Welcome back to Reception!

It has been lovely to welcome the children back after the Easter holidays. We hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break.

 

This half term, our new topic is “Into the Woods”, and the children have already made a fantastic start. We began with a short nature walk, where the children explored their surroundings and collected a variety of natural objects. Back in the classroom, we used these to talk about what we found and practised sorting them in different ways.

 

In Personal, Social and Emotional Development, we have started our new topic on Relationships. This week, we have been thinking about our families and how we can help at home. The children have enjoyed sharing the different jobs they do, such as tidying their toys, helping set the table, or feeding pets.

 

It would be lovely for you to continue this conversation at home by talking about the ways your child helps your family. Perhaps they could even take on a new little job!

 

We are looking forward to another exciting half term of learning.

Class 1 Rock Kidz

This afternoon, the children thoroughly enjoyed their Rock Kidz session. The children had a wonderful time singing and dancing. They performed a monkey dance and learned a rock song.

We also had a dance battle between the children and the teachers. Mrs Jones tried her best but unfortunately the children were the winners!

Rock Kidz were able to deliver such important messages about kindness and inclusion in such a fun yet powerful way. So much fun had by all!

 

Map work in Class 1!

Next week the Class 1 children will be walking to the local farm shop to find out more about farm produce. In preparation, the children have enjoyed using Google Earth to explore the local area and map out a safe route to our destination.

Children then worked collaboratively to create large maps or individually to make personal maps of the local area. These will then be used on our journey.

Fordhall Farm Trip

Class 1 have had an amazing day! We’ve walked through the woods, seen bluebells, piglets, cows, sheep, geese and goslings, vegetable patches, had a picnic and played and explored all day. What an adventure!

Summer Term Updates

Hi everyone,

Yay, it’s summer term!

Hopefully we will be getting some warm sunny weather so could you please always send the following in with your child each day…

  • sun hat
  • sun cream in bag
  • water bottle

Please make sure these things have your child’s name clearly labelled.

Forest school 

It can get warm at forest school so sun hats are a must. However, for safety reasons every child must have their legs covered so they don’t get scratched, prickled or stung. If your child is wearing shorts or a dress on forest school day, that’s okay, just pop a spare pair of leggings, trousers, tights in their bag for them to change into.

Many thanks,

Mrs Owen

Happy Easter!

Class 1 had a lovely sunny Easter egg hunt this morning as a treat to say thankyou for all their hard work this term. They have been amazing! As always, thank you to all parents and carers for their continued support.

   

Class 1 Weekly News

Class 1 have had a very busy week!

In literacy our story focus has been Luna loves gardening. The children have worked hard writing instructions on how to plant a seed. Our beans we planted last week have also started to grow!

In maths we have been learning about doubling. The children have been able to problem solve whether or not a number is a double and reasoned why.

On Tuesday we had great fun at boogie bounce! On Thursday the children enjoyed talking about their learning to our parent visitors during the oracy exhibition.

This week your child has come home with some letter formation homework. They will bring home a different sound every Friday. Please encourage them to say the rhyme when writing the sound to help with the correct formation. Also remind them of ‘perfect pencil grip’ and ‘perfect posture’ and they will be able to show you what we do in class.

Thank you 🙂

Reminders:

PE – Monday & Friday

Forest School – Tuesday

Monday – book change – please return books and reading records