Reception fo us 26.6.17

For the next few weeks in Reception we will be focussing on the topic 'At the seaside.' We will be learning about what we can see and do at the seaside linking our activities to the story 'Billy's bucket.'   The children are also beginning their transition into Year One with a new routine and regular playtime with the Key Stage One children. 

In phonics the children are consolidating their knowledge of digraphs and trigraphs and their spelling of tricky words.

In Maths we are learning about halving and the practical exploration of sharing into two equal groups. 

 

Nursery Focus W/C 26.06.17

We are going with the children's interest this week and will be learning about Pirates!

The children will listen to a variety of Pirate stories during whole class carpet time and group time.

We have started Phonics Phase 2 and the phoneme of the week is 't'. The children have already learnt about  the phoneme's 's' and 'a' but these will be recapped throughout the week. The children will take part in a variety of activities to consolidate this initial phonics knowledge.

The children will also have the chance to make their very own Pirate Pizza on Thursday - discussing again healthy and non-healthy foods and deciding which toppings are healthy. We hope to create a healthy X marks the spot on our pizza's!

We will continue to watch the changes taking place for our class caterpillars as well!

Nursery Focus W/C 19.06.17

We are continuing our topic on The Very Hungry Caterpillar this week.

The children will listen to the story and different mini-beast stories. They will continue to have the chance to create The Very Hungry Caterpillar using a variety of different media and materials as well as be introduced to patterns and start to create their own patterns this week.

We mixed things around last week and the children made their very own Very Hungry Caterpillar using tomato slices, cucumber slices, raisins and carrots so the children will make fruit skewers at the end of this week. They will  continue to talk about healthy and unhealthy food as well.

The children will continue to watch the changes that are taking place with our very own class caterpillars!

Reception focus 19.6.17

This week in Reception we will be continuing our focus of The very hungry caterpillar. The children are currently fascinated by the caterpillars in the classroom and are enjoying observing the changes each day in the caterpillar's growth. 

In our enhanced provision,  the children will be learning about a range of minibeasts and exploring their characteristics in different ways.

In phonics, the children are using all of the digraphs and trigraphs taught in words and sentences.

In Maths, we will be learning about doubling numbers and recalling them, for example 'double 1 is 2; double 2 is 4...' and so on.

Thursday is our Sports Day, so please ensure your child has a hat and a water bottle in school. 

 

Nursery Focus W/C 12.06.17

We are starting our topic on The Very Hungry Caterpillar this week.

The children will listen to the story lots this week and have the opportunity to watch the animated version.  They will have the chance to create The Very Hungry Caterpillar using a variety of different media and materials as well as be introduced to the terms symmetry and symmetrical where they will paint symmetrical butterflies by folding the paper.

The children will have a chance to make their own fruit skewers and talk about healthy and unhealthy food in their groups this week, following from what The Very Hungry Caterpillar ate in the story.

The children will also be investigating what mini-beasts they can find outside. We have some new arrivals in the classroom as well - 5 caterpillars! The children will watch these caterpillars grow and turn into butterflies over the next few weeks.

Reception focus 12.6.17

For the next two weeks we will be focussing on the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The children will have the first hand experience of watching caterpillars grow and they will observe the life cycle From caterpillar to butterfly.

The children will be writing stories, book reviews and looking at non fiction books on mini beasts and writing facts about them.

In phonics we will be recapping digraphs taught and reading and writing these within sentences.

In Maths we will be focussing on symmetry and making and creating pictures and patterns using symmetry.