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SUMMER BREAK!

6/6/2019

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Early Years have had an AMAZING year! It has been an incredible learning  journey. We have shared many wonderful memories together. Well done to all our amazing learners in all year groups, you have been absolutely brilliant in all the curriculum learning areas. You have worked really hard and made fantastic progress! It has been a pleasure to see you grow in confidence and you have become great, independent learners.  All the children in EYS have been incredibly adaptable and showed super cooperation skills. You have shown resilience and you never give up with new learning. All the Learning Facilitators are so proud of who you have become.   Keep it up, you are all stars!



Happy summer holidays and best wishes from  
​Ms. Anjali, Ms. Helen, Ms. Vijaya, and the lovely EYS LSA team.
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Good Luck to all the EYS learners who are leaving iCAN and moving on with their next adventures! We will miss you!

​Don’t give up and keep going; remember IT’S OKAY TO MAKE MISTAKES! WE ALWAYS LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES!
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We would like to say a huge thank you to Ms.Vijaya for sharing her wisdom and knowledge and contributing massively to Early Years throughout her journey in ICAN. 

Sadly she is leaving the iCAN community  this year and moving to  India; she will then later be joining her family in the USA!

​We wish you happiness, good health and all the best in all your new adventures! 
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Learning through play!

29/5/2019

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A huge thank you to all the families that joined us for our Family Event last Saturday. We had a wonderful time! 
iCAN PLAY/NURSERY
Learning Journey
​This week we have been revising all the animals that we have been learning throughout the learning block. We explored Tuff spot tray activities such as: Arctic and Antarctic animals in the snow, African animals in the soil, leaves and branches. We also drew our favourite animals from around the world. 

For our Exit Point, we enjoyed playing with small world animal toys. We loved sharing our knowledge and understanding through information books and pictures. We also explored a large world map to find out the continents and which animal lives in which continent.  
Maths
This week in maths we have been revising our counting skills and number recognition. We have also been practising to form recognisable numbers. We enjoyed counting number games using the interactive whiteboard. We had fun revising 2D shapes through playing cooperative structure games such as Showdown and Mix-pair-share.  
​Literacy
This week we have been revising all the Phase One seven aspects. We practised learning environmental sounds, instrumental sounds, body percussion, rhythm and rhyme, alliteration, voice sounds and oral blending and segmenting
RECEPTION
Learning Journey
Who's that trip trapping over my bridge? Our fairy tale this week was the Three Billy Goats Gruff. The learners enjoyed our small world play where they built a bridge for the goats and pretended to be the big, mean troll underneath. The learners also thought about different ways for the goats to get across the river, such as: jumping, building their own bridge, putting down large stones and making a boat.

This week RH have been getting ready to say goodbye to some special people by making cards for learners and Learning Facilitators who are leaving iCAN this year.

​As part of their transition into Year 1, all the learners worked in their table teams to make a bridge for the goats. Together they planned and designed their bridge, chose the materials and constructed it together.
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Maths
Our story this week led us onto positional language: where an object is. We looked at where the bear was in relation to the cup e.g. inside the cup, on the cup, beside the cup, in between the cup and the ball. We linked this back to our story by looking at where the goats go (they go over the bridge and stand on the bridge) and where the troll is in the story (he is under the bridge). 
Phonics
All groups revised their letter sounds and tricky words this week. They did so using a variety of games, songs and written activities.

Please note that reading bags will stay in school from next Monday. Reading will still take place next week.
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I have been working very resiliently with my numbers and counting 1-20 confidently! Great, keep it up!
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I have been showing such resilience in my reading and blending. Great, Keep it up!
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I have been working very resiliently with my phonics and reading. I am able to blend and segment the words in red band books. Fantastic, keep it up!
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Learning Through Play!

20/5/2019

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ICP/NURSERY
Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about Australian animals. We used non-fiction books and video clips to extend our knowledge of animals in Australia, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, emu and wombat.  We had fun observing and exploring animals around the world in our Tuff Spot tray, using a magnifying glass and books. In arts and crafts, we enjoyed making koala bear masks and 3D kangaroos with cardboard tubes. We also painted and drew pictures of Australian animals. We extended our knowledge of animals by sorting animals from around the world, on a large world map, using different continents. 
Maths
This week we have been practising our counting skills and adding one digit numbers from 1-5, using number rhymes and songs. 

We have also been looking at shapes in the environment.

Crickweb : Fish Tank

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
Literacy
In phonics, we continued practising our letters and sounds in groups. We have been working hard on our initial sounds and blending three letter words through various games and activities. We have also been practising our rhyming words through various games and on the IWB games. 

CAKE BAKE/Super Smoothie

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase1Menu.htm
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RECEPTION
Learning Journey
We are having lots of fun with our Traditional Tales topic and this week we have been learning all about the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We have been very busy re-telling the story and discussing it. We have also been learning how to story sequence in the correct order and have been making Jack and the Beanstalk character masks. We have been designing and making A HUGE GIANT. We also were sorting out different beans according to their sizes on the Tuff Spot.
​Literacy
In phonics - Ms. Niumai’s group have been recapping phase 2 phonics and have been learning letter sounds.
 
Ms. Helen’s group is looking at the ow and ou digraph.
 
Ms. Vijaya’s group are learning /oo/ and /ar/ and the tricky words LOOK and DOWN.

We extended our phonic skills by writing descriptive sentences, and speech bubbles about: Jack, the giant, his mum and the bean seller. 
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Maths
In Maths this week, we have been recapping positional language within the story and also time using Bee-bots. We have also been using objects and flashcards to help us learn the positional language as well as using PowerPoint and games.
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I have been so adaptable and sharing my blocks with my friends. Fantastic, keep it up!
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I have been working very resiliently in writing the speech bubbles on the characters of Jack and the beanstalk. Fantastic, keep it up!
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I have been resilient when reading and using the thumb trick for letters b and d. Fantastic, keep it up!
Early years have been super busy making decorations for our Family Event on Saturday. We  enjoyed making huge 2 giant clowns and circus party fans.

Looking forward to a lovely fun filled morning! 

Hope to see you all! 
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Learning through Play!

16/5/2019

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Mental Health Week
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​This week all iCAN learners engaged in a positive body image awareness week. There were a number of afternoon activities like: I love my body graffiti wall, self appreciation sticks and love stones.

In Early Years  we looked at different body types, skin colour and abilities; we tried to remember that our bodies might look different on the outside but they all look the same on the inside. Each learner made an 'I am special' book and gave themselves a compliment, such as: I love my hair because it's shiny. We also started each day with a positive body affirmation such as: I am special, My body is right for me and I am healthy and strong.
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iCANPLAY/Nursery
Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about Europe: United Kingdom's animals. We used non-fiction books and video clips to extend our knowledge of animals in Europe such as the hedgehog, badger, puffin and red squirrel. We had fun observing and exploring animals around the world in our Tuff Spot tray, using a magnifying glass and books. In arts and crafts we enjoyed making hedgehog, badger masks, a squirrel collage, and colouring and painting animals from around the world.
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Literacy
This week in phonics, we continued recapping Phase 1, Aspects 1-7. We also continued practising body sounds, letters and sounds in groups. We have been working hard on our initial sounds and blending three letter words through various games and activities. We enjoyed mark- making with salt and glitter to practise writing our names.
Maths
In maths we continued to develop our counting skills and number recognition through cooperative learning structure games such as: show down, corners and line up. We are also learning to sequence numbers; we made ladybirds and caterpillars by sequencing numbers.
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RECEPTION
Learning Journey
The traditional tale for this week was Little Red Riding Hood. The learners enjoyed making food for grandma, fighting off the big bad wolf and writing Get Well Soon cards to Grandma. In the art area this week, they weaved baskets and used different junk materials to build new and stronger baskets for Little Red Riding Hood.  
Maths
All learners started off the week by recapping on halving numbers. They are all becoming so confident! Thanks to the game What's the time Mr Wolf we started to introduce time. The learners explored the clock and learnt the different parts, such as: face and hands. Next week we will continue to learn about time and setting the clock to
​O 'clock hours. 
Literacy
In phonics this week...
Ms. Vijaya's group covered the trigraph sound ure and used it to segment words. They also practised writing sentences using tricky words and stretching these sentences to make them longer. 

Ms. Helen's group  looked at the sounds oa and igh. They recognised these sounds in both reading and writing words. They also covered the tricky words you and they. 

Ms. Niumai's group have been recapping all their tricky words and writing sentences using these words. They have also been blending, segmenting and reading sentences with more confidence. 
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I have been a respectful learner by being polite and kind to my friends. Great, keep it up!
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I have been a risk taker when learning to half numbers! Excellent, keep it up!
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I have been working very resiliently with my phonics and reading sentences. Fantastic, keep it up!
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Learning Through Play!

9/5/2019

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ICP/NURSERY
Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about Arctic and Antarctic animals. We used non-fiction books and video clips to extend our knowledge of animals. We had fun observing and exploring animals from around the world, with a magnifying glass, in our Tuff-spot tray. We also enjoyed making penguins and  polar bears. 
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Literacy
This week in phonics, we have been recapping Phase 1, Aspects 1-7. We continued practising body sounds and and our letters and sounds in groups. We have been working hard on our initial sounds and blending three letter words through various games and activities.
Maths
In maths we are continuing  to develop our counting skills and number recognition. We used pegs, objects and pom poms to practise our skills. We have also been learning to recognise 2D shapes  through cooperative structure games.
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RECEPTION
Learning Journey
This week we have been looking at the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have been busy sorting sizes of bowls, chairs and beds from the Three Bears' cottage and we enjoyed making porridge!

It was fun  reading two other books relating to Goldilocks with a different version
. Goldilocks and just one bear by Leigh Hodgkinson and A Chair for Baby Bear by Kaye Umansky.
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MATHS
In maths this week we have been trying our best with halving. We have halved: different objects, as well as halving our class. We really enjoyed having Frooby the Dragon's help with halving too.
LITERACY
In phonics - Ms. Vijaya's group have been recapping Phase 2 phonics and have been learning the digraphs ng and ai.
 
Ms. Niumai ’s group are looking at Phase 2 letter sounds, and trying to read Phase 2  captions.
 
Ms. Helen’s group are looking at the trigraphs ear and air.

In literacy have been  busy writing a sorry letter to the Bear and making Wanted posters for Goldilocks. We discussed and drew our exciting holiday news in our writing journal.
We had an ice cream party, with extra play time, as we had filled our two jars (resilient and risk takers.)
We will  continue to work on our personal goal: THINKERS this learning block. 

​We have discussed the meaning of being a risk taker and have taken part in activities that allow us to take risks!
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I have been challenging myself in my maths this week and I worked hard on halving numbers. Great keep it up!
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I have been working resiliently in writing speech bubbles for the wolf and the three little pigs. Excellent, keep it up!
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I have been working resiliently in my phonics! Fantastic, keep it up!
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Learning Through Play!

1/5/2019

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Child Led Conferences 
Thank you so much for coming and for getting involved in your child’s learning.
 The children absolutely loved sharing their learning with you all.
All the learners did a great job at explaining and exploring their activities and we hope that you enjoyed it too! 
Reception Assembly 
On Thursday, the Reception learners were such risk takers in their first ever assembly! They showed off their brilliant communication skills and were fantastically cooperative when sharing their learning all about dinosaurs.  Ms Vijaya and Ms Helen are so proud of every one of them. The practise definitely paid off, as they all did a wonderful job in presenting their learning. We hope you all enjoyed watching your own little star on stage.
iCANPLAY/Nursery
Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about Asian and African animals. We used non-fiction books and video clips to extend our knowledge of animals. We had fun observing and exploring animals from the continents of Asia and Africa. We enjoyed making paper plate  jungle animals. 
Literacy
In phonics we continued practising our letters and sounds in groups. We have been working hard on our initial sounds and blending three letter words through various games and activities. We have also been busy practising to write our name on sand, shaving foam and glitter.

In phonics, the younger learners have been recapping Phase 1, aspect 1-3. We focused on learning body sounds.
Maths
This week we continued using our super powers to add and take away; we have been learning these through songs, rhymes and games. We also continued counting and  matching the correct quantity to its number. The learners have had fun using marbles, feathers and teddies to help them with the counting activity.
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Reception
Learning Journey

Run, run as fast as you can you cant catch me I am the gingerbread man! Our traditional tale for this week was The Gingerbread Man. The learners enjoyed using spiced play dough to design and make their own ginger people and spices to practise their writing. As a yummy treat, after our assembly, the learners made, decorated and (of course) ate their own gingerbread men.

​This week, both classes also started working in their team tables as part of their transition to Year 1. The learners  will be working in these teams for some activities over the next few weeks. Each learner has their own colour and special job during these activities and they are showing great cooperation and adaptability.
Maths
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Reception classes have been continuing to cover doubling this week, along with addition and subtraction. Following on from doubling, will be halving which they will begin next week. Whilst making our gingerbread men, the learners used this hands-on experience to explore weight and measurement.

​Literacy

Ms. Niumai covered the ur ( as in burnt) and the ow ( as in town). They used these sounds to segment words, and then read some real and nonsense words. These learners also used the words up and big to write independent sentences.

Ms. Helen continued to learn the digraph sounds  ee and ch this week.

Ms. Vijaya have also begun learning the digraph sounds sh and th. The learners are now practising to read and match words with these sounds in them.​
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Reception learners are all stars this week for their fantastic communication skills and for working cooperatively to give a lovely performance in their assembly!
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I have been a fantastic risk taker trying out new things and exploring the big school. Great, keep it up!
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Learning through play!

25/4/2019

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Welcome back to LB6!
INTERNATIONAL DAY
On the 12th April  we celebrated our International Day!  We enjoyed learning all about different traditional  games from around the world.  The learners also had an opportunity to try amazing food in our international food court.
iCP/Nursery 
Learning Journey
This week we  had our Entry Point to introduce our new topic for this learning block Animals around the World. We had fun observing and exploring animals from different continents. We had fun decorating an animal from each continent.  We have also been exploring different Tuff Spot trays with animals from around the world. 
Maths
This week we have been using our super powers to add and take away through songs, rhymes and games. The learners have been comparing how much different containers can hold, and using language related to capacity. We have also been using mathematical opposites such as: big or small, tall, short or long, and wide or narrow, through pictures and games on the interactive whiteboard.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
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Literacy
In phonics we continued practising our letters and sounds in groups. We have been working hard on our initial sounds and blending three letter words through various games and activities. We have also been busy practising to write our name on sand, shaving foam and glitter.
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Reception
Learning Journey
This week we had our Entry Point to introduce our new topic of Traditional Tales. We were so lucky to have two very special visitors: Goldilocks who came to tell us all about the Three Bears and gave us some yummy porridge to eat, and Little Red Riding Hood who told us all about the Big Bad Wolf. She gave us some delicious cookies to eat. We asked them lots of questions and enjoyed spending time with them. Guess who they were?  
We have been looking at the story of The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad wolf this week. We also read a different version of this traditional tale The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.  We have been very busy forming teams getting ready for Year One. We designed and worked as a team when building our houses. There was a house made of straw, a house made of wood and a house made of bricks for the pigs.

​Which house do you think is the strongest? 

We have also been learning to write sentences. We wrote down what we thought the Big Bad Wolf would say and what the Pigs would say.
Literacy
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In phonics - Ms. Helen’s group   has been recapping phase 3 phonics and tricky words.
 
Ms. Nuimai’s group is recapping all phase 2 sounds and tricky words done so far.
 
Ms. Vijaya’s group is recapping all phase 2 sounds and are learning /sh/ and /ch/ and tricky words done so far.
Maths
This week in maths we have been practising our number bond songs and getting props ready for our assembly.
RECEPTION ASSEMBLY IS ON THE  2ND MAY THURSDAY  
 AT 7.45AM IN THE HALL. 


We have been practising really hard for our  assembly and would love to share our learning with Reception families.  

We hope to see you all there!
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I have been a good thinker in phonics by trying to find rhyming words. Excellent, keep it up!
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I have been working resiliently with phonics and doing a superb job with my reading! Fantastic, keep it up!
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I have been working cooperatively on building projects in the classroom. great, keep it up!
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Learning through play!

10/4/2019

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iCANPLAY/Nursery
Learning Journey
Exit point
What a fantastic way to end our unit on Transport. We had fun exploring rides on  Cambodian public transport.  We were resilient and fantastic risk takers riding on a cyclo, tuk tuk and modern tuk tuk. 


​What a learning block it has been! iCAN PLAY and NURSERY have been amazing learners: exploring, discovering and gaining new knowledge and practising their skills to understand the topic we have been learning throughout this learning block. They showed great resilience and thinking skills to answer the questions throughout their learning journey. The learners were also excellent enquirers asking questions of why things happen and how things work and showing care and concern for living things.
Literacy
This week we have been practising our skills on segmenting and blending three letter words using games on letters and sounds programme. We enjoyed  feeding Metal Mike with picture cards. We were also practising to sound out initial sounds in words playing various games using our sandpit area. 

We continued practising writing our names on sand and glitter. We made marks with wheels on paint and glitter. 

Maths
This week in maths we have been learning to form numbers​ tracing using Montessori material  sand paper numbers. We have also been continuing to  count from 0 to 10 , 11 to 20 and beyond, using counters and cooperative learning structure games. 

We have also been making transport with  some common 2D shapes. We made a train, boat,rocket and a bus. 
Reception
Learning Journey
Exit point

To end an exciting and action packed Dinosaur topic the reception learners took on the role of paleontologist and went on a dig to iCAN play. They used spades and rakes to look through the sand to find different sized dinosaur bones. It was hard working finding all those bones but by working as a team and showing great perseverance all the bones where found. Next came the tricky part- putting the bones together to make a full dinosaur skeleton. There was lots of discussion about which bones went where, whether this dinosaur was a herbivore or carnivore and whether dinosaurs had neck bones or not. Finally after moving the bones many times the learners made the full T-Rex skeleton. It was hard work being a paleontologist but with cooperation and adaptability the students completed their task.
To end our dinosaur unit the learners looked at what dinosaurs liked to eat- plants or meat. We looked at different dinosaur teeth and tried to decide if it was a herbivore or a carnivore. Sharp teeth were needed to eat meat but short flat teeth were needed to munch on plants. The learners enjoyed working at, and visiting the dino cafe where they ordered for a herbivore or carnivore dinosaur. What a great unit of learning and we hope your little learner will be able to share all their new dinosaur knowledge with you at home. ​
Literacy
Ms. Niumai's group  have been revising all their high frequency words this week and recapping on the double digraphs 'or' and 'ar'. 

Ms. Helen's and Ms. Vijaya's group  combined this week and recapped all their single letter sounds. After some confusion over v and w they revisited those sounds and segmented some words using either v or w. 

Please note that blue reading bags will stay in school over the holidays. ​
Maths
Doubles, doubles I can add doubles - has been a popular songs in reception this week as we continue to work on our doubling numbers skills. After reading the story - How big were the dinosaurs? the reception learners went to the rooftop court and measured out how long a diplodocus , a stegosaurus and a triceratops was. They discovered that a diplodocus was the longest at 26 meters and a triceratops was the shortest at 9 meters. 
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I have been showing great cooperation and perseverance in many area's of my learning. We will miss you.
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I have been principled and coming up with creative solutions to solve problems in class. Fantastic ,keep it up!
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I have been a great risk taker ridding on the tuk tuk and cyclo. Excellent, keep it up!




​We would like to take this opportunity to say farewell to Zhe Yu and his family who are moving to Norway shortly. All the learners and staff in early years will miss him very much and wish him all the best for his new exciting snow filled life in Norway. Please keep in touch with the school. 
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Learning through play!

4/4/2019

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iCP/Nursery
Learning Journey
​​This week we have continued to explore Transport. We have been using our knowledge and skills to learn more about land transport. We looked at non fiction books and video clips on land transport. We had fun making  paper plate cars and trains. We liked making wheel marks with paint using big and small vehicles. 
Literacy
This week in phonics we have been learning to tune into sounds using various games and resources such as ‘Metal Mike’ and flash cards. We have also been working hard on listening to different instruments being played.

We have been practising hard on segmenting three letter words and listening to the initial sounds in words.
Maths
This week in maths we have been practising ordering numbers 0-9. We are also learning to add 2 digit numbers through number rhymes and songs. We have also been recognising and matching numbers to quantities through structured cooperative games.
Reception
Learning Journey
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This week we have been learning all about the Velociraptors. We looked at non-fiction books and used the internet to find out lots of information about the Velociraptors. We then used this information to write a fact file on it. We worked cooperatively to make a large volcano using clay and papermachie. The children loved sharing their learning from this learning block and a fantastic way to end our Dinosaur topic, exploding the volcano eruption. For Expressive Art and Design, we stuck coloured templates of the feet and necks to a balloon to create 3D shaped dinosaurs. We have been looking at lots of new vocabulary linked with dinosaurs and paleontologists. We also coloured our paleontologist badges in preparation for our exit point, digging for the T-Rex bones in iCANPLAY, next Monday.

​We have been practising some songs about the Triceratops and Stegosaurus. We worked collectively as a group, incorporating all our Personal Goals when setting up and tidying up our outdoor area. We are also working very hard to be risk takers and remembering to be respectful to each other.
Literacy
Ms. Niumai’s  group  have been revising phase 2 phonics sounds.

Ms. Helen’s group have been recapping all tricky words of phase 2  and  digraph qu/.This group also practising blending with the sounds learned so far.

Ms. Vijaya’s group have been revising all phase three sounds  and digraph ‘oo’ and ‘ igh’.We enjoyed  writing sentences with digraphs learned so far with finger space and full stop.
We enjoyed making oatmeal cookies and discovered many digraphs in the ingredients which we used such as ‘ai ‘in raisins, ‘oa’ in oatmeal, ‘oo’ in cookies, ‘ar’ in sugar and  ‘er’ in butter. Later we enjoyed eating them before our reflection time.
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Maths
This week in maths we continued learning to do doubling of numbers up to 10 and using different small world toys to count. We enjoyed learning the doubling song. It is fun!
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We are looking forward to celebrating INTERNATIONAL DAY on Friday 12th April! It would be great to see as many learners as possible dressed up representing their own countries on the day! 
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I have been using my thinking skills to come up with lots of rhyming words. Great, keep it up!
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I have been working really hard on my reading and now I am reading stage 3 books. Fantastic, keep it up!
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I have been very resilient in phonics and trying to write sentences on T- Rex independently . Great, keep it up!
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Learning through play!

28/3/2019

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Thank you to all the families who joined us in iCAN PLAY and Nursery for our 
COME AND PLAY DAY and Reception for Family Learning Day! It was great to see so many families joining in with their child's learning.
iCANPLAY/Nursery
Learning Journey
This week we have continued to explore Transport. We have been using our knowledge and skills to learn more about WATER transport.  We made paper boats and decorated and sailed the boats in our imaginary water tray. We made a whole class boat out of big card using paint fingerprints. We also made a 3D sailing boat and created our own sea scene on a paper plate. To extend our knowledge of water transport,  we have been looking at non-fiction video clips and books.
Literacy
This week in phonics, Nursery learners have been learning to tune into sounds using various games and resources such as Metal Mike. We have also been practising segmenting three letter words and listening to the initial sounds in words.
​ iCAN PLAY  learners have been practising to discriminate between sounds they hear and Identify the animals and imitate the sounds.
Maths
This week in maths we have been practising ordering the numbers 0-9 and counting from   1-20. We have been learning to add 2 digit numbers through number rhymes and songs. We have enjoyed recognising and matching numbers to quantities, through structured cooperative games. We have also been learning to recognise some common 2D shapes through vehicles around the world. 
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Reception
Learning Journey
This week the hungry carnivore T-Rex entered reception. The learners enjoyed the baby T-Rex song, making pop-out T-Rex cards and building a large T-Rex skeleton. Lots of role play and small world dinosaur play has been happening this week and it has been a noisy affair. We also looked at the job of a paleontologist and all the things they might need to bring to a dig. The learners practised this job by opening dinosaur fossil eggs and digging for dinosaur bones.
Maths
Our dinosaur friends have been helping this week with our maths. We used different sizes of  dinosaurs to measure the length and make a graph from longest to shortest. Following on from this, the learners were given different size teeth and asked to use cubes to measure how long they were. We then plotted these on a graph from longest to shortest. The learners enjoyed exploring weight by playing with the weighing scales and weighing different classroom materials. They also continued to build their confidence with addition and subtraction.
Literacy
In phonics all learners are making great progress in their reading and some are starting to write their own sentences by decoding words using their phonics knowledge. 

Ms. Vijaya-  Covering 'ai' and 'oa' this week along with recapping all their high frequent words. These learners have uses these sounds to write funny sentences. 

Ms. Helen- The learners have just finished all their single letter sounds and can blend words using these sounds such as van, wet, zen, yet and box. 

Ms. Niumai - The learners are making great improvements in their blending skills and including sounds like w and x to their knowledge banks. 
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I have been very respectful towards my friends and adults around class. Great work, keep it up!
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I have been showing such cooperation in the classroom. Great, keep it up!
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I have been very resilient in my phonics and trying to write sentences about the T-Rex independently. Excellent. keep it up.
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