We had loads of fun following the mud recipes in the garden with
Miss Stone and Mrs Fisher – now we just need to convince our
adults at home to let us try out the recipes there!!!???

We were interested to see the children try some new and some familiar vegetables today. They all touched, smelt and looked closely at each veggie. Most children were brave and excited enough to try eating them too, some of us even found a new veggie we liked.

Here are a few photos of us using our senses to investigate the vegetables….

Firstly, I wanted to introduce myself to those of you whom I have not yet met. I am Mrs Wren and I will be teaching Willow 2 class for the next four weeks until Feb half term. Early Years is my favourite place to be, so I am delighted to be working with your wonderful children.

Secondly, I wanted to share some of the amazing learning that has been happening over the past few weeks.

Tree Climbing…

Writing in the foam…….

Card Making……

We have been on a hunt to find SUPERTATO, reading clues at each point….

We have been learning about ‘tallest’ and ‘shortest’ in maths by building towers with duplo and tyres…..

The children are amazing and are keen to learn new things everyday, well done Willow! : )

Happy New Year to you all!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

PE

We will not be starting PE until the week commencing Monday 21st January 2019. Our PE days will be Tuesday and Thursday so please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kits every Tuesday and Thursday.

Reading books

Please ensure you continue to read with your children and make a comment each time in their reading records.

Red words

We will be starting a teaching focus on red words this half term so we will be sending home 10 red words each week that the children will be focussing on in class for them to practice with you at home. Please include this time in their reading records too!

If you have any questions or concerns about any of the above, please feel free to speak to a member of the Reception team.

Many parents have asked us about the reading diaries over the break.

We will be handing out new picture books when the children return in January and would like you to focus on red words during the holidays. We have sent home the first 100 high frequency words for you. These are words that cannot be sounded out.

Over the holidays please focus on helping your child to recognise the following: 

the, and, a, to, said, in, he and I. 

Please keep a record of this in your reading diary and feel free to add in anything you have read over the holidays.

Merry Christmas from Reception.

Here are some photographs of our children enjoying their Christmas lunch.

Nativity

Thank you to everyone who came to see our nativity. We are very proud of all of the children!

Christmas Party 

Tomorrow is our Christmas party. Please send your child in their party clothes and send in some party food. Please be aware we will not serve anything that may contain nuts.

Christmas Homework

We have sent home reading records and would like you to record how often you are looking at the red words. We will send home more red words for the holidays.

Please continue to try counting to 20 and beyond, ordering numbers, reading CVC words and writing CVC words over the holidays. You may write shopping lists, cards or count how many presents are under the tree to help your child learn without even realising it!

Merry Christmas! 

Today, Willow 1 and Willow 2 performed their christmas play “All about a baby” for parents.   The children did a fantastic job, sang beautifully and we were very proud of them.  Here are some photos taken after the dress rehearsal.

What have we been up to this week? 

This week the children have been working really hard and showing us what they can write all by themselves and how far they can count and add. We have been really impressed with their progress since starting Reception in September. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those parents who look through the phonics sounds and read regularly with their children as this really shows!

We also attended ‘Roots for food’ in the hall and had lots of fun talking about and trying healthy foods.

Reception have begun rehearsing for our nativity. Please help your child to learn the song words at home. The countdown to the performance has begun!

Homework

We would like to take this opportunity to ask that you remove picture books from your child’s book bag on a Monday and keep them at home for the week. We appreciate that some of the books are too large for the book bags which is why we place them in bags at the very end of the day. The books being left in bags for the week are very quickly becoming bent and tatty. Please help them last longer by keeping them at home for the week.

There has been some difficulty with printing and yellow book stickers will be sent home on Monday. As there has been a delay you do not have to return this book until Thursday.

A picture of our chefs for the day!

What have we been up to? 

This week in Reception, the children had lots of fun mixing colours in zip lock bags, using scales to weigh different objects and using vegetables and paint to create repeating patterns.

Nativity

Next week we will begin rehearsals for our nativity! The performance will take place on Monday 17th December at 9.30am. During the week we will be sending home song lyrics and a costume list.

Helping your child at home 

Your child has been learning to add using objects. Help your child to read a simple number sentence such as 3+1= and use objects to find the answer.

Homework

Please remember that large picture books are swapped on a Monday and must be sent in alongside your child’s reading record. Homework books must be sent back to school on a Wednesday.

Pictures from the week – Making bread and story telling on the stage