Big Talk Homework
Monday 8th October

On Friday the children will be writing a riddle poem entitled ‘What am I?’ The poem will be based on an endangered animal.

During the week I would like you to talk about one endangered animal, last weeks talk homework will help greatly with this. In your talk I would like you to include wow words to describe:

• the animals appearance
• it’s super sense
• any amazing thing it can do
• it’s habitat

Share this riddle to see if you can work out what the animal is!

What am I?

I am the largest wrinkly land animal
I use my enormous ears to sense sounds lower than a human
I live in the vast African Savannah
I can use my trunk as a snorkel!

I am...

Both Mrs Kinsey and myself were amazed at how much the children were able to talk about endangered animals last week. They couldn’t wait to share what they had found out.

Keep up the good talk!

Don’t forget to use your treasury if you need to.

Endangered Animals

Monday 1st October

On Thursday we will be learning about endangered animals. In preparation for this please could you help your child find out about one endangered animal and some basic facts about this creature.

They may make notes in their treasury if they wish.

Thank you
Mrs Bailey & Mrs Kinsey

Big Talk Homework

Monday 24th September

During the week we will be thinking about the importance of hygiene, in particular, the washing of our hands as we will be exploring habitats in our school grounds.

The children will be using images of washing your hands throughout the week to practise this.

On Friday, the children will be writing a set of instructions to explain how to wash your hands correctly.



For your talk homework I would like you to discuss:

• When we need to wash our hands e.g. after touching pets, after going to the toilet, playing outside etc. 
• The purpose of instructions.
• The need for instructions to be written in the correct order.
• The use of time words to order instructions e.g. First, Next, Then, After, After that, Then, Lastly, Finally etc.

Have fun letting your child show and teach you the steps they are learning to wash their hands, and encourage them to use time words in their instructions / explanation!

As always, encourage them to use their treasury books. If they have been practising washing their hands they may wish to draw pictures or take photos and attach them in their book.

Thank you for your continued support.

Big Talk Homework

Monday 17th September

How to Look After Your Pet

This week the children will be thinking about and writing instructions for looking after their pet.

If you do not have a pet, then the children are welcome to talk about an animal they would like to have as pet. You may need to help them research this if it is an unfamiliar animal to you, or you may have experience of having a pet yourself when you were younger and the children could also draw from this in their talk.

Please talk about these important animal needs:

• food and water
• suitable home e.g. type, size, comfort, Where will it sleep?
• be treated by a vet if they are sick or injured
• be fit and healthy and have plenty of exercise
• have a loving and caring home
• time to play and cuddle with their owners

The children will be learning how to use numbers to organise instructions.

As always, if your child would like to record any information please encourage them to use their Treasury Books.

Thank you.

OLYMPIC

ASSEMBLY

Dosbarth Kangaroo would like to invite all their parents to our Class Assembly, on Thursday 31st May at 9.15 a.m. Both Mrs Best and myself are very proud of how hard they have been practising the last couple of weeks.

Please continue to help your child learn any words sent home. If your child has been asked to wear any specific outfits, please could these be sent in by Tuesday.

We hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you!

Thank you.



Big Talk Homework


Monday 14th May

Snack Fit for an Athlete!

This week is Healthy Week at Ffynnon Taf and as we are learning about the Olympics this is a good opportunity to talk about how both ourselves and athletes can live a healthy life style.


During the week we will be creating and writing a recipe for a healthy power snack for Team GB. Please talk about the following:






What do we, and athletes need to do to stay fit and healthy?


What does exercise mean?


Why do we need to exercise?


How often should we exercise?


What are healthy foods?


Why are they good for us?


Do athletes have a special diet? Why?


What type of snack would an athlete eat?


As we will be writing a recipe for our snack, if you have simple recipes at home please share these with your child. I have attached an example.

 Focus on the structure of the recipe:


Ingredients
Equipment
Method / instructions

Look at how the method is written i.e. The use of time words for example, first, next, then, finally etc, the use of imperative verbs (bossy words) such as, pour, mix, stir etc and how some methods have bullet points for each step or they may be numbered. Also discuss the need for instructions to be in the correct order!

 As always please encourage your child to glue any images or make notes in their treasury to share their ideas with the class and help with their understanding and writing of recipes.






Have fun and thank you!

Big Talk Homework

This week we will be learning about the Modern Olympics.


In 1912 Baron Pierre Coubertin founded the Modern Olympic Games. He designed the Olympic rings and saw in the games, an opportunity to create a set of universal principles that could be applied to society as a whole, as well as sport itself. These principles became the Olympic Values. There are 3 Olympic Values and 4 Paralympic Values as shown above in the image.


During the week we shall be exploring each of the values. I would like the children to continue talking about the values at home and share with you their examples of how they demonstrate each of the values. This is also a good opportunity for you yourself to share how you feel you have demonstrated the values in your life.


On Friday the children will be drawing a picture of themselves demonstrating one of the values and writing a caption to explain this.

 Olympic Values


Excellence - giving your best


Friendship - understanding others and people across the world despite our


                   differences


Respect - yourself and others

 Paralympic Values

 Courage - have the ability to face any challenge


Determination - practise, keep trying, never give up


Inspiration - set an example that others will want to follow


Equality - everyone deserves equal opportunity


There are many Olympic websites that will give you more information about the Olympic values and some have video clips of athletes demonstrating each of the values. The children will have watched these by Friday.


You may like to visit:

 http://getset.london2012.com