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 reading and writing words with the letter sound 'th'.

Next week the children will be introduced to the tricky words: 'said' and 'all'.

Please make sure that your child brings their reading books to school on Mondays.

Maths

In maths we have been looking at the values of English coins and we have used coins in our play.

Next week we will be exploring different combinations of coins with a total of up to 10 then 20p.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Sheehan




 

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