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Autumn 2 - Starry Night

Monday 3rd - Friday 7th November

Phonics

This week in phonics, we have been recapping the sounds m, a, s, d, t, i, n, p, g, o, c, k that the children learned in Autumn Term 1. Next week, we will start learning our new sounds u, b, f, and e. You might like to have a little fun practising these sounds at home with your child.

Reading

This week we have been reading Man on the Moon – A Day in the Life of Bob by Simon Bartram. It’s a fun story about Bob, who has a very important job looking after the Moon and giving tours to visitors — even though he doesn’t believe in aliens (but we know better!). We’ve really enjoyed reading the book together, drawing our own amazing aliens, and taking part in role play pretending to be Bob on his space adventures.

Writing 

.This week for our writing, we have been reading Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy for inspiration. We went on an exciting journey with Baby Bear to the Moon and imagined all the amazing things we might see in space along the way. We then began creating our very own books all about space and designed fantastic front covers for them.

Maths

This week in maths, we have been working on the White Rose unit Circles and Triangles. We’ve been learning to name and recognise these 2D shapes, talking about their sides and corners, and exploring where we can find them in the world around us.

Big Picture

 This week in our Big Picture work, we introduced our new topic Starry Night. We looked closely at the famous painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh and talked about the colours and patterns he used. We then had lots of fun creating our own beautiful Starry Night pictures inspired by his work.

RE

In RE this week, we have introduced our new Christian value — Trust. We have been learning what it means to trust others and to be trustworthy ourselves. We have also been thinking about the Hindu festival of Diwali and how it is celebrated with lights, colours, and joy.