Money money money!

We have had another busy week in 1B

In Numeracy we have been exploring money. We have been identifying and sorting coins and have begun to exchange coins. See if your child can tell you all the ways we made 20p and 50p. It would be great if you could let your child look at and explore real coins at home. Next week we will be moving on to giving change so the more familiar the children are with money the better.

In Literacy we have been continuing our topic on Jamaica. We used all the facts we have learnt to make some wonderful information posters. We have also been learning about Jamaican 'patois', see if your child can remember some of the words they learnt. Next week we will be having a special visitor who will be coming in to talk about life in Jamaica. Please take some time to talk with your child and come up with a question that they would like to ask our visitor.

In phonics we have been learning the alternative pronunciations of the graphemes ‘ch’ ‘y’ ‘a’ and ‘ou’. We are also continuing to practice our joins in handwriting.

The children have been enjoying the challenge of learning their spellings, please continue to support your child to learn them. Please note that the ‘look, say, cover, write, check’ grids do not need to be returned to school they are just to support the children at home.

Next week is the last week that Miss Hurley and Miss Granato will be with us in 1B and we are all looking forward to a fantastic final week together.

Have a lovely weekend!