Reception focus 30.1.17

For the next two weeks in Reception we will be focussing on the traditional tale The Three Little Pigs. The children were given the choice of four traditional tales to learn about and this was the most popular, hence it has become our new focus. 

The children will be learning to sequence the story and write a sentence for each part and also act out  the story using props and masks. 

In Maths the children will be learning about symmetry and also making pictures of houses and pigs using 2D shapes.

In phonics, the children will be continuing to learn digraphs and beginning to join their handwriting. They will be focussing on th, sh and ng.

 

The Gingerbread Man fun in Reception!

The children in Reception have been busy thinking about the story of The Gingerbread Man for the last two weeks. 

Everyone has had a great time planning, cooking and decorating their own Gingerbread Men which tasted delicious! 

The children have also written some amazing sentences about what the animals in the story are doing, remembering to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. 

Well done to all of the Elephants, Zebras and Giraffes for all of their hard work!

Reception focus 23.1.17

This week in Early Years we will be celebrating Chinese New Year. The children will be learning about some of the traditions and customs during this festival as well as learning about the New Year race and the animals involved.

In Maths we will be learning about ordinal numbers, how to write them and how to read and say them correctly.

In phonics we will be beginning to learn the digraphs and how to write these in a joined style. This week we will be learning ch and qu.

On Friday we will complete our week with a Chinese New Year parade and banquet. The children will come to school wearing red and they will take part in cooking and tasting Chinese foods and joining in our Chinese dancing. 

 

Reception focus 16.1.17

This week in Reception we will be continuing our theme of The Gingerbread Man. We will be writing a sentence to match the story as well as thinking about the sequence of main events.

In Maths, we will be learning about data handling and making pictograms, reading block graphs and making our own tally charts.

In phonics, we will be learning three new sounds and writing and reading words and sentences linked to these. 

 

Reception focus 9.1.17

This week in Reception we will be beginning our topic of Traditional Tales starting with The Gingerbread Man. 

 We will be reading the story and the children will be designing their own Gingerbread man and then baking him following a recipe and measuring out the ingredients needed. 

They will also be using playdoh to make the characters from the story as well as making their own stick puppets to help them retell the story in their own words. 

In phonics, the children will be learning the phonemes j, w and z. They will learn the formation and also read and write them within words and sentences. 

 In Maths, the children will be exploring money and coins, naming and role playing buying and selling with the coins we use in England.

 

Reception focus 4.1.17

Happy New Year to you all. May we, the Reception team wish you all the very best health for 2017. 

Following on from our Christmas fun and our successful move to the new school, this week we will be focussing on settling the children into their new setting and thinking about what the children received at Christmas. The children will be writing a sentence about their time over the festive period and also recapping all of the new phonics, words and Maths we taught last term.

Enjoy the selection of photos from our festivities, and we look forward to a successful transition into our new build. Thank you for your continued support.