A busy week in Reception, we've been working really hard practicing our assembly, please support your child in practising their lines at home!
Phonics -
Grapheme recap - air, ow, ar, oo (moon), ear.
Tricky word recap - all tricky words.
Some words we have written - chair, cow, farm, moon, hear.
Maths -
This week, the children have continued to engage with activities that draw attention to the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how many’ objects there are. We have also revisited the concept of cardinality – the idea that the last number in the count tells us how many things there are altogether. While consolidating understanding of the word pattern embedded within most of our number names, the children have also been given opportunities to hear and practise key differences in the number names e.g. between ‘teen’ and ‘-ty’ numbers.
A key area of focus this week has been to develop confidence in counting strategies, including counting on from different starting numbers. The children have also considered strategies for counting larger numbers of objects, including those that cannot be moved. Practical activities – such as using counting wands and helping a puppet to develop their counting skills – has helped to embed these key areas of understanding.
Activities for home -
Provide a selection of 'counting wands' for your child to use to help them keep track of their tagging.
Use skittles to see how many can be knocked down, how many times can they catch a beanbag.
Use musical instruments that can be used to make clear, defined sounds. Ask your child to use the instruments to make and count sounds.
Topic -
We have read a Little People, Big Dreams story about Mary Anning this week, who part of our assembly is about. We learnt that Mary Anning loved to collect fossils as a child, and realised when she was older what fossils actually were. Unfortunately, Mary didn't receive the credit she deserved as she was a woman, however she is known as one of the greatest fossil hunters to have ever lived.
We completed our dinosaur project by painting our dinosaurs, these are now drying in preparation for our assembly. We also added Mary's photo to our classroom timeline, looking at where she is in the timeline compared to other important events.
Knebworth trip -
We are very excited for our trip next week! Please ensure your child brings a backpack that fits their lunchbox and water bottle in, they are in sensible shoes for walking, and a waterproof coat.
Thank you for the junk modelling! We are always happy to have small boxes and tubes, no toilet rolls or egg boxes, please.