Writing

The children have been experimenting with mark making.  They have been drawing pre-writing patterns and have been learning new graphemes (letters) and the corresponding phoneme (sound).

The graphemes we will be learning in the first half term are:

s a t p i n m d g o c k ck

Please help your child consolidate these at home.

This term, our key text is Shark in the Park! by Nick Sharratt.

The children have been using a telescope, just like Timothy Pope, to find things around the school.  Back in class the children have been consolidating their phonics learning and applying it to their writing.

Making Marks

The children have been making marks in the style of Alma Thomas.  The children used different mediums to create their own artwork inspired by the artist.