Reception Round Up
Some of the things the children have been learning...
It’s hard to believe we’ve already completed a whole week in school and the class are now familiar with structured play routines in Reception. We have all been making new friends and enjoying lunchtimes with our year 6 buddies. We have started our specialist lessons with Mrs Barnes for Music, Mr Adkins for IT, Mrs McCollin for PE and Mrs Day for French.
In class we have been trying hard to establish comfortable pencil grips and practised reading and writing our names.
We have been singing number rhymes and practised counting to 10.
Some of the things the children will be learning in the weeks to come...
Next week we will start to look at books with repetitive chants. We will use the texts ‘We’re Going On a Bear Hunt’ and ‘Little Rabbit Foo Foo’ in our learning.
In maths we will be looking for, and creating our own repeating patterns. We will practise number formation focussing on numerals 1-5.
We will be starting our first topic, ‘Me and Family’ and talking about our favourite things.
In phonics we will be introducing single sounds initially focussing on;
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How to help your child at home...
- Practise single letters and their sounds. Play games that encourage the children to identify the initial sounds of objects e.g. eye-spy
- Share stories, encourage the children to identify sounds in print
- Encourage mark making/ writing and practise holding a pencil correctly and comfortably
- Practise counting to 20
- Match numerals (1-5) to amounts
- Encourage the children to dress independently
- Practise packing school bags with daily equipment – reading folders, snack bags
What’s coming up/ notices/ information...
- Please remember to send in a puddle suit and wellies for forest school. Also please send spare underwear in their bags so we are prepared for any accidents
- Timetables have been sent home – please ask if you have any queries
- Remember to sign the Reading Record books each evening
- On Fridays we have ‘Show and Tell.’ The children are invited to bring in something from home that they are willing to share and talk about
- Please send in a few family photographs as we will be making individual booklets to display for our topic work