This week we have been learning about the traditional tale of ‘The Gingerbread Man’. The children acted out the story, baked their own delicious gingerbread men and wrote all about them. We especially enjoyed baking, decorating and of course eating our own gingerbread men!

In maths this week we have been looking at counting one, two or three more or less than any given number. The children wrote down subtraction and addition sums on whiteboards and used number lines and objects to help them.

We have transformed one of our role play areas in to a garden centre! It is open and ready for business. The children helped to get it ready by making flowers and plants using tissue paper, pinecones and drawing.

To celebrate the 90^th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the children in Reception were learning all about who the Queen is and what she does for our country. They already knew lots of information about the Queen and the Royal family. We spent the whole morning making crowns and flags, creating birthday cards for the Queen as well as attending a special assembly all about the Queen. As you can see, the children loved celebrating this special birthday.

The children have enjoyed the independence of walking down to the classroom with an adult this week as part of their transition. We would like to thank you for your continued support.

We hope you have a lovely weekend 🙂

 

 

 

It has been wonderful to have the children back after the holidays. We hope you all had a brilliant holiday.

This week we have been reading the story ‘The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff’. We created our own wanted poster for the mean and nasty troll and retold part of the story in our writing books. We also acted out the story using the bridge in the climbing frame garden.

In maths we have been learning how to count in 10’s. The children have been singing songs, playing games and counting different objects in groups of 10. The links below will take you to the song and the game we played.

Duck shoot: counting in 10’s game:

http://www.ictgames.com/newduckshoot10s.html

 

We have been really lucky to get some new toys this week. Ava-Rose very kindly brought in some of her Peppa Pig toys, which the children have really enjoyed playing with. Mrs Williams has also very kindly brought in some scooters, which the children have been using on our pretend road.

As part of our transition in to Year 1, we have had the chance to go in to the big playground this week. The children wore Hi-Vis jackets so they could be spotted easily and the reception gardens were empty most days! The children have really enjoyed playing with their older siblings or friends.

Just a quick reminder that as of Monday 18th your child will be collected from the school gate by a member of the Reception team and we will walk your child to the classroom. This is another step of transition for Year 1, so that they feel confident to walk to class independently.

You may have noticed that your child has come home with two books; a Read Write Inc book and a book band book. This will continue as they move in to Year 1. The Book band book should be of a similar level to the Read Write Inc books. If there are any sounds that your child is not be familiar with in the book band books, they may need your support with this. If you have any questions please ask.

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

See you next week!

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