Us from 'before' and people who are special to us.

 Hi Reception Families,

What a busy week we have had in Reception, the children are growing in confidence and we are settling into our routines and our daily life at school. Children were fantastic at having their photos taking today and further information will be shared in due course.

This week in maths we've been focussing on counting to four, we had a lovely nature hunt on Monday.

We've continued to practice our writing and fine motor skills this week and had a wonderful time learning our story Billy Goats Gruff, I wonder if the children can remember the signs Troll and Goat?

We also made people to represent those who are special to us such as our mum, dad, grandparent or siblings.

We've also  had lots of time to play and get used to our new surroundings and spend time building important and key relationships with our peers.

This week we introduced our whole school focus of 'Choose Kindness' which supports our Therapeutic Thinking Dorset approach. Over the coming weeks there will be a focus of embedding key aspects such as choosing 'kind hands and kind words'  and what we can do to be kind across Reception. If you would like to learn more about Therapeutic Thinking, there will be a parent workshop next week, details below. 

Turning our attention to next week:

Maths: Counting to five

Drawing Club: Wacky Races.

Understanding the World: The Jolly Postman and people who help us (two week focus)

Read Write Inc: p,g,o,c,k  You may find it helpful to watch this video about the correct pronunciation of sounds.

Thank you for all the wonderful photos of the children as babies or toddlers, it is always such a wonderful time when we look through them, if you haven't sent one in yet and would like to, we will be looking at them on Monday for the final time. 

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if there is anything you would like to discuss or any support we can offer.

Ms Evans, Mrs Rogers, Mrs Hibberd and Miss Street.