Green Dragon Primary School

• Using language of SIZE and TIME
• Counting out loud to 10, 20 or beyond, and touch counting to 5 or beyond
• Matching numerals to quantities
• Opposites and prepositions - on/under, in/out, back/front, behind/in front
• Naming and describing some 2D and 3D shapes

•  Core book - The Discovery, Dinosaur Roar, Meg's Eggs, Mad about Dinosaurs and non-fiction books about Dinosaurs. Re-writing "Dear Zoo" (Dear Dino-Park)
• Phase 1 phonics: Alliteration (e.g. Silly Stegosaurus), Clapping + Stomping rhythms (Steg - a - saur - us = 4 claps) and noticing Rhyme.
• Phase 2 sounds: s (snake)  a (apple)  t (tower)   m (mountain)   d (dinosaur)

• Keep reading with your child at home and encourage them to talk about what is happening in the pictures.  It’s great if you point out when YOU are reading too – books, magazines, your mail, e-mails…  
• Remember your child can change their book any day and as often as you like, not just on their set days with their teacher (Penguins–Tuesdays.    Pandas–Wednesdays.     Puffins–Thursdays)

• We will start to have P.E in the hall. The children only take off socks and shoes for this.  
• Please remember your child has to change their own socks and shoes. Please help your child to practise at home.
• Also, leggings and socks are better than tights!

Everywhere books will be sent home on a Friday. Please help your child to complete the task set and return them by the following Wednesday. As well as this – don’t forget to make EVERY opportunity you can for your child to learn through the everyday things you do – count everything, go outdoors as much as you can, listen for and point out sounds all around you…..  

Perhaps you have some resources about our project?

• You could send in “treasure” for the children to dig up (fossils, interesting stones, old unwanted or broken jewellery, postcards or photos of “long ago”)
• You can still sign up to come in and help in a session. (Only one parent per session! Sign-up sheet at the window)
• Don’t forget to keep looking at our “Learning Journey” on the window to see some of the things we are doing and learning.

Arrive on time!

Remember that the children come straight to our big carpet when they arrive, so if your child is late, they miss an important part of the learning for the session.

If you go to the Cbeebies website, your child can find out all kinds of things and play games or watch episodes about dinosaurs – look for “Andy’s Jurrasic Adventures.”  Also “learnenglish.co.uk” has some games about dinosaurs.  If you find any otherreally good sites – do let us know! 

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks​

http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html

Only reception children need PE kits.

• PE is on a Wednesdays. The uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled.

• School PE uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled. plimsoles are needed for PE.

• Shorts or leggings must not be over the knee as this increases the likelihood of slipping on equipment

​A journey can start at any time and take you to exciting places. We go on journeys every day, sometimes by car, sometimes by walking – perhaps we might go on a train, or an aeroplane, or a boat setting sail across the sea. There are many ways we can travel and many adventures we can have. Where would you like to go today?

• Doubles, sharing, halving
• Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
• Estimating and problem solving

• Consolidating all sounds and writing full sentences. 
• Sounds so far: ay, ee, igh, ow, oo (moon), oo (look), ar, or, air, ir
• Tricky words so far: I, the, go, my, to, you, he, she, we, like, are, all

• Talk to your child after school each day about what they have been learning. 
• Talk about places you have been or go together and how you travel there. 
• Use adjectives to describe interesting things you see on your walk to and from school. 
• Talk about similarities and differences between the places and cultures. 

• Practise writing words and sentences at home. 
• Remember to use a capital letter to start your writing and a full stop to show you are finished!

e.g. I like to go to the big shop.

       I sleep at night. I do not sleep in the day.

• Can your child tell you 1 more or 1 less than a number up to 20?
• Do they know the days of the week?
• Can they tell you double or half a number to 10?

Only reception children need PE kits.

• PE is on a Wednesdays. The uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled.

• School PE uniform is black shorts and a white t-shirt. Please ensure clothing is all name labelled. plimsoles are needed for PE.

• Shorts or leggings must not be over the knee as this increases the likelihood of slipping on equipment