Skipper 3

Here are this week’s new graphemes and tricky words:

Here are the latest graphemes we have been learning – last week’s first then scroll down for the previous week. We are learning that sometimes a grapheme can have 2 or more sounds – for example ‘ow’ in ‘now’ or […]

Today your child is bringing home a game to help them read words that have split digraphs. If you would like to find out more so that you can support your child then please watch the video below. Some children […]

These cheeky penguins are off to join the crew on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, the polar research ship which is on it’s way to the South Pole! They will hopefully be appearing in photos taken throughout the journey to […]

We had a bit of a focus on France this Friday afternoon – we made some sketches of the Eiffel Tower and learned the names of the characters in a story we will be learning to tell – in French! […]

We hope you have had chance to watch our Christmas play and that you enjoyed the show. We’re so proud of every single member of the class and think the spirit of Skipper 1 really shines through the whole performance! […]

Here are this weeks new graphemes (they way a sound is written down).

Inspired by the book ’10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh’, Skipper 1 decided to make bird feeders to help the birds during the cold, winter weather. It didn’t take long before the Great Field […]

This week we visited Poundbury Garden Centre Christmas Display. Not only did we have lots of fun, we also did some important research for our latest Design Technology project. Look out for more updates on our project next week.

This week we are learning about length and height. We worked in groups to make, order and measure playdough snakes!