Around The Classes

Reception Round Up

Some of the things the children have been learning...
In Literacy we have used Peace at Last (Jill Murphy) and It’s ok to be Different (Todd Parr) to explore families. We have written about our favourite parts of the story and completed sequencing activities.
 
In handwriting we have been learning to form cursive h and  b.
 
In Maths we have started to explore simple addition up to 5. We have combined sets to make totals of 5, starting to investigate number bonds.
 
In our PSHE work we have started our ‘Protective Behaviours’ program to teach key messages;
  • We all have the right to feel safe at all times
  • We can talk with someone about anything, no matter what it is
Some of the things the children will be learning next week...
We will be using the well-known tale Little Red Hen as our focus in Literacy. We will be sequencing the story and even making bread.
 
In handwriting, our next letters will be cursive f and k which are the last letter in Harriet’s tall family.

In Maths we will begin to compare numbers, identifying the biggest and smallest in a set. We will be counting on and back from given numbers and continuing with simple addition.

In phonics we have been practising single sounds…

c   k   e   u   r   h   b   f

 
How to help your child at home…
  • Practise counting to 20 and beyond
  • Practise writing numbers 0-10
  • Explore ways to make 5
  • Practise writing first and last names – try to use cursive letters that have been introduced
  • Share new and familiar rhymes/stories
  • Encourage the children to dress/undress independently and pack their own school bag
What’s coming up/notices/information...
Children only need either their blazer or coat in school, not both.
 
Thank you for your support with cursive letters at home. We are aware some of the children are finding this difficult but it does get easier. If it helps please feel free to write a few letters for the children to trace. They have previously been introduced to the focus letter in class so should just need a little further practise to reinforce formation.
 
Mrs Pullen
Reception Class Teacher
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Class 1Q French

Class 1Q have been learning the vocabulary for their pencil case items in French. They have also been studying colours. Here they are labelling their pictures in French.

Mrs Day
MFL Teacher
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Class 1Q Music

Children in 1Q learned a song from Jack and the Beanstalk that had clapping actions. They had to clap twice in the rests – the spaces between notes – while they were singing the chorus of the song. They managed to clap, sing and keep to the beat at all the same time!

Mrs Barnes
Director of Music
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Class 2W PE

Children in 2W work as hard in PE as they do in the classroom. They understand the benefits of getting their heart beat and breathing working harder through active warm ups and then moved on to precision aiming to score points as they aimed beanbags at hoops of differing distances. The variety of strategies used were fascinating!

Mr Webb
Class 2W Form Teacher
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Class 2E RE

In RE we learned about the Jewish Celebration of Sukkot and talked about how Jewish people build a Sukkah in their gardens and stay in it for two days as part of their celebrations.

The children were tasked with building their own Sukkah in groups following the rules of three walls and a roof made of natural materials found outside. Fabulous creativity was on show.

Mrs Emery
Class 2E Form Teacher

Class 2E Maths

Anyone seen a right angle? Our maths detective skills have been put to the test this week in a hunt for right angles. We took our right angle finders and set off to track them down. Turns out they are everywhere!

We created a venn diagram to asses the properties of different shapes - identify how many corners each shape had and how many of those were right angles.

Mrs Emery
Class 2E Form Teacher
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Class 1Q Round Up

This week in Maths, we have been learning about 2D shapes and sorting them into Venn diagrams. We practiced doing this physically before completing similar tasks in our work books.

We were creative in Art this week, as we incorporated our humanities topic 'houses' into our art lesson. The children had lots of fun choosing their own materials to create their unique houses.

In writing, we have wrote our very own books based off the story Knuffle Bunny and are looking forward to sharing it with our families.

Miss Quirke
Class 1Q Form Teacher
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