Week 2

Week beginning 22.4.24

We have had another lovely week at school despite the rainy weather! We have been busy getting to grips with our new topic and we have been doing lots of amazing writing in class based on the story ‘Snail Trail’.

On Monday, Early Years started 'clubs'. Each child has chosen the club that they are doing and all had a fab time. They will stay in the same club until half term and then all given a new set of clubs to choose from.

Phonics

We have started to learn Sound Set 2 as a class this week. Here are some phonics videos for you to watch at home this weekend. Your child will also be bringing home a sheet each week with the new sound that has been taught. Please find some time to go through this with your child at home. We don't need to have the sheets handed back in.

Please note these videos will expire after 3 weeks.

Maths

This week in maths, we've continuing to learn about numbers beyond 10. We have been using different kinds of equipment to represent numbers 11-20 including multilink cubes and Rekenreks. We have been able to count beyond 20 and have been able to use what we know about groups of ten to help us count large numbers of sea creatures for example I can see 2 whole tens and 5 more, so the total number of sea creatures must be 25.

Wider Curriculum

In Topic we have been learning about different types of animals including mammals, birds and reptiles. We explored what kinds of features these animals have such as fur, beaks or scaly skin, and used this knowledge to sort different animals into these categories. We have also begun to learn about the diets of different animals and found out about herbivores and carnivores and omnivores.

In English we continued to investigate our story ‘Handa’s surprise’. We wrote sentences to explain what we would surprise our friends with thinking carefully about their particular likes and interests. We also made predictions about what will happen next as well as explore the feelings of the main characters.

In PE we moved to the music of ‘The carnival of the animals’ by Camile Saint-Saens and then created an animal parade by moving in the style of different animals.

Makaton

Our new Makaton sign this week was ‘tidy’. See if you can use it at home this weekend.

Have a lovely weekend!

Week 1

Week beginning 15.4.24

We have had a very busy first week back in Reception! The children have settled back in their routines well and have enjoyed exploring outside. 

Forest school

This week, Cherry class went to the pond, we looked for frogs, frogspawn, froglets and tadpoles. We discussed the life cycle of a frog and spoke about the changes that have happened since our last visit. We also went on a scavenger hunt for minibeast and leaves using magnifying glasses.

Phonics

Here are some phonics videos for you to watch at home this weekend.

Please note these videos will expire after 3 weeks.

Maths

This week in maths we been building numbers beyond 10. We looked at how numbers can be represented in different ways and represented numbers on Rekenreks and bead strings.

Wider Curriculum

In Topic we spoke about different habitats and identified which animals live where. We also went on a school safari to look for animals in the environment. We looked at different animal patterns and compared the similarities and differences of different animals. We then made our own pattern by weaving.

In English we looked at our new story ‘Handa’s Surprise’, we looked at the front cover and described what we could see. We spoke about the fruit that Handa has in her basket and tried them!   

In PE we worked together as a team to collect and carry objects to make an obstacle course, we then took turns and helped each other to complete it. 

Makaton

Our new Makaton sign this week was ‘share’. See if you can use it at home this weekend.

Please can you make sure your child has spare school uniform in their bag. This could be in an additional bag which is left on their peg if you would prefer. We would also appreciate any donations of old uniform for our spare clothes, especially trousers, skirts and tights.

Have a lovely weekend!