Welcome!

Welcome to our very own blogging page!
Parents and kindergarten children can log on here and find out everything they need to know about what has been happening in class each week.
We will also add information here about any upcoming events.
You will also find links to some fun games which will support what each child is doing in their class.

So here we go:

Jolly Phonics

Our new sounds for this week are: D and G

By the end of this week your child:

MUST: Consolidate all sounds learnt so far (s,a,t,p,i,n,c,k,h,e,r,m,d,g)
SHOULD: Begin listening for and writing simple 3 letter words using the sounds they already know (cat, pin, sat, him, pig, leg)
COULD: Discuss words that end in 'ck and begin writing these words (duck, kick, sack, pick) *** When the "C" sound is at the end of a word it nearly always has both c and k.

Here are some links to some great phonics games:

1. Beginning sound "memory match" game
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-initial-sound-game-1.html

2. Letter Pop - Choose the group of phonemes (sounds) you want the child to practise. The sound is spoken clearly and the child has to pop the bubble containing the matching sound.
http://www.ictgames.com/phonemeFlop_v4.html

3. Wild West Phonics - Choose from three levels - Medium, Hard or Really Hard. Listen to the word and choose the correct sound to fill the gap. This game may be a little bit hard for some, but great if you want a challenge.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/phonics/fs.shtml

4. Many more games can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/phonics/fs.shtml   
and here:
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f

Sight Words

Our new sight words for this week are: can, see, and, in

If you may have misplaced some, here is a list of all the words we have learnt so far:
a               boy          girl          went          to
mum        is             little        he               she
big            here       comes     dad            awake
asleep     up           are

By the end of this week, your child:

MUST: Revise and practice all the sight words learnt so far
SHOULD: Make simple sentences using these words (mum is awake) and read them to someone
COULD: make simple sentences using these words, write them on paper and illustrate them. Your teacher would love to see this!

How are you doing with the high frequency words? Remember not long until we finish for the term and the children need to really have them under their belts to give them the best head start for independent reading. Keep on going! You could buy some foam letters from the supermarket to practise spelling them in the bath. Your child may be more interested in them then and you get to save time.

 Here is a link to games that use most of the sight words we know:

1. Many games on this site (only choose basic ones like the octopus listen and match game
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html


Information for parents

Remember if you have any questions....please ask.
You may even blog us on here.....but sometimes it may be quicker to just ask us in person!
Have a wonderful week!

Mrs White, Miss P, Miss Fitzgibbon and Mrs Carter