Big Talk Homework
Monday 26th September

Over the last two weeks we have been reading the story Mickey Moonbeam.

Mickey is a small hero who loves mending and fixing things.When an emergency call comes in to him he rushes straight off in his trusty rocket to help. But when he lands on Asteroid B2672, he has to deal with an enormous job and help a stranded traveller, his friend Quiggle.

Writing instructions is our focus this week. On Friday the children will be creating / writing a set of instructions to help Quiggle make a sandwich to take with him on his journey home.

Therefore at home I would like you to talk about:

•  the purpose of writing instructions and how they help you to do or make things.
• what equipment is needed to make a sandwich
• step by step stages of making a sandwich
• using time words such as: first, next, then, after, after that, finally, last, lastly, meanwhile etc, to help order instructions
• why instructions need to be in a certain order.

Why not let your child make a sandwich with your help!

Other examples of instructions that you could look at with your child may include:

• recipies
• instructions for putting furniture together (IKEA is great as they show picture instructions)
• food packaging for cooking guidelines
• shampoo bottles

Have fun!

BIG TALK HOMEWORK

Week beginning Monday 19.09.11



SATURN V ROCKET

Apollo 11 Mission 1969

Throughout the week we will be learning how to label images and it's purpose. The children's Talk Homework this week is to talk about the features of the Saturn V Rocket used in the First Moon Landing Mission. I will provide you with an information sheet that will help you talk about the features with your child. Your child does not need to draw and label the rocket at home, as this will form part of our Big Talk lesson on Friday.

If you wish to practise labelling other images with your child, such as a car, a house, human body etc then feel free to do so. They are welcome to bring this in and we will share it during our Big Talk on Friday.

Thank you.

Dosbarth Kangaroo

New School Year!

2011 - 2012

Welcome back! I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, Mrs Bailey, our Additional Practitioner, Mrs Best, and to inform you of the organisation within Dosbarth Kangaroo.

I have provided a Welcome Pack with information and resources for you and your child. The times table and hundred square resource will help your child through to Year 2 and beyond. Please could you spend a little time with your child to read through the pack, complete the sections and return to school by Monday 19th September. The packs will then be returned to you and are to be kept at home to help the children when completing homework.


Each week your child will receive Talk homework. This is for you and your child to spend time talking and sharing ideas on a given topic. Your child will also receive homework once a fortnight and this will usually be an extension to work completed in class or research for a new topic. In addition to this, the children will be required to read at home two to three times a week where you can make a comment in their individual reading record books. Please can they bring their reading book every day.


Our PE day is a Thursday, your child will need dark shorts and a white t-shirt, and no jewelery is to be worn.

The children will need to bring their own snack in for break or your child may purchase a snack from our tuck shop for 30p. If your child would like to buy a snack every day, please send in £1.50 on a Monday for the week.




Settling In

Mrs Best and myself have had a lovely week getting to know the children. The children are settling in to their new surroundings, routines and staff members really well. They have worked hard this week during maths to show how clever they are at counting, ordering and writing numbers. All are enthusiastic and excitied to be learning about the first moon landing! Already some children have been researching information about Neil Armstrong and have shared this with the class - da iawn!

We have had great fun creating our Kangaroo Chant, which we sing everyday, and have listed our Class Promise (rules).
If you ask your child, they may sing our chant for you!

Kangaroo Chant

Kangaroos jumping high

aiming for the sky.
Bouncing learning having fun!
Join in every one!

Kangaroos' Class Promise

We will:

• have fun learning
• always do our best
• work and play safely
• put our hand up and wait when we have something to say
• listen carefully to others
• be helpful and tidy up
• work quietly
• share
• take care of our friends
• use kind words and actions

Big Talk Homework

This week we shall be reading the story 'The Snail and the Whale' by Julia Donaldson. 

It is a tale about a friendship that develops between a tiny sea snail and a great big, grey-blue humpback whale. 

The tiny snail longs to sail and see the world. She hitches a lift on the tail of a whale, who takes her on an amazing journey. The snail feels terribly small, but when the whale swims into trouble, she is the one to save him! 

The story shows children how everyone can make a difference.

To link in with and develop our work on our Compliment tree, I would like you to explore the relationship between the Snail and the Whale and begin to think about one of your special friends.

You will need to talk about:

Do you have a special friend, in or out of school?

Who is it?

Can you describe their personality?

What do you think makes a good friend?

What kinds of nice things do you do for your friend, and them for you?

Art Activity - 'Summer Weaving'

Just a quick reminder to children in Class 3, to keep collecting any unwanted coloured carrier bags. We hope to collect enough to weave some brightly coloured decorations for our playground.

Thank you, Mrs Pontin.

FRUIT TUCK SHOP!!

There is a fruit tuck shop on Monday,Wednesday and Thursday.

If you would like to buy fruit,please bring in 30p on the day, or 90p every Monday.

Talk Homework

As part of our RE and Personal, Social and Well being development we will be talking about family and friends the pupils regard as special and why.
In class the pupils will create a compliment blossom tree where they write about why they consider a particular friend to be special to them.

I would like the children to discuss with you first, a particular family member who is special to them and give reasons why. They then may wish to talk about their closest friend in class and again consider why they are special to them.

Encourage your child to think carefully about the words they use to describe their special family member or friend e.g. thoughtful, brave, caring, loving, trust worthy etc. We call these 'wow words'.

During the week, the children will create their own blossom flower for the tree, where other children in the class can write positive comments about them on the petals.