-bank/song-detail/view/148-mister-double-trouble/



Next Week

Well done children  youhaved worked extremely hard this week. We have been learning about words with sounds called split digraphs.
All these words have the same sound but are written in different ways.
Which word has a split digraph?

Can you make your own  list of a-e words?

Thursday, 19 January 2012

In RE we will be learning about another parable told by Jesus~The Prodigal Son.

What did the son say to his father?
What did the father say?

In Literacy we will be reading and writing using The Snail and the Whale book by Julia Donaldson.
The story has words ending in ay, some words with ai in the middle and some with the long vowel
sound a-e.

In Topic we will be finding out about toys.
We are finding out about toys your grandparents may have had and the materials toys are made from.

Next Week

In Maths we will be finding 1 more and 10 more, 1 less and 10 less.

http://www.ictgames.com/octopus.html
http://www.ictgames.com/100huntplus10.html

We will also be looking at patterns and completing our own repeating patterns.

Sunday, 15 January 2012

Well done to Year 6 for a beautiful enrolment Mass. We will be thinking about all the children in Year 6 and Year 3 during their sacramental preparation for Holy Communion and Confirmation.

Saturday, 14 January 2012

Our story next week is the Enormous Turnip.
How many different words can you think of that mean enormous?

Thursday, 12 January 2012





In RE we are learning about the parables and miracles of Jesus.
We will be learning about the boy who shared his lunch of bread and fish.


Next Week

Have you been learning the time?
Have a go at the game below.
http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Pantomime

On Monday we welcome Bitesize Theatre company to share the story of Snow White.
Don't forget to bring £2.00.


In our reading and writing next week we will be looking at the ending sounds of words.
We will be looking at words that end in     nt  st  nk   nd   sk
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/DragonsDen.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/SentSubPhase4.html

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

In RE we will finding out about the miracles and parables of Jesus.
Our first story is The Good Samaritan.
What is Jesus telling us in this story?

Fairy Tales

This half term we will be reading and writing using Fairy tales.
Next week is The Gingerbread Man.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/misc/stories/misc-thegingerbreadman/

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

A New Year.....

This term we will be learning to tell the time using a clock.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm Have a go with this game.

Monday, 2 January 2012

Happy New Year



Happy new year and best wishes for 2012.
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.
We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
We will be learning about The Epiphany.
Who came to visit Jesus? What did these special visitors bring?