Sounds this week

Hello everyone,

We are eagerly working away at our sounds and below is a list of what we will be covering. Any practice with these is fantastic and we will be sending home a sound pot with each child this week. More to follow regarding this.

'ck' - as in duck - Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say ck, ck, ck. the same as 'c' and 'k'.

'e' as in egg - Pretend to tap an egg on the side of a bowl and crack it into the bowl, saying eh, eh, eh.

'u' - as in umbrella - Pretend to be putting up an umbrella and say u, u, u.

'r' - as in running - Pretend to be a lion roaring, hold out your hands and say rrrrrr.

Reception team

All was quiet in the deep dark woods...

Hi all,

Today we started our new topic: The Gruffalo! We read the story; although most children could have told it by themselves! We then went to see what else there was to do in the classroom i.e. making a Gruffalo from play-doh, making stick puppets, giving the Gruffalo back his purple prickles and getting stepping stones to get across the bog. 

For the rest of the week we will be busy developing the story. We are going to create our own journey through the woods to act out as well as begin to write some labels for characters in the story. In maths we're going to be continuing to count up to and beyond 10. This will involve playing some games to help the children become confident. We'll also be preparing and cooking some soup. This will be linked to our Harvest cafe that takes place next Friday (9th) so we'll be taking vegetables that can be harvested now and practicing our knife skills - an adult will be working with all children during this. You will be able to try the soup we make if you come in on the 9th! 

Some fantastic home learning brought in to school this morning, thank you very much! 

Reception team

Home learning for the whole school!

Home Learning  - Harvest celebration

(week commencing Monday 5^th October)

 During the week of Monday 5^th October as usual we have planned opportunities throughout the week where the children learn about: food and where it comes from, visits to Maiden Castle farm, creating art pieces, cooking, thinking about seasonal food, creating goodies for the Harvest café using our orchard goodies, looking at India farming and of course the reason behind Harvest itself!

 

We thought this year we would have a ‘Bake off’ format to the week as the ‘Great British Bake off’ has been inspiring staff as well as the nation!

 

So, if your child wishes to, the Home Learning for the children is to…

 

Create their own bread and bring into school through the week leading up to our Harvest celebration! The class will taste it and talk about how it was made.   Everyone will need to share the ingredients and how they made their bread (write down or be able to talk about).   ‘Bread’ products are wide and varied across the world, so experiment, create!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Through the week each class has also been set the challenge of creating a ‘master piece!’

 

These will be displayed outside of the hall for our Harvest celebration.

 

We will have our very own ‘Mary and Paul’ to taste each class’s efforts and decide upon a winner! Be ready to ask your child all about it!

 

The Gruffalo home learning...

Hi all,

Next week we will be starting our first big topic of the year: The Gruffalo. We will do lots over the next few weeks including retelling stories, going on trips, looking at how the world around us is changing in to autumn and coming up with alternative plots for stories. To get us started I have put some potential home learning ideas below for you to do with your children. We will go through these in school too. Please bring any home learning you do into school for us to show! Thank you so far for all the lovely things you've brought in, especially for Mr. Bump!

• See if you can find any other books by Julia Donaldson at home or in the library/Waterstones. 
• Draw or bring in a picture of your favourite place to walk - just like the mouse. 
• Discuss the words scary and brave. What does each mean? Are we all the same?
• Draw a picture of the Gruffalo! 
• Find out about foxes, snakes, owls or mice. Where do they live?

These are just a few ideas but we are always interested in any home learning that you do, so please bring it in. We have been practicing writing our names so any name writing would be fantastic! 

Reception team

Sounds this week

Hi all,

Today reception children will have come home with a home learning diary. These are for your child to keep but we do ask that they are in book bags for us to write in. There is currently nothing written in them. When we begin group reading we will write in them each week. If you do any reading or home learning at home please jot it down so we'll be able to read it when we write in them. Thank you.

Below is a list of the sounds that we will be covering this week and their actions:

'g' - as in gate - move hand to mouth as if having a drink and say g,g,g,g

'o' - as in off - Pretend to turn the light switch on and off and say o, o; o, o

'c' - as in cake - Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say c, c, c.

'k' - as in kick - Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say k, k, k.

The action for the 'c/k' sounds is the same as it makes the same sound, but looks different. This is where phonics begins to increase in its complexity. 

Reception team

 

 

Mr. Bump!

Hello everyone,

Today the reception class were introduce to Mr. Bump. He is a soft toy that comes home with children each day to see what you get up to. He is given to children based on determination to finish a task, going the extra distance to help others or the effort put into work. Of course, this isn't everything but the idea is that children show qualities that help them become better learners. It is up to you what you do at home with Mr. Bump - all we ask is that he gets a nice dinner. If you want to bring pictures or home learning in related to Mr. Bump please feel free. At the end of the week Mr. Bump will go home for the weekend with a child that we feel has shown the above qualities throughout the week. Congratulations to Jacob, who took Mr. Bump home today.

Also today we put up our first display at the back of the classroom. all the children carried out a speaking and listening job to give you clues as to which picture is theirs. That will make much more sense when you see it! The children spent a lot of time trying to figure out who was who. 

Lastly, tomorrow children will be coming home with their home learning diaries. Please could we ask that these are kept in book bags. If you're unsure about the home learning diaries please come and chat to us. 

Reception team

Sounds this week

Hi all,

Below are the sounds we are looking at this week. The effort of all the children has been super during phonics and they are very keen to learn. 

'i' - as in ink - Pretend to be a mouse by wriggling fingers on your cheek and squeak i, i, i

'n' - as in nap - Make a noise, as if you are a plane hold arms out and say nnnnnn.

'm' - as in mum - Rub tummy as if seeing tasty food and say mmmmmm

'd' - as in dad - Beat hands up and down as if playing a drum and say d, d, d.

After next week's phonics lessons we will begin sending home sound pots. These are for you to keep for the year. More information will follow. 

Reception team