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This week we shared the story of The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes. We talked about the sounds that the girl made on her journey and made the different noises – crunch, squelch, whizz, splash.

In our pen disco…

Another busy week in Reception with more fantastic learning.

Phonics -

Graphemes - v, w, x, y.

Tricky words - and, has, his, her.

And is considered a tricky word because it has adjacent consonants. The 's' in has and his makes a 'z' sound. The digraph 'er' in her has not yet been…

Announcements 

We had such a lovely time making s'mores in Outdoor Learning this week, and the children really impressed us with their fire safety knowledge!

English 

We have been looking at Dragon Post this week and discussing expanded noun phrases. We then wrote our own postcards…

English

In English this week, we explored another traditional tale—a beautiful adaptation of The Princess and the Pea retold and illustrated by Rachel Isadora. This version is set in Africa and features princes and princesses from diverse cultures across the continent. The children have loved…

English

In English this week, we have become illustrators, creating wonderful drawings for our own versions of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. After revisiting the structure of the original story, the children planned their own versions with three brand-new characters — everything from three…

This week we have been talking about the changes between autumn and winter. We looked at the shapes and colours of the leaves that had fallen from the trees and compared them. We looked for leaves that were the same size, shape and colour.

In maths this week we also talked about size. We…

Another busy week in Reception with lots of fantastic learning, have a lovely long weekend. 

Phonics -

Graphemes - ff, ss, ll, j. 

Tricky word - pull, put, full, as. The 'u' in pull, put & full makes an 'oo' sound, and the 's' in as makes a 'z' sound, which makes these words tricky…

This week we have been learning about road safety. We talked about how to stay safe when crossing the road by looking and listening for cars. On Wednesday we wrapped up warm and walked to the post box to post letters to Father Christmas. When we were walking, we crossed the road using the pelican…

A busy week in Reception with lots of wonderful learning!

Phonics - we've had a focus on blending this week, where we are now writing 2 CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words independently on our whiteboards. Some words include - red, hot, sit. This is amazing at this time of year - well…

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Announcements

Victorian workshop- A letter will be sent out next week about a History workshop we will be having in December. The workshop will cost £15 per pupil. More details to follow. 

A wet and windy, but lovely week in Reception!

Phonics -

Graphemes - r, h, b, f, l (recap)

Tricky words - I, is, the (recap)

Maths - 

This week's focus has been comparing. The children have been asked to look at the attributes and begin to understand similarities and…

Weekly Newsletter 9

Announcements: 

Re-scheduled walk: The Hitchin area walk will now take place on Friday 21st November. Please could all children wear comfortable walking shoes/ trainers for the trip.

Uniform reminders: Children should be wearing black shoes to school. Please no…