This week

Following on from last week, this week we have been reading the story ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’.

In this story the giant is kind and gives Jim a giant golden coin. For our big write this week, we thought about what we would spend a giant golden coin on if the giant gave us one. The children had some wonderful ideas, from a giant chocolate ice cream to a real cow so that they could have milk when ever they wanted!! We were able to get some brilliant writing this week.

The second half of the week focused on the Easter Story and why we celebrate Easter. They learned all about the celebration of Jesus and also the importance of the Easter egg.

The final day of term has been a really exciting one. This morning the children made some Easter egg baskets and then we had to follow the clues for an Easter egg hunt.

Just before lunch we also had an Easter Bonnet parade of all the wonderful bonnets that have been made. We are keeping our fingers crossed that the winner of the Easter Bonnet competition will come from our class!!! Here are the fabulous Bonnets entered into the competition;

Important information

Please see the April/May newsletter attached below with some important transition information about next term. A paper copy has been put in your child’s book bag.

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Activities over the Easter holidays

Over the Easter holidays, there are several activities that you can be doing with your child. Here are some suggestions:

• Read at least 3 times a week,
• Continue to practice blending and segmenting words,
• Encourage your child to tell you some Helicopter stories,
• Practice their cutting skills,
• Practicing ordering numbers from 0 – 20,
• Practice letter and number formation,
• Encourage your child to write as much as possible,
• Perhaps make a diary of key events over the Easter holidays,
• Practice getting dressed independently.

Next Term

As the weather is set to change and become warmer, please ensure that your child is bringing a labelled water bottle to school daily. They must also continue to bring in their book bags daily. Also please check all of your child’s clothing to ensure that it is clearly labelled as some of the names are becoming more difficult to read.

We hope you all have a fantastic Easter break and we look forward to seeing you all next term.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Jones, Mrs Coston and Mrs Williams

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It has been lovely to have the children back and to do lot’s of great learning. The school has been far too quiet without them!

This week we have been learning about the traditional tale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. The children wrote what they would like to find at the top of their beanstalk and also wrote a wanted poster for the giant.

We have planted lots of vegetables in our vegetable patch including carrots, cabbage and courgette! The children enjoyed planting and sowing the seeds and have been checking everyday to see if there has been any changes. We also created a scarecrow to scare away the birds while we’re not in school!

In maths this week we have been learning all about 3D shapes. The children have been learning the names and properties for each shape and have been looking for 3D shapes in the environment.

To help raise money for sports relief we took part in the school skipathon, played dodgeball, baked some delicious raisin cookies and took part in dancing and singing to the sport relief song.

As the weather is starting to get warmer can we ask that you make sure that your child brings in a clearly labelled water bottle. Can you also ensure that your child brings in their book bag daily so that we are able to read with them.

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Reception team

We have had yet another exciting and busy week!

We have been reading the story Oliver’s Vegetables this week. We started by trying different fruits and vegetables and talking about our favourites and why. The kiwi fruit was a firm favourite with most of the children.

We have also been preparing our vegetable patch outside with the help of Mrs Miles. We welcome all parent helpers, so please let us know if you would like to come and help.

 

From the taste testing experience, the children completed some guided writing and wrote some fantastic sentences.

In maths this week we have been focusing on weighing and started looking at data. On Monday the children created a pictogram to show Willow’s favourite fruit. The children weighed different objects, making predictions, discussing size and investigating how we can make things balanced. We also made some cookies  using the weighing scales!

Thank you for all of those who attended our last helicopter session. We hope you found the training useful and enjoyed the sessions. For those of you who couldn’t make it and would like to find out more about helicopter stories please feel free to come and speak to us so we can tell you all about it! Here are some photos of the children’s brilliant helicopter stories.

On Thursday it was World book day. The children looked fantastic as their favourite book characters and we had a lovely day dressing up. We also had a story time in the afternoon where the children shared some of their favourite stories with children from other year groups.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Reception team