Phonics -

Australia have looked at CCVC words with short vowels this week.

Words we have read - wind, jump, nest, lost, fact, pond.

Words we have written - went, jump, lift, best, soft, just.

Tricky words - said, so, have, like.

 

Antarctica have looked at longer words, words with -s which sound like 's' or 'z', and words ending in -es which sounds like 'iz'.

Words we have read - visit, poison, mammoth, earring, fizzes, boxes.

Words we have written - vanish, cooks, wishes, fishes.

Tricky words - recap.

 

Maths -

A few activities we have done in class to support out understanding of numbers to 10:

  • comparing groups of objects that are different sizes/colours/attributes, using the language of comparison 

  • showing (through practical activities) an understanding that numbers can be split into smaller parts 

  • showing (through practical activities) how to recombine parts to make a whole amount 

  • showing that some numbers to 10 can be split into 2 equal parts 

  • knowing that 5 is a key anchor in our number system, from which other numbers may be derived 

  • beginning to generalise about ‘1 more than/1 less than’ within 10 

 

Topic -

We have explored the five oceans this week, learning where they are in the world and why they are so important to our planet. We enjoyed listening to ocean music, closing our eyes and using excellent descriptive language to talk about how we can describe the ocean, as well as completing our weekly challenge of writing about an ocean picture. 

 

Notices - 

We will be completing one of our final curriculum ambitions in the next few weeks of writing and posting a letter! We will be looking back at our time in Reception and writing to our families about what we are proud of achieving this year. Please can a stamp be brought in so we can walk to the postbox and send our lovely letters home.

Our final curriculum ambition is to grow and cook our own food - we have been busy growing delicious vegetables in our garden ready to make pasta sauce. Please join us in the Reception garden on Friday 17th July to enjoy some pasta!