Home learning WC 01.02.21

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

Another very busy week,

In phonics this week we have been learning another two phonemes ar and or.  We have been reading words and sentences as well as writing them.

In maths we have been learning about number 8 and addition and even solving missing number problems.

Phoebe enjoyed our snow day and made 8 snowmen that  she then threw snowball at to knock them off, what a great game.

 George made a number 8 snowman, "he has 8 carrots, 2 for arms, and 6 on his head for eyes, nose, mouth and ears. 2 and 6 makes 8 he told us".

In Literacy/Topic we have been answering our half terms topic question and thinking about if it really would be good to be a knight of the round table as 

We also found out about King Arthur and his round table.  We learnt about his story and how he was given the round table as a wedding gift. 

We also made some more castles.

We also thought about our feelings in Mental health week and joined in with different activities including being kind, being mindful and listening to calming music.  We all enjoyed looking at old photos and even found ones that showed we have visited castles.

We have loved learning all about what castles where like to live in and what ir would be like to be a knight.  Most of us decided we wouldn't want to be a knight of the round table.  I wonder what you think?

This week Lydia even found time to make buns.

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In school learning

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

Wow such lovely work from all our home learners. Well done to all you that are completing the work.

In school we also have been really busy doing the same lessons and also the same work as home learning.

We have done lots of phonics work looking at our digraphs and trigraph.

In maths we have looked at subtraction, number 7, time and now beginning to look at the number 8.

We have had so much fun in the literacy lessons learning about knights. We have built castles from various things including numicon, playdough and loose parts.

We all made a crown to wear and have also used our cutting skills to make split pin knights.

We made Eric the Knight, Jam sandwiches which we followed instructions to make We enjoyed eating them too whilst watching Mike the knight on Friday afternoon.

We then had some cold days where we explored ice and also a snow day in school where a few children that we had left, had fun building a snowman as well as exploring the field and generally having a fun time. We did warm up after with sneaky hot chocolate and a film until parents managed to pick us up.

We miss all our friends at home but stay safe and we hope to be all back in school together soon,

Mrs Sturgess 

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Week Beginning 25.01.21

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

Wow Everyone is working so hard.

We are really impressed with how many children are login in to all our live lessons each day. It is great to see you all.

This week as been another full week and we have learnt:

Phonics, the 2 oo sounds, long oo, "poo at the zoo" and the short oo "look at a book". We have been reading and writing using both of them. then practicing all our tricky words both reading and writing them.

In Maths we have been learning about the language of time. We have order the days of the week and our day and made sure we are using the words, first, next, then, finally to describe what we have been doing.

In Literacy/Topic We have read a princess diary and had a go at writing our own. We have made Eric the knight Jam sandwiches and looked at writing instructions on how we did it. We looked at non fiction texts to see how they are different and found out information about banquets and live in the castle from them.  We then had a look at home to see if we have any non fiction books with contents pages in them.

We have also been up to other things,

Seth made some lovely flap jack and has promised the teachers he will make some for us when we are back in school. We can't wait.

Others have been continuing with their weapons and coats of arms from last week.

Well Done Everyone! 

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Home Learning WC 18.01.21

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

Week 3 of Home Learning.

We have all had another busy week with lots of children accessing all the live lessons and showing us how hard they are working at home through tapestry.

In phonics we have learnt 2 new phonemes igh and oa. We've read and wrote words and sentences with these sounds in and learnt the tricky words you and they.

Tommy even made his own footprint trail with his tricky words.

We are doing the same work in school too.

In Maths we have been learning all about number 7 and answering number sentence problems.

In Topic we have continued learning about Knights and Castles.

We have learnt about what it would be like to train to be a knight and what the Knights code was. 

We also thought about how we are as brave as knights.

We then thought about what it would be like to live in a castle.  

We read a story of Eric the knight who found a map which led him to a special sword and then we draw our own maps.

We then had a go at making our own castles.

Children also made up their own challenges.

Lenny made a rain catcher

Seth made his own snowflakes.

Lila draw her giant unicorn.

Wow what a busy week!!

Keep send your pictures on tapestry.

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Snow Day

Janet Spencer (j.spencer) on: Reception Blog

We all had so much fun in the snow.

We made snowman and snow families,  We had snowball fights. We went sledging and sliding and made snow angels.

Some of us even helped shovel the snow off the drives and footpaths.

Here are some pictures.

Hope you are all warm and dry now.

Stay safe.

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Bubble Fun in School!

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

The children in school have had a fantastic time playing with bubbles today. We investigated how best to make bubbles and how we could make different size bubbles! This was part of the Reception learning this week but we all joined in because it was so much fun :)

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