As it is Outdoor Learning Week in school, we have decided to theme our homework around this too!

Mr Jackson and Mrs Lees have come up with a fantastic competition where the children are being asked to design and create a map of our school’s new Outdoor Learning Area. We want to know what the children would like to be included in the new outdoor area and thought it would be brilliant if the children could draw a plan to show their amazing ideas.

Here is the poster that has been created to give you a little more information about the competition:

• HW – GEOGRAPHY PROJECT- Outdoor Learning Area

The children’s entries can also be used as evidence to achieve the John Muir award and also give Mr Jackson some inspiration when it comes to creating the area ready for September!

This homework is to be handed in on Monday 5th July 2021.

If you have any issues, please do not hesitate to contact me via email – caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk

Happy designing!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

Good afternoon Elm!

This week, in our Phonics sessions, we have been learning that the phoneme ‘ch’ can be spelt ‘tch’ or ‘t’ and that the phoneme ‘j’ can be spelt ‘dge’.  Your spellings all reflect this and are words that we have practised in school and will continue to practise too.

They are:-

• catch,
• fetch,
• pitch,
• kitchen,
• picture,
• future,
• nature,
• hedge,
• fudge,
• ledge

These spellings will be tested on Friday 2nd July.

They are called ”tch, ‘t’ and ‘dge’ words’ on Spelling Shed.

I shall also be looking at the leader board on Friday morning and rewarding the top 3 on it with Dojo points.  Everyone who practises their spellings will receive a Dojo.

If you would like to know how your child does on their weekly spelling test, please email me on caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk.

Have fun practising!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

During our Maths sessions last week, we focused on positional language (e.g., up, down, forwards, backwards, left, right). The children really enjoyed the lessons however, we noticed that most of them found it tricky as they did not know their left or right.

For homework this week, we would like the children to learn their left and right and complete the sheets below.

• Homework – Left and Right Activity
• Homework – Left and Right Activity 2

This homework is to be handed in on Monday 28th June 2021.

If you would like any of the sheets printed, please send me an email and I can pop this into your child’s bag.

If you have any issues, please do not hesitate to contact me via email – caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk

Enjoy!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

Good afternoon Elm!

This week, in our Phonics sessions, we have been learning that the letter ‘e’ can make the ‘ee’ phoneme, and that the digraph ‘ey’ can make an ai’ phoneme.  Your spellings all reflect this and are words that we have practised in school and will continue to practise too.

They are:-

• he,
• she,
• me,
• we,
• recent,
• they,
• grey,
• obey,
• prey,
• survey

These spellings will be tested on Friday 25th June.

They are called ‘Alternative ‘e’ and ‘ey’ words’ on Spelling Shed.

I shall also be looking at the leader board on Friday morning and rewarding the top 3 on it with Dojo points.  Everyone who practises their spellings will receive a Dojo.

If you would like to know how your child does on their weekly spelling test, please email me on caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk.

Have fun practising!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

For our English lessons this week, we have been focusing on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. All of the children should know the story quite well and shouldn’t find the activity difficult. However, I have attached the story just in case some children need a quick recap!

• Jack and the Beanstalk Story

For this weeks homework, we would like the children to complete the sequencing activity based on the traditional story.

• HW – Jack and the Beanstalk Sequencing Activity

This homework is to be handed in on Monday 21st June 2021.

If you would like any of the sheets printed, please send me an email and I can pop this into your child’s bag.

If you have any issues, please do not hesitate to contact me via email – caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk

Happy sequencing!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

Good afternoon Elm!

This week, in our Phonics sessions, we have been learning that the digraph ‘ou’ can make and ‘oo’ phoneme, and ‘oa’ phoneme or an ‘u’ phoneme.  Your spellings all reflect this and are words that we have practised in school and will continue to practise too.

They are:-

• you
• group
• soup
• troupe
• mould
• shoulder
• boulder
• could
• would
• should

These spellings will be tested on Friday 18th June.

They are called ‘Alternative pronunciations of the ‘ou’ grapheme’ on Spelling Shed.

I shall also be looking at the leader board on Friday morning and rewarding the top 3 on it with Dojo points.  Everyone who practises their spellings will receive a Dojo.

If you would like to know how your child does on their weekly spelling test, please email me on caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk.

Have fun practising!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

For our maths lessons this week, we have been recapping some topics that we weren’t as strong on when completing our assessments before the end of term. Two of these topics included weight as well as length and height.

For homework this week, we would like the children to complete the two sheets – one on length and height and one on weight.

• HW Sheet – Measuring Length and Height
• HW Sheet – Weight Activity

This homework is to be handed in on Monday 14th June 2021.

If you would like any of the sheets printed, please send me an email and I can pop this into your child’s bag.

If you have any issues, please do not hesitate to contact me via email – caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk 

Enjoy!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

Here is the handwriting blog post that I mentioned during some of the parents evening consultations that I had before half term!

As a year one cohort, we have noticed that most of the children do not write in the precursive style that we require in school. One of the reasons we use this is to help with letter formation and to help those children that mirror their letters or have difficulties with writing them back to front.

I have included some examples of what is expected in school as well as some worksheets for you to complete as and when you wish.

• t2-e-2610b-year-5-and-6-cursive-handwriting-cards—-precursive_ver_2
• t-l-5088m-letter-formation-activity-sheet-a-z-precursive_ver_2
• T-L-5931-Cursive-Alphabet-Letter-Formation-Poster-Upper-and-Lower-Case_ver_4
• t-l-9881-pencil-control-full-alphabet-activity-sheet-

A BIG thank you for all your continued support and co-operation at home. Your efforts certainly don’t go unnoticed!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂