Week commencing 28/09/20

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

Here is a snapshot of what we have been doing this week in Reception.

For our maths we have continued looking at the number 2 so we have a better understanding about what we know about it.

For Phonic lessons we have now started to look at our sounds.

We now have learnt all 4 sounds and what words we could think of that begin with them sounds. We have also learnt how to form the letters. We have started to look at tricky words which we can't sound out. The 2 words we have looked at are 'The and I'.

We have continued with our Topic of Toys and this week we have been drawing our favourite toys and if we could write the initial sound.

In school we have 'Investors in pupils' where the children get to choose their target and a treat for when they have achieved this. We link this to our British Values and the children vote for the treat.

Here are the children in Miss Turners class voting for their treat.

Miss Turners class decided they wanted to come in their pyjamas for the day.

Here is Mrs Smarts children voting.

They chose to have popcorn and a film.

We have started Vocab words in the afternoon, these are the words we have looked at this week and we have talked about the meanings of these. We will have 3 different words every week.

A bit of a reminder all children have now a reading book and a keyring with words on. Can we ask that if you have read with your child just pop a comment in the book so we know even if its just a signature. Many thanks Reception team.

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What we have been doing this week (commencing 21st September)

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

This Week in Reception we have been doing lots more exploring. We have washed babies in the water tray, we have been exploring numbered boats and more and less sheets in the maths area. We have had free choice in the writing areas.  

 In our carpet sessions we have looked at the number 2, how to form and write the numeral 2. What a 2 numicon looks like and also how we can make the number 2.

In our topic we have started to look at our favourite toys. We talked about them and said why we liked them and what we do with them.                                                                                               

We have also been busy making our Reception display board for in the corridor. We enjoyed making ourselves and then writing our names. 

We are very proud of what the children achieved.

Unfortunately the weather had a turn this week and we have had rain. Can we ask that you practise with your child to fasten coats and also if they can have suitable footwear for the wet conditions.

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Settling in

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

Over the last two weeks we have been settling into Reception. We have learned new routines and timetables. We have learnt that we need to wash our hands lots, coming in on a morning, after being outside, before snack, before lunch, after lunchtime break, and again between learning sessions on the carpet.

We enjoyed our snack on the carpet together.

We all ate our lunch in the dining hall.

We also had fun exploring both inside and outside provision.

We are now excited to see what we are going to be learning about next.

If at any point you have any questions please email the class teacher.

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Welcome

Anna Head (a.head) on: Reception Blog - 2019-20

Welcome to reception blog. This is the place where you will find out all the fun we have been having. 

We have had great fun exploring all areas of reception and making new friends. Our first topic we explored was Marvellous Me where we had lots of fun talking about our families and what we like to do together. We also drew a picture of the members of our families.  Included in our topic we have learnt a lot of new vocabulary regarding our bodies. I'm sure the children have been coming home talking about the new words.

We have nearly learnt all our sounds in our phonics lesson. We have been doing lots of activities using the sounds. We have found sounds on conkers in the sand. We have been practising writing our name and also writing words with the sounds.

In maths we have been looking at numbers 1 up to 4.  We have investigated different ways of making the numbers, we have also spoken about more and less than a number. We have had some fun activities with numbers including conkers, men in boats and also just using the maths equipment.

We have had 2 stories that we have been working on, Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle, I'm sure you have heard your child chanting " up the hill and down the hill". The other story is Funnybones which we have linked with halloween. We have looked at story maps and how the stories are structured.

We have also had the evening post that came to take a class photo.

Other fun events that we have had is our Harvest festival and we were so proud of how the children sat and sang throughout. Thank you to everyone who attended. 

Finally we have finished with our Halloween disco, the children had a great time and all looked fantastic in their outfits. 

Have a great half term and we will see you back on Monday 5th November.

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