This week in the classroom
Friday 17th October
The children have continued learning based on our theme All About Me, and in addition to phonics, English and maths taught sessions.
In phonics this week, the children revised all the sounds we have learned this half term and practised blending sounds to read words. We have also practised reading tricky words 'I', 'is' and 'the'.Next week, the children will complete a phonics assessment to see what they have remembered. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we will learn during the Autumn 1 term.
In maths, we have practised all the different things we have been learning including subitising, counting, shape recognition and comparing.
In English the children have been writing about their friends and have started reading a new whole class book called 'The Friendship Bench'. Children have been writing about their friends, making friendship benches in the craft area, making models of their friends with playdough, celebrating friends birthdays in the home corner and much more.
The children have had a super week!
Friday 10th October
The children have continued learning based on our theme All About Me, and in addition to phonics, English and maths taught sessions.
In phonics this week, the children learned sounds for 'h', 'b', 'f' and 'l''. Children are also learning what we call 'tricky words'; we have learned 'I', 'is' and 'the'.We also played games which practise saying and blending sounds to make words. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we will learn during the Autumn 1 term.
We have also continued our whole class maths teaching sessions each day. This week, the children have been learning the words and meaning of 'more than' and 'fewer than', by comparing the number of toys. This is something you can do at home each day, e.g. who has more books/teddies/coins?
In English the children have been writing about their friends and reading a story called 'At the Beach' in small groups.Children have enjoyed a variety of chosen learning activities and some focused around ourselves. Some new activities the children loved this week was a 'tweezer challenge' to pick up conkers, strengthening their grip for writing and play with natural objects we collected on the field.
What a lovely week in Reception!
Friday 3rd October
The children have continued learning based on our theme All About Me, and in addition to phonics, English and maths taught sessions.
In phonics this week, the children learned sounds for 'ck', 'u', 'e' and 'r'. We also played games which practise saying and blending sounds to make words. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we will learn during the Autumn 1 term.
We have also continued our whole class maths teaching sessions each day. This week, the children have been practising their 'subitising' - being able to say how many things in a small group of counters, dot, or objects, without counting them!
Children have enjoyed a variety of chosen learning activities and some focused around ourselves. They made cards and invitations for a birthday party (linked to our text 'Amazing'), made cards for friends, birthday cake collages and more. In writing, children have been thinking about all the things they can do and writing a simple sentence about it.
What a great week in Reception!
Friday 26th September
The children have had another busy week, continuing learning based on our theme All About Me, and continuing phonics, English and maths taught sessions.
In phonics this week, the children learned sounds for 'g', 'o', 'c' and 'k'. We also played games which practise saying and blending sounds to make words. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we will learn during the Autumn 1 term.
We have also continued our whole class maths teaching sessions each day. This week, the children have been exploring number 1, 2 and 3. This has included counting objects, fingers and also the concept that 1 and another 1 makes 2, and 1 and 1 and 1 makes 3.
The children took part in the Reception baseline assessments this week. This meant that each child completed games and tasks 1:1 with Mr Rogers, based around English and maths skills. You can find out more about the Reception baseline assessments here.
Children have enjoyed a variety of chosen learning activities and some focused around ourselves. They crafted mini people to look like themselves, played 'home' games and dress-up roleplay, and also built houses and homes using blocks, bricks and other objects.
What a super week in Reception!
Thursday 18th September
The children have played and learned so nicely this week. They remember our class rules and know the right things to do.
We continued our phonics whole class sessions this week. We teach the phonics curriculum using the Little Wandle scheme. This week, the children learned sounds for 'i', 'n', 'm' and 'd'. We also played games which practise saying and blending sounds to make words. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we will learn during the Autumn 1 term.
We have also continued our whole class maths teaching sessions each day. This week, the children have been counting sets of objects up to 6. We have learned that we can count by touching each object or moving each object, so we do not miss any out!
The children all practised writing their names this week and writing a caption about Zibbo the dragon. They all worked so hard to form their letters!
What a wonderful week Reception!
Thursday 11th September
The children have enjoyed further exploring their classroom, outdoor area and the school woods this week and are gaining confidence every day.
We began our phonics whole class sessions this week. We teach the phonics curriculum using the Little Wandle scheme. This week, the children learned sounds for 's', 'a', 't', and 'p'. We also played games which practise saying and blending sounds to make words. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we will learn during the Autumn 1 term.
We have also begun our whole class maths teaching sessions each day. This week, the children have been exploring the numbers 1, 2 and 3. We have played games and practised making the numbers using our fingers, talking about how we make them in different ways, and spotting groups of 2 and 3 by becoming 'number hunters'!
Based around the theme of 'All About Me', Reception children have painted family portraits, made stone sculptures of family members, used natural materials to make a self portrait and have even made models of their homes!
What a super week Reception!
Thursday 4th September
Welcome to the new school year! It has been so lovely to meet all of your children together again and hear about their Summer. Everyone was impressed at how happy the children were coming through the doors on their first day. It has been a pleasure getting to know the children and find out more about them.
The children have loved exploring the different areas of the classroom and outdoors. In addition to learning through play, we have enjoyed stories and circle times about ourselves, our homes and our families. Children were able to use 'talk tokens' to take turns and tell the class something they like. Their sitting and listening were amazing!
Next week, we will begin phonics, English, reading and maths sessions, in addition to further learning through play activities. We can't wait to learn with the children again next week. Have a lovely weekend :)