We have had a lovely week in reception and the children have really enjoyed exploring the woodland area outside. They have loved cooking in the mud kitchen and have been making some super comments about the textures of the meals they have created. They have also enjoyed the loose parts in our outdoor construction area.
In letters and sounds we have been learning about Alliteration. We played two games, one called ‘Bertha the bus‘ where the bus travels around a zoo mat and see which animals begin with the same sound. The other was ‘Musical Corners’ where there are 4 baskets with a different letter in each one. The children practiced putting objects into the basket beginning with the same sound. In Maths this week we have been learning about the story of numbers 1, 2 and 3. Each day we focussed on a different number and learnt how the number is formed, how to count that number of items and how we write the number. We also used the numicon, a number line and dice to see how the number can be represented.
We had a great time on our Autumn number walk around the village on Thursday. We spotted lots of numbers on cars, road signs, house numbers and shop signs. We also enjoyed looking for signs of autumn on our spotter sheets as we walked back across the common. Thank you to all of the parents who came to help and we hope you enjoyed it too!
We have now finished reading Grendel and have retold the story using a story map. On Friday we will have a discussion about chocolate and what it tastes like. We will discuss how we could melt it and then we will be making some chocolate rice krispie cakes. The children are making one to take home and one for our Pre- School leaders tea party which we are hosting on Monday. The children are very excited that their pre-school leaders will be coming in to see them. If your child is part time but would like to come to see their pre-school leaders, they can come back at 2 o’clock on Monday afternoon to join us.
We would like to thank you for coming to our Reception information meeting on Wednesday. We hope you found this useful and it has helped you to understand how to help support your child with their learning at home. If you were unable to make it, your child should have brought home a pack with the slides from our PowerPoint as well as some information about Maths and letter formation. Do come and chat to us if there is anything else you would like to know.
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