Sound of the Week

 Policeman E (also known as Silent E)

Policeman E “Say your name!” Policeman E is found at the end of a syllable. He stands at the end to make a trapped vowel strong. The vowel says its letter name (its long/strong sound), but he himself is super silent.

For example; mad becomes made, them becomes theme, pip becomes pipe, slid becomes slide, rob becomes robe, cut becomes cute.

A single consonant is always between the vowel and Policeman E in a Policeman E syllable. Policeman E can only jump one consonant to make a vowel strong, so in words like ‘little’ and ‘charge’ the E is not a Policeman E.

There are always exceptions to a rule. A few common examples are, ‘love’, ‘above’, ‘are’. ‘have’, ‘give’ and ‘live’.

Extra for experts: 1. In words like ‘love’, the O says a short /u/ sound. This often happens to O when it comes before V, N or TH. 2. English words do not end with a V. The E at the end of ‘have’, for example, does not affect pronunciation. The E is there because it would otherwise end in V.

Policeman E is a split digraph. A digraph is two letters that make one sound. The vowel and Policeman E make one sound - the letter name of the vowel. 

a_e

 

i_e

 

o_e

u_e

Sound of the Week (Well... it's actually a time traveller and three sounds): The Three Sounds of Time Traveller ED!

 ED sends verbs into the past!

The 3 sounds of ED!

August's Calendar Challenge!

 

Congratulations Entrants!

 

We had an outstanding number of entries this month and everyone got it right! 

This bear is in fact a GRIZZLY BEAR, also known as a North American Brown Bear. They look pretty cute in this photo, but they can be ferocious! I wouldn't want to mess with one.

Sound of the Week: /qu/

 Q and U are stuck like glue!

Week 7 and 8 Memory Verse: Romans 10:13

"EVERYONE who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Protector CK

 

Revelation 7:9

OUR TOPIC THIS TERM IS 'GLOBAL'

In God's eyes everyone is worth the same. We all have the highest value.

"After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands." Revelation 7:9

July's Calendar Challenge

Congratulations Entrants

This was a hard one because it looked easy at first glance. Who would have known that there was more than one kind of lion! Our lion is an African lion, though to be far it can be quite hard to tell between an Asiatic lion and an African one. If you can see a lion's whole body or have the two side by side it would definitely be a bit easier! 

Sound of the week /oi/

Coins and one boy!

Term 3, Week 1 & 2 Memory Verse Ephesians 2:10

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

We are learning to notice the detail in pictures so that we can add descriptive detail, that paints a picture, to our stories. 

Inspired by a wordless book we are using for inspiration for our writing, Mila illustrated her own wordless book and then created the words at home. So cool Mila! Love your detail! 💗

A Web of Wonderfulness

We made a web of wonderfulness for devotions on Wednesday. Our web was full of wonder. Before passing the wool we shared what we were grateful for this term. As you can see the floor was covered with gratefulness! God is good!!!

June Calendar Challenge

Congratulations Entrants!

We learnt so much from you all today. Chameleons are amazing!!! There is no hiding how you are feel when you are a chameleon, and we couldn't hide how awesome we thought your entries were!

Is it C or is it K?

At the beginning of a word, how do you know whether to write a K or a C?

K takes I and E, C takes... well everything else!

James found...

keys, kites, 

coin, cake, Cowley

Sound of the Week... except it's not! Contractions!

Contraction Surgery!

Some serious surgeons!

James' inspiration from our learning: He created his own list of contractions and extended words like the one we had in class. He became the teacher and we played 'Worms' with his list. 

Awesome James!

Sound of the Week: Short /u/

Under our umbrellas we have a cub (and some pretty cool people)!

May's Calendar Challenge

You might think this is a peacock! Well it is, but only because it's a male. This bird is an Indian Peafowl. The males are called peacocks, females are peahens and the babies are called peachicks. There are 3 kinds of peafowl. Our contestestants didn't get tricked though!

April's Calendar Challenge

Congrat's Creators!

Lockdown Show & Tell

On the Tuesday of our first week back after lockdown we shared something we created, built, wrote or practised over lockdown with each other. There was some pretty awesome learning while we were away!

Who knew holes were everywhere! Week 5 Distance Learning

A 'Hole' lot of fun!

Ian is helping Aeren dig a hole and look what Aeren found on his helmet!

Some informative writing about different kinds of holes and a list of holes that Aeren has seen around his house. Below - Aeren discovered buttons are not all the same!

Sound of the Week: /g/

Here's a Fun Maths Game!

Brought to you by our very own Charming Charlie. Here is a Maths game to try at home.

To play the game you need some cards, a dice and counters. 

How you play: First you roll the dice, whoever gets the highest number can start. Each turn, roll the dice. Add the number on the dice to the number on the card. If you get it right, you can move your counter forward on the cards by the number on the dice. How you win is by getting to the end of the card spiral first." 

By Charlie

Week 4 Learning: Transformative Transport

Look at the variety of transport these guys have created or found! Epic!

 

 

"We looked around my room for different types of transport. We found lots! I know that some types of transport have motors and some don’t. We also remembered some different transport that I have been on. My favourite is my motorbike! I also thought it was cool that I got to hold the brake on the Esplanade train when the driver had to clear the track! By Ryder" 

Blake did the sock challenge and estimated how many cars would fit into the sock. "I guessed that 8 cars would fit into the sock. Loads of space was left. In the end 24 cars fitted in to the sock! I then tried bigger cars, and guessed that 7 cars would fit in to the sock. Almost! 8 bigger cars fitted in to the sock. I learned that you can fit more smaller things into a container than bigger things. Bigger things take up more space."
By Blake

Aeren's learnt some gems about transportation!