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STARS OF THE WEEK!

Georgia and Leonardo

Well done both children who were able to name London landmarks and describe them!

This week we talked about words to describe the different landmarks we know. The children used great describing words:

“The Shard is tall and pointy.”

“Big Ben is very tall.”

“London buses are red.”

“The London Eye is round.”

NEXT WEEK:

Next week we will be practicing our Nativity play and our song for the Cathedral.

Phonics:

We will be practicing our oral blending skills.

Writing:

We will be writing for a purpose – writing Christmas cards.

Maths:

The children will be focusing on practical addition and number formation.

STARS OF THE WEEK!

Billie and Pharaoh

Well done to both children who were full of enthusiasm for Spanish Day! They enjoyed taking part in all of the activities, especially the flamenco dancing workshop!

Great work, Billie and Pharaoh!

Reception had a great time last Friday, taking part in Spanish Day! They learnt some Spanish words, enjoyed listening to some stories read in Spanish, and took part in a flamenco dancing workshop!

Miss Bailey and Sara have been so impressed with everyone trying their best this week, showing us what they have learnt so far this year in Reading, Writing and Maths. Well done to you all!

 

Next week:

Phonics: We will continue to consolidate our blending and segmenting, reading and spelling skills.

Writing: We will continue to apply our blending and segmenting skills to support our writing, as well as begin to look at simple sentence structure, using capital letters, finger spaces, and full stops.

Maths: We will be looking at one more and one less on a number line, as well as simple addition number sentences and the symbols ‘+’ and ‘=’.

STARS OF THE WEEK!

Eliza and Iker!

Well done to both children, who each produced a great list of London Landmarks. They both applied their phonic knowledge independently to their writing, thinking about all the sounds they could hear, as well as demonstrating their confidence in segmenting and blending, when writing cvc words.

Great work both of you!

 

This week we read ‘In the City’ by Dominika Lipniewska. We talked about how we live in the city of London, and things we see around our city. We talked about the differences between the city and countryside, as well as learning about famous London Landmarks.

 

We thought about the question: “What might we see in London?”

These were some of the children’s ideas:

“The London Eye.”

“The Shard.”

“Big Ben.”

“Cranes and construction sites.”

“Lots of cars and trucks.”

“Sky scrapers.”

 

We wrote lists of what we find in our city:

NEXT WEEK:

Next week we will be implementing all the skills we have learnt so far in Phonics, Writing and Maths!

STARS OF THE WEEK!

Kadija and Caragh

Kadija and Caragh both enjoyed creating amazing firework pictures this week! They both demonstrated great fine motor skills, using lolly sticks and paint to print their firework design. They were able to talk about what they wanted their picture to look like, and chose from a range of glitter and sparkles to create their own unique picture!

Well done both of you!

 

As part of our ‘Celebrations’ topic we learnt about Bonfire Night. We looked at different types of fireworks, and then created our own!

 

NEXT WEEK:

Phonics:

The sounds we will be learning are: V, W, X. Y.

 

Maths:

In Maths we will be focusing on one more and one less of any given number to 10.

STARS OF THE WEEK!

Omowonuola and Mia!

Well done to Omowonuola and Mia for creating fantastic self portraits this week! Both girls were able to listen to the instructions, and use the paints and brushes carefully, to paint themselves!

Well done both of you!

 

This week the children enjoyed looking in mirrors and discussing their features. We talked about the colour of our hair, skin and eyes, and chose paints to create our self portraits! We talked about how we all look different, but we are all special!

 

Miss Bailey, Sara and Miss Bowen are so impressed with the progress all the children have made during their first term in Reception! Reception, you should all be very proud of yourselves!

We hope you all have a restful half term!

STARS OF THE WEEK!

Phoenix and Ralphie

Well done to Phoenix and Ralphie, who were both able to talk about why it is important to look after our teeth, when we were learning about oral hygiene this week.

Great work both of you!

 

This week we have been thinking about how to keep our bodies healthy. We have been learning about healthy and unhealthy foods, as well as the importance of oral health.

We read the book ‘Which Food Will You Choose?’ by Claire Potter, and talked about the importance of a colourful diet. We know that we can eat treats, but we shouldn’t have them everyday. We also learnt that eating a healthy diet helps our bodies and brains to grow strong, and that healthy foods give us energy!

We have also been learning about the importance of oral health, and foods that are good for our teeth. The children enjoyed brushing the pretend teeth, and spoke about why we should brush our teeth everyday:

“It keeps germs away.”

“To keep our teeth nice and healthy.”

“If you don’t brush your teeth you will get a toothache.”

“You have to brush your teeth everyday to keep them white and shiny!”

 

OUR LEARNING:

Phonics:

Next week we will be learning the phonemes: CK, E, U and R.

 

Writing:

Next week we will be applying our phonic knowledge independently to our writing. We will continue to focus on pencil grip, letter formation and name writing.

 

Maths:

Next week we will be playing number games to consolidate our number recognition, 1:1 counting skills, and ability to match a number to a quantity.

 

Stars of the Week!

Acacia and Aarnavi!

Well done to both girls, who enjoyed learning about and recreating simple repeating patterns this week!

Keep up the great work!

 

This week we read ‘Pattern Fish’ by Trudy Harris. We learnt that a pattern is something that is repeated over and over, and that patterns can be made with lots of things, including colours, shapes, and even actions!

 

We created our own 2 and 3 colour pattern fish, using paints and sponges to print or patterns.

Take a look at our blog next week for our pattern fish classroom display!

 

OUR LEARNING:

Phonics:

Next week we will be learning the phonemes G, O, C and K.

 

Writing:

Next week we will be recording the sounds that we can hear in words. We will continue to practise pencil grip, letter formation and name writing.

 

Maths:

Next week we will be comparing amounts.

 

This week we read ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. In the story, the Colour Monster feels very mixed up, and has to explore his different emotions.

We talked about different emotions such as happiness, sadness, calmness and love.

We thought about times we have felt these emotions, and drew pictures into different emotion jars, just liked the Colour Monster did.

 

 

These are some of the things that make us feel HAPPY:

“When my brother plays with me.”

“When it snows.”

“A sunshine.”

 

These are some of the things that make us feel CALM:

“When I go to bed.”

“Relaxing watching TV.”

“My mum giving me a hug.”

 

These are some of the things that make us feel SAD:

“When my sister doesn’t play with me.”

“No one sharing with me.”

“When I fall over.”

 

STARS OF THE WEEK:

Oliver and Ruby

Well done Oliver and Ruby, you were both able to talk about different emotions, and give examples of when you feel them.

Great work!

 

OUR LEARNING:

Phonics:

We started our Phonics learning this week. Next week we will be learning the phonemes I, N, M and D.

 

Writing:

Next week we will be writing labels, applying our phonic knowledge to our writing. We will continue to concentrate on our pencil grip and name writing.

 

Maths:

Next week we will be looking at repeating patterns.

 

If you were unable to attend the Curriculum Evening, please find the presentation below:

This week, Reception had their first PE lesson! Miss Bailey and Sara were very impressed and proud of all the children! Everyone got changed super sensibly and walked beautifully down to the hall.

This week we played lots of listening games, including ‘Simon Says’ and the traffic light game. We also thought of different animals and the way they might move! The children particularly enjoyed the warm up and cool down exercises, and gave the star jumps, hops, skips and stretches their full enthusiasm! Well done to you all!

 

 

 

STARS OF THE WEEK!

Jack and Dhara!

Well done to Jack and Dhara who have demonstrated excellent listening skills this week. They are both super helpful during tidy up time, and had some great ideas about different ways to move during our animal movement activity in PE.

Jack and Dhara – you are both superstars!