Week 7

In our History unit we are looking at the distinction between past, present and future.  The children are encouraged to bring a photo of them in the past.

Can you recognise these babies?

This week your child has a double sided sheet about the history of your family, in particular their school days.  It would be great if you could do this with your child.  They do not need to do the writing but it would be great if they know about the answers.  If you have any relics from your school days or your parents' school days then please consider sending them in to share.  If they are too precious you may prefer to send a photograph.  Maybe you have an old port, readers, books, ink well...

The children are really progressing with their writing.  They are all willing to give it a go.  Some are using environmental print to spell words.  This means they are looking around the room for the words they need and copying them.  All are attempting to sound them out.  Our main focuses are 

giving it a go 

 using a capital letter to begin a sentence 

using a full stop at the end of a sentence

writing more than one sentence

leaving a finger space between words

writing an opinion at the end e.g. I had an exciting weekend.

Here are some examples from today.