Handwriting

It is important that children form letters correctly from an early age. The more the children form letters incorrectly the more the brain gets programmed to always form the letter shapes this way.

Here is a list of the letter sounds and the rhymes we use at school to help the children when writing letters.

a Round the apple down the leaf (apple)
b Down the laces to the heel, round the toe (Boot)
c Curl around the caterpillar (caterpillar)
d Round his bottom up his tall neck and down to his feet (dinosaur)
e Lift off the top and scoop out the egg (egg)
f Down the stem, and draw the leaves (flower)
g Round her face down her hair and give her a curl (girl)
h Down the head to the hooves and over his back (horse)
i Down his body, and dot for his head (insect)
j Down his body curl and dot (jack-in-the box)
k Down the kangaroo’s body, tail and leg (kangaroo)
l Down the long leg (leg)
m Down Maisie, over the mountain over the mountain (Maisie and
mountains)
n Down Nobby, over his net (football net)
o All around the orange (orange)
p Down his plait and around his head (pirate)
q Round her head, up past her earrings and down her hair (queen)
r Down his back, then curl over his arm (robot)
s Slither down the snake (snake)
t Down the tower across the tower (castle tower)
u Down and under, up to the top and draw the puddle (umbrella)
v Down a wing, up a wing (vulture)
w Down up down up (worm)
x Down the arm and leg and repeat the other side (Exercise)
y Down a horn up a horn and under his head (yak)
z Zig-zag-zig (zip)

Fun in the Snow!

The snow is finally here, so today we put on our wellies, wrapped up warm and went out to explore!
Here are some photos of us in action!

Miniature snowman

Giant snowball

Snowball fight

It's our job to look after the guinea pigs this week. We talked about what it would be like to live outside like them. We thought it would be freezing and that would make us miserable. To cheer up the guinea pigs we decided to fill up their "bedroom" in their hutch with lots of hay and give them lots of food to eat.

Thank you fish for being thoughtful and looking after our pets.

Fingers crossed the snow lasts a bit longer! If it does please make sure the fish have suitable clothing and footwear to go outside.