This week we have been leaning about the
job of a dentist. At the beginning of the
week we watched a video clip of a dentist
being interviewed about his job. We found
out about what we need to do to look after
our teeth and had a look at some real teeth
and the different types.
The children definitely enjoyed using the
giant teeth in the classroom to practise their
brushing technique.
The class listened to the story ‘Open Wide…
What’s Inside?’ (Alex Rushworth). Dentist
Alex Rushworth reveals the revolting truth
that will (hopefully) have children running
for their toothbrush. It is a humorous,
rhyming story of the Sugarbugs and their
horrible habits which helps children to
understand what happens to their food to
make their breath smell and explain why
their teeth need brushing.
Next week we will visit the ‘Optician’
at school to enable us to review the
Phase 3 Letter Sounds.
I can already notice a difference in the
number of children who actively use
‘phonics mats’ to refer to when
writing. Mrs Bramley will soon be
awarding ‘golden tickets’ worth 10
merits to children for their efforts,
consistency and improvement in
writing and letter formation.
Our topic for this half term is
‘Brave Britain’.
WB 1/2/16
Phonics
This weeks sounds:
Week 5: ar, or, ur, ow
Following on from the story, the children
sorted pictures of foods that make their
teeth happy and those that make our teeth
sad. They each made a healthy lunchbox and
wrote a sentence to tell us what was inside.
They also began to think about the jobs our
teeth do when tasting some foods. Children
began to sort the foods into those
that are crunchy and those that are
soft.
I am so impressed with the
children’s motivation to practise
their goals. Some children have
already achieved both their literacy
and maths goals and are working on
their second goal.
Remember our ‘can-do’ attitude.
Persevere and keep trying, you can
do it!
In Maths this week, we have been building on
children’s ability to count back. We practised
counting down around the circle like a rocket
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 before the next child blasted
off into space!
In keeping with our theme this week, the children
have played a ‘pulling teeth’ game to encourage
them to use the language of subtraction ‘subtract,
take away, equals’. On Thursday during the Maths
Open Morning, children played another ‘lost tooth’
subtraction game using mini white marshmallow
teeth on pink gums. Many children were
competent in taking some of the teeth away and
counting how many were left. As children become
more confident in ‘taking away’ they should begin
to count back to find out how many are left.
In preparation for our class assembly next week,
we will practise using our loud voices so you can
hear us at the back of the hall. Please remember to
talk to your children about this at home.
We hope you enjoy finding out about all of our
learning!
Important Dates
Don’t forget to come to our first class sharing
assembly next week:
Thursday 11th Feb 2.40pm
We will be talking about what we have been learning
during our topic this half term ‘Brave Britain’.