Reception
13th January
admin on: Reception
Well done to all the children for reciting 8 Nursery Rhyme's for this weeks challenge.
We have focussed our learning on Humpty Dumpty in particular this week.
Looking at the rhyme and re-telling it like a story.
We also looked at the make up of an egg.
The white and yolk and watched how when cooked it completely changed and can appear very different.
We also talked about how eggs are used in cooking to make lots of other foods such as cakes, custard, pancakes, quiches and many more.
We made little 3D Humpty Dumpty's out of newspaper paper and pipe cleaners, painted them and sat them on a wall in the classroom.
In our Maths work we are working out all the different ways to may 3,4, 5 and recording this in our own way.
We are using our subitising skills to work it out as this has to be instant recall.
Another great week.
Next week will be learning about Chinese New Year or the Lunar Year.
Testing a soft landing for the eggs
Tasting the eggy bread and omlettes
Looking at differences of the the uncooked egg and the cooked egg.
Eggy Bread
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Oddy and the Team!
6th January
admin on: Reception
Welcome back to the New Year of 2023!
The children have settled so well this week and we all feel they have all really grown up in their attitude and behaviour towards learning.
This week was a Winter Wonderland week but we didn't get the snow I ordered from the sky!
We would like to remind parents/carers that 5 minutes a day of reading will make a huge difference to your child in these early stages.
We are looking for fluency, so when they come to read it after few goes they will not need to blend the words at all. It may be like they have memorised the book.
Please see soon a short video of myself on MICROSOFT TEAMS helping you with the new speedy reading part of reading at home.
This is the start of the children recognising shapes of familiar words as we do automatically ourselves.
Here are a few highlights.
Painting Snowmen
Catching the drips.
Sorting and matching the dots using subitising skills - NOT COUNTING
Using conceptually subitising to add dots together to make a new total 4,5 or 6 - NOT COUNTING
Using our skills to recognise 4 and 5 in different contexts.
Thank you for all your support at home.
Mrs Oddy and the Team.
16th December
admin on: Reception
Well we made it to the end of a very successful term.
Thank you so much for your gifts this Christmas it is very much appreciated and not expected.
Our attendance has been really good and we have won the attendance trophy a few times.
Thank you to everyone for your support with your child at home reading and just spending time talking and playing with them.
I know we all have busy lives but 5 minutes a day really does make a difference.
Over the holiday it is important to rest and spend time with family and friends.
Do things you enjoy.
Eat food you love.
Make someone laugh or smile.
Watch a favourite film.
Do something nice for someone.
Play with your toys.
I am sure you will join me in saying thank you to Mrs Hemingway for her support everyday and Mrs Parker on a Wednesday.
Here our a few highlights this week.
snakes and ladders
Making and Elf
Writing Christmas cards
Problem solving with the UNU.
Have a fantastic Christmas holiday and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 4th December 2023!
Mrs Oddy and the Team
9th December
admin on: Reception
What a super week of concerts.
We are all so proud of the children.
This week we have been looking at the job of the postal workers and their run up to Christmas.
Nativity
Painting
Nativity
Sewing
Cosmic Yoga.
Thank you for all your support.
Mrs Oddy and Mrs Hemingway
2nd December
admin on: Reception
Hello all,
Well we are here, in the final weeks before Christmas.
The Christmas Nativity 'Going on a Baby Hunt' is going really well.
Thank you for helping your child learn their lines. Over the weekend if they could practise saying it slower and louder that would be fantastic.
It's their big moment and you will be very proud of them.
Practise outside, on a walk if you go and in the garden.
This week has been a week of looking at different materials we use for building and various pieces of furniture and objects around the classroom.
We have talk about some of the properties of these materials.
Plastic
Wood
Metal
Glass
Paper/cardboard
Which materials can be recycled and why we need to recycle many materials.
Which materials are man-made and which are natural.
We used magnets to test for metals.
In maths this week we looked at shapes and spotted shapes in our environment and which shapes are used for building materials and why? We discovered the school is made from stone and bricks.
Recycling station
Shape boats
Recycling and looking and talking about different buildings
Looking and describing different shapes and their properties.
Do they roll or slide?
Are the solid or flat?
Are they good shapes for building?
Next Thursday is our Christmas play. The dress rehersel is Tuesday.
Please make sure your costume is in school and if you don't have one please ask as we have some in school you can borrow.
Thank you for all your support and we are looking forward to seeing you all next week.
Mrs Oddy and Mrs Hemingway