Miss Berlis, Mrs Howard, Miss Jeffries, Miss Larkin and Miss Warren

Welcome you to Reception!

  Please continue to bring in wellies and spare socks if this recent rain persists.  Thankyou.

PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANT POTS AT HOME AND WOULD LIKE TO DONATE WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

This week our focus will be on ‘Plants and Growing'. Listed below are some of the activities that we will be doing within the 6 areas of learning.

  PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

- Circle time

 - Stars of the Week (Friday)

- Mystery Box

- Dressing and undressing for PE

 - We will attend whole school assembly on Monday and key stage assemblies on Tuesday and Wednesday

- Interacting with others, taking turns and sharing fairly, through activities both inside and outside

COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

- Looking at a selection of non-fiction books about plants

- Thinking about instructions,

 - Follwing and giving instructions on how to wrap up a present.

 - Using 'How to ......' in instruction writing frames.

 - Making words out of magnetic letters on magnetic boards

 - Instructions and writing instructions

- Writing information sheets to make into a class book

- Individual reading

- Daily phonics sessions

- Practising reading and spelling core words

 -Speaking and communicating in the role play areas: Space theme, The Opticians and Car Garage.  

 You can help your child by practising letter sounds and core words. Try putting the core words in a sentence and then ask your child to practise writing it, drawing attention to capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

 

PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND NUMERACY

- The focus will be on 'length' using the vocabulary longer and shorter

-  Playdough mats using the playdough to make longer and shorter items

 - Playing a game on the IWB for longer and shorter

- Measuring objects using rulers and meter sticks

-Measuring objects in the outdoor area using trundle wheels.

You can help your child by comparing the weight of objects around the home.  You could bake with them giving them a chance to weigh the ingredients.

 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD & CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

- Learning the different names for parts of plants

- Planting own seeds (all children need a plant pot each please)

- Making their own plants out of lego

 - Designing their ideal garden

- Drawing the inside of fruit

 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

- Discussing ways of keeping our bodies fit and healthy.

- We will do outdoor PE (weather permitting) Please ensure your child has well fitting, named plimsolls in their PE kits!

 - Getting active in our outdoor area using bikes, trikes and scooters.

- Developing fine motor skills through- writing in sand, salt, shaving foam, painting with water on the wall.

- Tracing letters in the sand tray.

- Manipulating play dough to make various models.

General Important Reminders: 

Your child will need a named PE kit in school every Monday and Wednesday. They will need: a house t-shirt, a pair of red shorts and plimsolls (named) in a named bag. Your child can hang their PE kit on their peg. 

With the increasing warm weather please ensure you have provided your child with a bottle of fresh water to school each day which they can put in the class box. We also ask that you provide your child with a sunhat on sunny days. If you would like your child to be wear sun cream please apply it before they come to school.

 In each Reception class we have a 'mystery box' in each class. This is    an opportunity for children to bring in an interesting object or photograph from home (no toys). They can then choose members of the class to ask questions about it, to find out what it is!

Please always let us know if your child is going to be collected from school by someone other than yourself. If this is going to be a regular arrangement, please write a letter to your child's class teacher.