It was so nice to welcome the children back to school on Tuesday and hear all about what they got up to during the Christmas break. They have been eager to get back into a routine and start some new learning.

This week we have learnt to retell the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ and completed lots of activities related to this story.

In Maths we have looked at 4 sided shapes- squares and rectangles- and the children have leant how to identify them and explain how they know which shapes it is. They also learnt that a square is a rectangle but a special type- can they tell you what makes it special?

We have also started Phase 3 sounds in phonics- this week focussing on j, v, w, & x. we are continuing to practise our blending of sounds to read words and segmenting to hear sounds in words to write them down.

Next week we will be launching our topic for this half term of People who help us and talking about the many different jobs hat grown ups do. Maybe you could explain your job to your child over the weekend and what you do for work?

This week in year R we have had a lovely week starting festivities. We started the week reading the story ‘ Dear Father Christmas’. This book then helped the children understand what a letter looks like and how to write one. The children then wrote their own letters and thoroughly enjoyed posting them on our walk to the post box. 

We have had a lovely week in year R. We have been extremely busy practicing the nativity, learning about advent and practicing our maths and phonics too! The children are doing well with the Christmas play, thank you to those parents with children who have speaking parts for practicing so your child knows their lines. If your child does have words to say in the play please practice as much as you can with them at home if you aren’t already. We need clear and loud voices!

What a busy week in year R especially with all the rain and flooding preventing us getting out much at the beginning of the week.

This week we read ‘The Nativity’ by Nick Butterworth so the children could understand the performance we are going to be doing in a few weeks time! This coincided with starting to rehearse the nativity in the classroom and in the hall.

In Maths this week we looked at the number 6 and counting to this amount 1:1 accurately and then looking at the different ways to make this amount on 2 groups. The children have loved been shown the part- whole model and using this to show the different ways 6 can be made e.g. 5 and 1 but also 3 and 3 etc.

In PE this week we started to look at ball skills and throwing and catching bean nags which we have then been continuing in discovery.

The children this week have been busy looking at different exotic fruits from the book Handa’s Suprise. During discovery they had the opportunities to draw and paint the different fruits too.
We also completed some fantastic learning based around remembrance day. The children learnt why Rememberance day is so important to all. We made a variety of poppies from using cupcake cases, painting paper plates and using tissue paper
In maths we have been looking at number 5 and how to make the number 5 in different ways.

Next week we are going to be looking at the story ‘The Nativity’ as we are now beginning to rehearse and learn songs for our own nativity play in December. In maths next week we will be looking at the number 6 and how we can make 6 in different ways and amounts.

We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and we will see you all next week.

The children have had a great week back and clearly had a lovely relaxing half term- just what they needed.

This week we have been focussing on the story The Scarecrows Wedding where the children drew pictures (or cut them out) to label a list of items the characters needed in the story for their wedding. We also looked at weddings- understanding they are a special sacrament.

In Maths we looked at the number 4 and different ways we can make the number- e.g. 1 and 3 and 2 and 2. These skills of how the numbers are made up are imperative for the children’s learning to understand the composition of numbers and not just how to count. We have also started to look at subitising numbers- seeing an amount without needing to count it.

The children have also been writing letters to post in the class post-box, painting pumpkins and exploring with conkers, to name a few.

Have a lovely weekend.

Year R Team

What a lovely last week we have had before half term. The children have been very busy this week and most certainly need a rest over the half term break!
This week in literacy the children have been completing lots of activities based around the book ‘Pumpkin Soup’. They looked at a range of different pumpkins and sequenced the story, using the sounds learnt to write some words too. They have also been making ‘pumpkin potions’ and using their senses to smell, touch and see what’s in the inside of them. In maths the children have completed some fantastic learning in discovery based on the numbers 2 and 3.

We hope you all have a restful half term and are able to spend some quality time with your children before we are back at school again!

A busy week in year R this week with the Gruffalo paying a visit! He left clues for the children to guess who had been in our outdoor area and we have been doping lots of Gruffalo related activities all week that the children have really enjoyed from drawing and labelling out favourite part of the story, making Gruffalo crumble and retelling the story with puppets, We also learnt the Gruffalo song and sung it as a class.

In Maths the children have started to learn all about number 0 being nothing and one less than 1 and number one- where it is on a number line, how to write it and identifying 1 thing.

We have also had lots of fun dressing up this week and the children came in today very excited about the disco so we have had music on for them to practise their dance moves!

The children are certainly tired this week and are showing that they are ready for a half term so we hope you have a fun but restful weekend, especially after the Disco!

Have a lovely weekend.

Year R team

Hi all,
We have all had a great week this week in year R. This has been our first full week since starting so the children are most definitely ready for a restful weekend!
This week in literacy we have been reading ‘The Colour Monster’. The children really enjoyed this book and sharing their feelings with their class mates during class discussions. We discussed the different emotions that we can sometimes feel and what we can do when we are feeling that way. All of the children completed some fantastic drawings of a time they felt a type of emotion like the colour monster.
During maths we have been learning about repeating patterns. Lots of children enjoyed showing us some patterns they had made during discovery time with resources such as multi-link and making their very own patterns on paper!
We hope you enjoy looking at some of the pictures we took over the week.

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday.

From
Year R team.

What a fantastic week, the children are definitely growing in confidence and finding their feet!

The children have been extremely busy this week practicing their phonics and completing lots of activities relating to the ‘sound of the day’. We have also been reading a story called ‘mixed’. The children seemed to really enjoy this activity and completed some amazing work relating to the coloured characters within the story, which I’m sure they can tell you all about.

In maths this week we have been learning to compare amounts including using the words ‘more than/less than’ the children were able to complete lots of learning activities during their discovery time relating to this.

Next week in literacy we are going to be reading ‘The Colour Monster’. The activities then during continuous provision will relate to this book. In maths we will be looking at different types of patterns too.

We hope you have a lovely, restful weekend and we look forward to seeing all the children on Monday morning.