Weekly news 14th November

This week in Reception we have been learning the sounds g o c k and ck. We have also learnt to read the tricky words to and the which can’t be sounded out and please see if your child can spot these when reading books at home.  We have given the children their tricky word tag to keep in their book bags and to practise at home along with reading the sounds in their sounds book.  We have also continued writing stories with the children this week and they have been adding in the sounds they know and have enjoyed acting them out with friends.

The numbers we have learnt about this week are 13, 14 and 15. We have also been listening to some teen number songs to remind children that all teen numbers start with a 1. You may want to practise writing these down and seeing if your child can recognise them.

We have started our new Power of  Reading book, ‘Owl Babies’. The first session introduced the story by setting the scene in a darkened classroom and we handed out finger torches. We showed the children a picture from the story with no writing. The picture was of the three baby owls and the mummy owl in the background. The children had to think about what they could see in the picture, what is happening and where they owls were. They also thought about what the owls might think of the dark and how the owls might be feeling. This brought up a discussion about nocturnal animals.

We have been working with the children to make a shape owl on a dark background where the children have selected different coloured shapes and practised their cutting skills. They are looking fantastic and will be displayed.

We now do the shaker at 9am and therefore the gate will be locked by 9.05am. Please can we ask you to say goodbye to your child by the time we do the shaker so that you have time to get through the gate before it is locked.