Reception
Welcome to Reception
On this page you will find lots of information about our learning, dates for diaries, useful websites and resources.
Below is a summary of the learning which has taken place in the classroom this week.
This week the children have been talking about their pets or a pet they would like to have. The children have been sharing the things they do to care for their pet.
The children have been watering their sunflower seeds and cress.
Learnology
There are five learning heroes; Reggie Relationship, Rosie Ready, Richard Resilient, Ronnie Resourceful and Rachel Reflective. They all have their own special learning powers. Our Learning Hero for this half term is Ronnie Resourceful. His learning powers include being creative and having a good imagination, making links in his learning, using lots of different resources to help him learn, having a balanced view and using the word ‘because’ to explain his answers.
Our Learning Hero is Carys. Well done!
Circle Time
Talking about what we did at the weekend.
Phonics
Revisiting the phonemes s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, sh, ch, th, ng, ai, ee, long oo, short oo, oa, or, igh, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, er and ure.
Revisiting the digraphs ai, ee, long and short oo. The children have been reading and writing words / sentences with these sounds in.
The children have been ‘Asking the Question’ for c/k/ck, f/ff, l/ll, s/ss and z/zz sounds in words.
Reading and writing the common exception words I, the, to, go, no, into, he, she, we, be, was, said, you, they, all, are, my, her, have, so, do and out.
They have been learning the new common exception words – some and come.
Handwriting
They have been practicing writing the letters s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, e, r, u, h, b, f, j, v, w, x, y, z and q.
Shared Reading
The children have been listening to fiction and non-fiction books about pets.
They have been learning about the job of an author and the role of the illustrator.
Mathematics
Completing our daily attendance chart.
Completing the daily calendar and weather diary.
Comparing numbers using the vocabulary greater than, more than, less than and fewer than.
Recalling the number bonds for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Recalling doubling facts to 10 / 20.
Recalling halving facts from 10.
This week the children have been learning about odd and even numbers using the Number Blocks and the Numicon. They have been learning that a piece with a flat even top means the number is even and a piece with an odd (one) block on top is an odd number.
PE
Revisiting ball skills
- throwing and catching
- bouncing
- rolling
- kicking and dribbling.
Music, songs and rhymes
The children have been listening to music by Bossa Nova.
The children have been learning songs about Spring and Summer.
Provision
The children have access to a wide range of provision (indoors and outdoors) throughout the day where they can develop their own learning and interests, problem solve and work together.
Dates for diaries
Stay and Play dates – 9am to 10:00 am
- Friday 17th May
- Monday 10th June
- Friday 5th July
Show and Tell Rota
- Aire – Friday 12th April
- Nidd – Friday 19th April
- Swale – Friday 26th April
- Wharfe – Friday 3rd May
Hesketh Farm – Friday 10th May
Nell Bank Buddy Trip – Friday 28th June
Class Presentation – Friday 5th July at 9am
Useful websites
https://phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/