Reception

 Hello everyone, This week in Reception we have focused on "Superworm" book by Julia Donaldson. We looked at the different things that the superworm could change itself into such as a hat, a fairground ride, a lasoo and the children shared their own ideas too. We were glad to see some rain this week as we were able to find some worms for our wormery. Next week we will be making magic potions and we will write potion poetry. Maths In maths we have done a lot of counting using coins. We have been practising counting in twos through different games.Next week we will be learning about odd and even numbers. Phonics This week we have been working on describing pictures with words, captions and sentences.  The children have been introduced to the tricky words: 'said' and 'so'. Next week we will learn the tricky words 'have' and 'do'. If you have booked a school dinner for your child and changed your mind to a packed lunch please let the school office

 Hello everyone, This week Reception class focussed on 'The Enormous Turnip' story. The children had fun retelling and acting out the story. The children really enjoyed planting and learning about plants. This week they have planted broad beans, marigolds and dianthuses. Our plants are really well looked after so we should see them grow beautifully.                                                                   Planting broad beans                                                             Playing our favourite quiz                                                   Shaking milk in a jar to make our own butter                                                   Exploring pushing and pulling forces This week we have also created a wormery for our classroom and have discussed the importance of worms for the plants. Next week our focus story will be 'Superworm' by Julia Donaldson. Phonics In phonics we have been playing games with our tricky words and have been practising

 Hello everyone, It has been an exciting week back after the Easter break in Reception. The highlight of the week for the children was swapping playgrounds with Nursery. The children loved exploring the new environment and kept on telling me how much they enjoyed their play.  This week we have been learning about plants. We have planted cress seeds and have observed how the seeds are changing each day. Next week we will plant beans and will learn the Life Cycle of a Broad Bean. Our focus story for next week will be The Enormous Turnip. Phonics In phonics we have been singing the alphabet forwards and backwards and we have revisited phonics: qu, ch and sh. This week we have also practised writing upper case B. Next week we will revisit the letter sound 'th' and we will use it in reading and writing. Maths This week we have introduced a shop role play to our classroom. The children used money while playing shops and we have been discussing the use of money in our everyday lives.