Miss Chappell is the teacher for Owlets class. Our class is a mixture of reception and year one children. All of the children have a natural desire to explore and learn and we aim to support their learning by creating an enabling environment which is engaging, active and appropriate. Our reception children's stages of learning and development is tracked using the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, whilst our year one children's learning and development will be in accordance with the National Curriculum.
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Help with pencil control and handwriting
In Owlets class we love Dough Disco. Dough Disco is a great activity for helping us to develop our fine motor skills. It strengthens the muscles in our hands and develops our hand-eye co-ordination which will later enable us to hold a pencil correctly and use it effectively. These are essential skills that we need to later be able to write.
How to Make Play Dough - Easy No Cook Recipe!
Dough Disco to Incy Wincy Spider Nursery Rhyme
Playdough song - If you're happy and you know it
A fun playdough song to develop fine motor control and coordination - get your kids ready for writing!
Dough Disco - Twinkle twinkle little star
Playdough gym and movements to help fine motor skills!
Reading with your child
Term 5 - The Wonders of Nature
Letters and Sounds
We have a phonics lesson everyday. We learn how to sound out single letters (phonemes) and digraphs (two letters that make one sound) and trigraphs (3 letters that make a sound) We identify words that have particular sounds in and practise reading and writing them. Once we have learned the words, we practise using them in sentences.
Please click on the link below to help you with the pronunciation of letter sounds, digraphs and trigraphs we teach at school.
Below are some links to websites to support home learning.
Family Learning - phonic games
Alphablocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBEmaaSh1c
Numberblocks:https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks