Dinosaur classroom

We are trying to change the classroom into a dinosaur class room as the children decided they wanted to be called dinosaur class.

If you child would like to make anything dinosaur themed to decorate the classroom that would be fantastic.

Tapestry

Just a reminder, I have not received everyone's permission slip for tapestry and trips.
If you haven't completed it, I will send a copy home tonight, lease can you complete it and send it back tomorrow, as I need to get the details updated before I can start using the program for observations.
Also please check your junk account as not everyone has accepted for the observations to be emailed to you, a new email has been sent to the outstanding parents.
Thank you

Plastic school carrier bag

On Friday, a plastic sealable carrier bag was sent home with some activities the children had completed. Could this bag be sent back to school for this weeks work and activities to be taken on Friday.

word of the week

This weeks challenge word is 

the 

The class will practice saying this word each day, with the intention that each child will be able to say their own sentence using this word.

The link below is a YouTube song to help them lrn it by sight.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n5NANKteuVs

Maths focus

This weeks maths focus is about making patterns.

Shape patterns, colour patterns, movement patterns, musical patterns. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SvdAhexM9o4

Is a YouTube to help children learn about different patterns.

Each day the children's maths lesson will be on making different patterns.

And activities will be put out in continuous provision to enhance their learning. 

RWI sounds

Next weeks Read Write Inc sounds are

They will learn all four sounds, one per day and then recap the four on Friday. 

If you are unsure how to pronounce any sounds please come and ask.

Mud kitchen and gardening area

Reception are developing a gardening and mud kitchen area, if you have got any old pots, pans, wooden spoons, etc for the mud kitchen and any cuttings, seeds for the gardening area would be much appreciated. 

Thank you

This half term topic

A few weeks into our first term of reception, we will now be starting a half termly topic. For the next few weeks, our literacy lessons will be linked to this topic, looking at all the different people that help us. 

We will be introducing new vocabulary and encouraging the children to use these words in their continuous provision. 

If you know of anyone that is a doctor, nurse, police officer, fire fighters, dentist, etc who would be willing to  come and visit the children please let me know. 

Challenge Word of the Week

Each week reception will be learning a new high frequency word to learn to read.

 This week our word is "I".

Please encourage your child to use this word in any sentences, I like ....., I went ....

Below is a link of a song on YouTube that I am using within the challenge word of the week lesson.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6U5gQ-jgUQ

Maths focus

Maths focus this week: 

this week in reception our maths focus is correctly counting objects to 10, clever counting a group of objects and then finding the correct numeral to match.

I have introduced the 'clever counting' when counting moveable objects, to line them up, moving one object as a time as they count it, to encourage counting objects correctly. 

Happy counting!

Read Write Inc

As I mentioned in the parents meeting, your child will be starting Read Write Inc lessons from Monday.

The class will be split into two small groups and be taught all set 1 sounds. They will learn 4 sounds per week (Monday to Thursday) with Friday being a day to consolidate the sounds they have learnt. 

I've attached a link from the official website of a short video introducing the program to parents. 

http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/read-write-inc-programmes/phonics/

I will blog the sounds we are gong to learn and previously learnt, if you have any questions on how to pronounce the sound please come and speak to me.

reception class blog

Welcome to the Reception class blog.

I will post photos and information of what your children have been doing in reception class and update you on the themes and topics you child will be involved in as well as the areas of maths and literacy they will be learning. 

Please feel free to comment on any posts.