Teacher: Sarah Class: Stars Week: Two Dates: 26/05/14 - 30/05/14

Anuban Weekly Outline

Sitapatr School
This eek e are learnin!:
The Weather.
Circle Ti"e #e$ie

We will review all of our hard work from week
one which incorporated a variety of greetings
and introduction vocabulary. This will include
Good Morning/ Good Afternoon. We will
practice this every day as a basic polite
greeting. The children enoy singing the
!Good morning" song to start the day too.
#ther vocabulary to be reviewed will be$
Thank you. %ou"re welcome. Are you ready&
%es ' am. (ello. Goodbye. See you later.
)asic commands such as stand up/ sit down*
stop* listen* look and be +uiet will be
practiced with flash cards as a visual
instruction aid.
Acti$ity Ti"e
,ocabulary
Sunny* rainy* cloudy* windy* snowy* hot* cold,
snow* snowflake* rain* rain drop* sun* cloud.
Games and Activities
We will be paying close attention to the weather outside of our classroom this week- 'f it
rains* we may go out and feel the rain drops-
We will use a weather board which has pictures to stick up to say how our weather is
today and we will discuss this together as we decide which* is the appropriate picture.
We are going to be making a giant cloud out of cotton wool. This will test our gluing and
sticking craft skills as well as further our weather knowledge.
Songs
.ain* rain go away
(ow"s the weather
/ittle snowflake
Mr Sun
'f all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops
Phonics
%e letters an& s'un&s
We will continue with phase one of The 0olly 1honics programme which incorporates the
letter sounds Ss* Aa* Tt* 'i* 1p* and 2n.
3lashcards* T1. actions and the 0olly 1honics songs will be used to aid learning.
We also play the fly swat game to see whether the children can recognise the correct
flash cards when they are called out and there is a choice of a few in front of them.
#e$ie
1honics phase one is developing well
and the children have so far become
very familiar with the letter sounds Ss*
Aa* Tt* and 'i. They are really enoying
the songs and actions which
accompany each sound. The
characters and rhymes include$ the
snake in the grass* ants on my arm*
watch the tennis game and (nky the
mouse.
Writin! )ractice
Writing practice will begin later in
the semester after the phonics
base is established.
The students are not currently
doing writing practice.
)arent *'ll' +, / +se-ul
Websites / .'"e'rk:
(i parents. ' really hope that your child
has enoyed their first full week at school
this term. The 0olly 1honics programme is
a brilliant programme to teach letters and
their sounds. 't"s both fun and effective- 'f
you"d like to find out more please follow
the link below. The children respond so
well to the songs and characters that are
used.
www.ollylearning.co.uk/phonics
When you"re outside with your child* you
could ask them about the weather. 4noy
your week-