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 learning about plants and flowers. The children have been naming and identifying the parts of the plant and learning about their role. They have also been thinking about the things plants need to help them grow. The children have have planted their own sunflower seeds and been learning about the life cycle of a plant. We are also growing some 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 Heroes this week are Lucas and Theodore. 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 sh, ch, th and ng. 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 and do.
They have been learning the new common exception word – out.
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 non-fiction books about plants including; ‘How Do Flowers Grow?’, ‘Amazing Plants’ and ‘Sam Plants a Sunflower’. They have also been listening to fiction stories about life cycles including ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ and ‘The Tiny Seed’.
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.
Learning about numbers 11 and 12.
PE
Revisiting ball skills
- throwing and catching
- bouncing
- rolling
- kicking and dribbling.
Music, songs and rhymes
The children have been listening to music by Alanis Morissete
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
- Tuesday 30th April
- 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/