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 🙂

Good afternoon Elm!

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

They are:-

• why,
• dry,
• spy,
• my,
• mummy,
• daddy,
• funny,
• gym,
• myth,
• crystal

These spellings will be tested on Friday 11th June.

They are called ‘Alternative pronunciations of the ‘y’ 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 the past two weeks, we have been focusing on finding a quarter in maths. For homework, we would like the children to implement what they have learnt with two activities!

•  Is it a quarter?
• Finding a quarter (more challenging)

This homework is to be handed in on Tuesday 8th 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

Have a wonderful half-term break!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

Good afternoon Elm!

This week, in our Phonics sessions, we have been learning that the letter ‘a’ makes an ‘o’ phoneme when it follows a ‘w’ or a ‘qu’.  Your spellings all reflect this and are words that we have practised in school and will continue to practise too.

They are:-

• wasp,
• watch,
• squad,
• wash,
• what,
• want,
• squash,
• full,
• house,
• our

These spellings will be tested on Friday 28th May.

They are called ‘Words where ‘a’ says ‘o” 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.

You should have received your password for this site but if you have not, please email me for the login details on caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk.

Have fun practising!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

As part of our ‘Cooking up a Storm’ week in school, we would like the children to design a healthy lunchbox as part of their homework.

We have spoken about healthy and unhealthy foods in school as part of our D&T and RSHE topics last term so the children should be experts in this!

I have attached a sheet you may wish to use but you can be as creative as you like with this task!

• Homework – Design a Healthy Lunchbox

This homework is to be handed in on Monday 24th May 2021.

If you would like one 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

Have fun designing!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂

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Good afternoon Elm!

This week, in our Phonics sessions, we have been learning the alternative pronunciations of the digraphs ‘er’ and ‘ch’.  Your spellings all reflect this and are words that we have practised in school and will continue to practise too.

They are:-

• hotter,
• bigger,
• letter,
• water,
• chord,
• ache,
• chemist,
• chef,
• chalet,
• machine

These spellings will be tested on Friday 21st May.

They are called ‘Alternative ‘er’ and ‘ch’ 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 goes on Spelling Shed will receive a Dojo.

You should have received your password for this site but if you have not, please email me for the login details on caroline.bagshaw@taw.org.uk.

Have fun practising!

Mrs Bagshaw 🙂