Thursday 26 September 2019

weekly news 26th


This week in Reception we have enjoyed bringing in our favourite books from home and have shared lots with our classes already. The children have been brave, coming to the front of the class to talk about their favourite part of the story and why the like it. The teachers have then read the story to the class. We will continue to share these books next week so your child will still have time to bring one in if they haven’t yet. 
On Monday we played a pirate bingo game in Maths. The children showed us which numbers they could recognise up to 16 and enjoyed picking out pirate treasure from a chest to place over their numbers. 
We have been getting stuck into our Power of Reading story called Grendel: A cautionary Tale about Chocolate. This will be our focus story for the rest of the half term and we will be dipping in and out of it as we read a few pages at a time. So far we have found out that Grendel lives in a cave with his mum and he loves three things: his mum, his dog and chocolate! The children then shared the things they love and lots of children chose to draw pictures of these things on a heart which they then cut out themselves. We discussed what sort of character we think Grendel is when he snatches the chocolate off his mum and runs away to eat it. We recorded ideas on post it notes and are making a working wall of our learning. We have also had chocolate play dough out in our enhanced provision where the children have been creating their own chocolate worlds. 
On Wednesday the children enjoyed their second PE and Music sessions in the morning and in the afternoon, they had great fun using the bikes and scooters outside.  
This week we have also been learning to use our outside areas and lots of children have really enjoyed spending time in the different areas such as the Jurassic world, sand pit, builder’s area and exploring the cars with ramps.  
Please can all children have a rain coat in school every day and could we ask you to name your child’s lunch box on the outside so that the lunch time staff can help the children find their lunch boxes.  
You should have received your child’s login details for Education City and Active Learn. The school code for Active learn is 99kq. 
We will be leaving out green speech bubbles with a question on from time to time. Please can you spare a minute and write a comment on it with your child’s name and place it in the pot provided. 
Lots of the lovely learning we have been doing has been added to tapestry this week. Please take a look to see photos and observations of your child and add a ‘like’ or comment. 
 

Wednesday 18 September 2019

weekly news 18th September

This week we have been continuing to teach the children how to use the inside of our learning environment. The children are doing really well with looking after all our equipment and finding out where to tidy it away at the end of each session. The children are enjoying having their own 'special place' where they sit on our class carpets.
The children have been finding out all about each other when we have been reading their 'All about me' books to their class. The children have been sitting at the front of their class on a special chair while it is their turn and telling us about all the things that make them special.
This week many of the children have been having their lunch at school and afterwards playing on our adventure playground. After lunch the children have 'E.R.I.C' time in their class 'everyone reads in class'. The children all choose a book from a basket and sit and carefully look through the book for a few moments. The children are settling really well into all these new routines !
Also this week all the children have been doing a special 'focus' activity which has been to draw a picture of themselves in their school clothes and to try to write their name on their picture. We have been encouraging the children to look really carefully in a mirror to notice the shape of their face and the colour of their eyes and hair and then to choose the correct crayons for their picture. We will be displaying these pictures on your child's special display board around their classroom so do please come and have a look at your child's picture.
We call Wednesdays 'Wonderful Wednesdays' in Reception because the children have a dance and music session in the morning which are always lots of fun !
From Monday 23rd September we would like your child to bring in a favourite book from home to show to their class. Please encourage your child to put their book in the basket/box by their teacher's chair. Each child will have a turn to show their book and to talk to their class about their favourite part of their book and to explain why they like it.
Please can you write your child's name in their book ?
From next Wednesday 25th September during the afternoon, we will be taking the children on the playground to use the school balance bikes and scooters so we would like to invite you to bring in a named helmet and leave it on your child's peg on a Wednesday. Please can you ensure that your child can put their helmet on and that it fits comfortably, we will of course assist the children with fastening/unfastening the clips.
Thank you very much to all the parents who have offered to help out in class.  This is a great help and enables us to put on lots of activities to further enrich the children's learning. Thank you also to all the parents who have helped out at lunch-time. Many of you have commented on the children's excellent behaviour and table manners !
Many of the children seem to be very tired in the afternoons and one or two have even nodded off to sleep ! Unfortunately at school we do not have anywhere for the children to have a nap, so please let us know if you can pick you child up at 11:45am especially at the end of the week if you find they are getting very tired or emotional during these early weeks of school. Thank you