This week we have learnt the phonemes v, w, x, and y and tricky words and, has, his and her. In Maths we looked at part and whole of numbers. We also looked at capacity using boxes and toys. Books included Car Car Truck Jeep and Mrs Armitage, Queen of the Road. The children enjoyed communicating with cups and string
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This week we carried on with our phonics learning and learnt the phonemes ff, ss, ll and j. We have also learnt some new tricky words this week and they are put, pull, full, as. We continued our learning in ‘Marvellous Machines’ where we looked at different poems about machines, talked about the features of poems which then helped us
This week we started our topic Marvellous Machines! We looked at different kinds of machines what they do to help us. In Maths we were focusing on counting and comparing size. In RE we learnt about Diwali and how it is celebrated. We made our own Rangoli patterns and explored with Mehndi patterns! Another focus this week was Remembrance Day.
This week we covered the phonemes h, b, f and l and tricky words is, I and the. In Maths we have used the words more, less and fewer to compare amounts. We read the books Explorers-My First Heroes and What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers and shared our thoughts and opinions on what we could build. This was followed
This week the children thought about what they would wear in hot and cold places, we read Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham and retold the story using masks and discussed new vocabulary such as: squabble, bleat and trample. We also shared the story Harold and the Purple Crayon and anticipated what would happen next. The children followed simple instructions
This week we covered the sounds g, o, c, k and had a review day. In Maths we looked at numbers to 4 and shapes. In other areas we explored nursery rhymes with actions, we discussed past and present photographs from the local area, we listened to the story Mini Rabbit Not Lost (and others) and spoke about safety. The
This week the children covered the phonemes i, n, m and d. They also had a day to review and revise those sounds and apply their new knowledge. In Maths the children engaged in activities that drew their attention to counting and counting skills. They explored the various things that can be counted like sounds. The rest of the week
This week the children have learnt their first sounds in phonics, which are s, a, t, p, and they had a review day to recap on their learning. In Maths we introduced the children to Numberblocks and subitising, which they really enjoyed. They explored the story We’re going on a bear hunt with a story map. This was explored further
The children have settled into life in Reception! This is a snippet of what we have been enjoying and learning in our new environment.
