Sounds this week

Hello all,

As promised I have put below all the sounds we will be covering this week. Please feel free to practice these at home with your children. Please note we cover one new sound a day so we won't have covered them all until Friday. I have put them in the order we will do them though. For every sound there is an action that goes with it to aid children with remembering them all! 

• 's' - as in snake - Weave hand in an s shape, like a snake, and say ssssss
• 'a' - as in ant - Wiggle fingers above elbow as if ants crawling on you and say a, a, a
• 't' - as in tennis - Turn head from side to side as if watching tennis and say t, t, t.
• 'p' - as in pig - Pretend to be Peppa Pig and puff out the candles and say p, p, p.

If you do any practice at home don't forget to write it down on a Wow! Moment! We've already had several in so thank you very much! 

Reception team

My word we've been busy!

Hi all,

In the last couple of days reception have accomplished a lot  of 'firsts'. We had our first phonics session yesterday where we looked at the 's' sound. I'll put another blog up outlining all the sounds we're covering each week. We then had our first literacy session. As our topic is 'All about me!' we will be looking at names in literacy this week. We clapped syllables for names and will move on to recognising your name written down and eventually writing your name. Everyone has also had their first PE session - for the first half-term we'll be looking at movement. Jigsaw Jenny has also been introduced during Jigsaw time. This is a scheme of work that the whole school follows and will be built on each year. Finally, we've also had our first music lesson! Fantastic to see that the children already know a lot of songs and rhymes. 

Over the rest of this week we will continue with phonics and literacy. Beginning next week there will also be a maths session. 

Reception team

Teddy jobs tomorrow morning

Hello everyone,

Tomorrow morning we will begin working in our Teddy job groups. There will be six groups and all children will be in a group. We will work in these groups throughout the year and tomorrow morning will be the first time we use them. On the tables and carpet will be all the group cards. We would like children to find their group card and stay at that activity until 9.00am - when we will stop for the register. The children were told which group they were in on Friday but  may need some help finding the card. Below I've listed the groups:

The Gruffalo

Mr. Bump

Mrs. Armitage

The Hungry Caterpillar

Stick Man

Elmer

Please come and see us if there are any problems. We will see you all tomorrow morning! 

Reception team

Welcome to the Beginning of POW

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a brilliant summer! From listening to some of the children today, it sounds like you have been up to all sorts of lovely things! It was great to see all the children today and have the whole class together for the first time. They all settled very quickly and showed a keen sense of intrigue of the classroom environment.

Throughout the year there will be regular blogs (roughly 3 a week) explaining what we have been up to, suggesting different home learning activities and other bits of business that are relevant. 

Please don't forget to bring in any Wow! Moments for things that your child has done/accomplished over the summer. It would be great to read these out to the children! 

Tomorrow will be largely the same as today; children may come in and put coats/bags away but then have to choose an activity that is out on a table or the carpet. From Monday this will change to grouped tables where the children will work their way round the room on a rota - more to follow. 

Thank you very much for your positive support today and here's to a great year! If you feel unsure about anything, please come and ask one us.

Reception team 

Farewell for the summer

Hi all,

We made it to the end! All the children should be extremely proud of their efforts throughout the year and I'm sure you will agree that the amount every child has grown in character and ability is phenomenal. Without your support a fraction of this would have been possible so thank you to everyone at home for their support - long may this continue! From myself and the team, the class were brilliant to work with; always willing, extremely good humored and very persevering. We will all miss the class and wish them and you the very best of summers. Relax and enjoy a well earned break.

Finally, THANK YOU for all the kind gifts that we received yesterday, we genuinely didn't expect a fraction of this so thank you! 

P.S - Mr. Bump is looking forward to a nice long holiday.............. and a bath. 

Reception team

Teddies Tomorrow!

Hi all,

Congratulations to all the children who won an award today in the awards assembly. It was very hard to choose between children as they have all excelled at something throughout the year! Tomorrow is the last day of the year! As a bit of a treat we have asked the children to bring in one teddy for the day that they can play with. I look forward to seeing them all! At the end of the day tomorrow, children will be coming home with anything that belongs to them that is still at school. You will have received PE bags today. I will certainly have my tissues to hand at the end of the day! 

You may have noticed that we dug up our carrots and potatoes yesterday. We have a lot of carrots so if anybody would like a bag please come and ask us! 

Reception team

Thank you!

Hi all,

Just a quick one: Thank you very much to all the Grandmas ad Grandpas that came to the breakfast this morning. It was very well attended! It did get a bit crowded at times so thank you for moving around the classroom and using the outdoor area. I hope you all enjoyed yourself! Bacon sandwiches tomorrow.

Reception team