On Wednesday Mrs Black organised for Delta Dogs to visit our school. 

Maria and Delta Ogie the Dalmatian came to talk to 1/2 about how to be safe around dogs and how to look and recognise how a dog is feeling by reading their body language. This was particularly useful in our class as Lachie and Ella both have brand new puppies. 

During our literacy time the last few weeks we have been learning about the consonant digraphs sh, ch, th and wh following the Orton Gillingham (OG) approach.

I have been so proud and impressed by the way the children have progressed so far this term. Each day we start with handwriting to refine our letter formation, we practice reading a series of words that include only the phonemes we have already learnt.

We practice spelling words using our learned phonemes, we practice reading and spelling learned words (sometimes known as sight words) which have irregular spelling patterns, and we use dictation to write a sentence using phonemes and learned words we already know to help consolidate our learning.  

This week we will learn about <a> making an /ar/ sound – like in the words bath, class and basket.