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St Piran Home Learning –  June 9^th 2017

Home learning

Next week we will be using money in our Maths lessons.  For Home learning I would like the children to familiarise themselves with the different coins and notes.  With a crayon, they can do some coin rubbings in their home learning book and label them with the amount each one is worth.

For an extra challenge, how many different ways they can make 20p?

Support tips:

• Look at the coins together. Talk about how we know how much each is worth.

• Show your child equal amounts, for example, that ten 1p coins are the same amount as one 10p coin.

St Piran – Home learning – Thursday 25^th May 2017

For home learning this week I would like the children to practise talking about what they’ve been doing!  Talking about things really helps children to order their ideas so that their writing makes better sense.

On the first Monday back, I will be asking the children to write a recount of their holiday.  It will give them extra confidence if they’ve had the chance to talk their ideas through before coming into school.

Support tips

• Talk to your child about a particular day or activity.
• Ask them questions about it. Can you remember the name of where we went? Which part did you enjoy most?  What happened after that? Can you remember what we did first? Etc.
• It’s not necessary to write anything down. If you wish you extend your child’s learning further, encourage them to draw pictures of the events in order or to use words such as first, then, after, finally when they talk about the events of the day. (It is better to focus on 1 activity/day out rather than try and order the whole week – we’re not writing a diary)

Children may bring a small souvenir to help remind them of a day out.  It could be a leaflet/ticket about an activity or a stone/leaf they found at the park/beach/garden.

The Phonics Screening Check will be taking place the week beginning the 12^th June. Please continue to practise reading, phonics and spellings wherever you can.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

St Piran Newsletter – 5^th May 2017

This Week

This week we have continued our learning about the senses.  Gida’s mummy came to visit us with her guide dog, Penny.  The children thought of lots of great questions to ask and found out that Penny is working when her handle is up, so we shouldn’t try to stroke her.  They also found out that Penny has to stay really healthy so she can best look after Gida’s mummy so we shouldn’t ever try to give her extra food incase she gets tummy ache!

This was a fantastic learning opportunity – thank you very much Mrs Wilson.

Phonics

This week we have learnt ‘wh’, ‘ue’, and ‘aw’.  Next week it will be ‘ph’, ‘ew’, ‘oe’.

Home learning

For Home learning this week I would like the children to order the numbers in their books.

For an extra challenge:

Write down the biggest number and the smallest number you can make out of 1 and 9 (eg. 19 or 91).  Repeat giving your child other digits to play with.

Support tips:

• Say the numbers with your child.
• Look carefully at the first digit (the tens) in each number to help decide if the number is bigger or smaller than another.

Dates for you Diary and Reminders

We are a nut free school.  We kindly ask that children do not bring in nuts or obvious nut products as part of their snacks or lunches.

Wednesday 24^th May – Year 1 and 2 Sports Day at 1.30pm.

Friday 26^th May – Inset Day (the school will be closed)

Friday 26^th May – Friday 2^nd June – Half term

St Piran Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall,sch,uk

St Piran Class Newsletter- 21st April 2017

This Week

This week we have introduced our new topic about our bodies.  Thank you very much for supporting the home learning activity and delivering some beautifully labelled drawings.  Children learnt so much from each other during class discussion about these.  Summer told us about the smallest bone in our body and Gida told us about the longest.  They were fascinated that we have a cage to protect our lungs too!

Phonics

This week we have learnt ‘ai’, ‘ou’, and ‘ie’.  Next week it will be ‘ea’, ‘ir’ and ‘oy’.

Home learning

For home learning this week I would like the children to practise counting forwards or backwards from any number up to 100.

For an extra challenge Play ‘I spy a number’.

Give your child a clue to try and guess the number you are thinking of eg. Say, “It is 2 more than 31”, or “It is equal to 5 + 5” etc.

It’s not necessary to record anything in the home learning book but if your child would like to write a clue about a number, we will try and guess it in class.

Support tips:

• Encourage the children to notice that the numbers are getting bigger when they count forwards and smaller when they count backwards.
• Use the language ‘more/greater than’ and ‘less/fewer than’ when you are playing “I spy a number”.

Dates for you Diary and Reminders

We are a nut free school.  We kindly ask that children do not bring in nuts or obvious nut products as part of their snacks or lunches.

Please ensure your child has their PE kit in school with suitable shoes for running.  Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday.

Wednesday 24^th May – Year 1 and 2 Sports Day 1:30pm start

Friday 26^th May – Inset Day

Friday 26^th May – Friday 2^nd June – Half term

St Piran Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall,sch,uk

This week we have been focussing on missing number calculations and how to solve them. In our English this week we have enjoyed writing our own Acrostic poems. In our Science we have carried out a Science investigation. We are investigating what plant needs to help them grow.

Phonics

This term we will be continuing our Phase 5 in Phonics. This week we have been learning about the alternative pronunciations of ‘oo’, and ‘ai’’. Next week we will be learning ‘ee’, ‘oa’ and ‘igh’.

Home Learning

For Home learning this week I would like the children to complete the missing number activities. Please note there are different Maths activities this week. One of the activities involves counting and deciding whether the number sentence is addition or subtraction. Another activity involves using a number line to find the missing number. The final activity involved using all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to solve missing numbers. For extra home learning this week why not have a go at writing a flower based acrostic poem or practise playing ‘Ping pong’ with your number bonds to 10 or 20. (One person says a number the other person says the other number needed to make 10/20)

Support tips:

• Use counters, beads or gems (anything that you have lots of and can be moved easily) to represent numbers. Count forwards or backwards to work out which number is missing.
• Encourage your child to read the sentence carefully.
• In class we call the missing number something when reading the number sentence. E.g. 5 + something = 11

Dates for your Diary and Reminders

We are a nut free school. We kindly ask that children do not bring in nuts or obvious nut products as part of their snack or lunches.

Friday 31^st March- Last day of the Spring term.

Tuesday 18^th April- First day of the Summer term.

Friday 26^th May- Inset day

Friday 26^th May- Friday 2^nd June- Half term

St Piran Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk

We went on a plant hunt around our school. We found many interesting plants.

This week we have been finding Fractions of amounts in our Maths. In our English we started creating our own versions of ‘We’re going on a bear hunt.’

Phonics

This term we will be continuing our Phase 5 in Phonics. This week we have been learning about the alternative pronunciations of ‘ar’, ‘air’ and ‘or’. Next week we will be learning ‘oo’, ‘ai’ and ‘ee’.

Home Learning

For home learning this week I would like the children to write at least one sentence about their favourite plant or flower. We went on a plant hunt last week and saw Daffodils, Primroses and Daisies. Ask your child to explain why they have chosen their flower or plant. The children can then draw a picture of their favourite plant or flower.  For extra home learning draw/make/paint your own flowers or practise finding halves and quarters of amounts.

Support tips:

• Talk to your child about their favourite plant and flower.
• Discuss what might be a good reason for choosing a favourite flower e.g. I like Daffodils because they are bright and yellow.
• Encourage your child to use their Phonics to help them segment.

Dates for your Diary and Reminders

We are a nut free school. We kindly ask that children do not bring in nuts or obvious nut products as part of their snack or lunches.

Wednesday 22^nd March- FOPS Easter Bingo

Friday 24^th March- Children wear red for Comic Relief. Suggested donations £1

Friday 31^st March- Last day of the Spring term.

Tuesday 18^th April- First day of the Summer term.

Friday 26^th May- Inset day

Friday 26^th May- Friday 2^nd June- Half term

St Piran Team

rlaity@perranporth.cornwall.sch.uk