This week in the classroom

Thursday 16th January

Reception class have had a super week in our new classroom and outdoor area!

In phonics sessions, we have focused on new sounds 'oa' 'oo' and 'ar. We also learned 'tricky' words was, you and they. We have focused again on practising blending too.

In English, we have continued to explore a book called The Storm Whale in Winter, about a boy called Noi and his friend the whale. Children have read speech bubbles from the characters and continued to write their own. Children have also read with Mr Rogers in small groups, and chosen books to take home.

In Maths, we have focused on 'counting and number order' as well as continuing our subitising. Children have enjoyed playing track games where they have to roll the die and move that number on the squares.

In the classroom continuous provision, the children have enjoyed all areas of the classroom. They have played in the sea with our sealife small world and Storm Whale tuff tray, read books in the new reading corner, painted pictures of the sea, made light house collage, made boats and more using junk model materials, cooked and done the washing in the home corner, built train tracks, boats and more in the construction area, written notes and letters to Noi in the writing area, matched letters to words iin the writing corner, built castles and palaces to sail to using wooden blocks and much more.

The children have loved being back outside and enjoyed making mud kitchen pies, riding bikes, building boats and houses using large crates and blocks, hopping across the island assault course and digging for shells in the sand tray.

On Friday, children took part in the exciting 'grand opening' of our building, then enjoyed a picnic lunch and a balloon to take home! It has been a lovely week.

Thursday 9th January

Reception class have absolutely loved being in the new classroom and exploring all the areas!

In phonics sessions, we have focused on new sounds 'ai, ee, and igh'. We also revised 'tricky' words the I put pull. We have focused more on practising blending too.

In English, we have started to explore a book called The Storm Whale in Winter, about a boy called Noi who befriends a whale. Children have read speech bubbles from the characters and written their own. Children have also read with Mr Rogers in small groups.

In Maths, we have focused on 'subitising' numbers; being able to say how many of something without having to count each one. Children have enjoyed playing a subitising game with their friends and matching objects to number cards. 

In the classroom continuous provision, the children have had a super time exploring all the areas of the classroom. They have acted out sea stories with our sealife small world and Storm Whale tuff tray, read books in the new reading corner, coloured and painted sea creatures, made boats and more using junk model materials, cooked and done the washing in the home corner, built train tracks, boats and more in the construction area, written notes and letters to Noi in the writing area and much more. 

Our outside area has been out of use due to the ice and snow. We hope it melts next week so we can enjoy the new outdoor area!

The children have had a wonderful week!