This week has been yet another busy week!

It has been learning together week and parents have been coming to see their child learn in phonics, literacy and numeracy. We would like to thank all of those parents that could make it. I know the children really enjoyed showing off what they could do to you all.

In Literacy we have been learning all about mini beasts! The children have looked at different non-fiction books and information online to write all about different mini beasts. We also had zoo lab come in to visit us and Chloe showed us some fascinating mini beasts that we had the chance to hold! We got to meet Gary the Madagascan hissing cockroach, Barry the Millipede, Lola the tarantula, Speedy the snail, and a corn snake. The children enjoyed holding the animals and learning some cool facts about the creatures!

In maths this week we have been looking at adding and taking away using number lines and counting objects to help them. The children are becoming more confident at writing number sentences.

This week we were also lucky enough to have West Ham under 21’s come to visit us. The players spoke to the children in assembly about respect on and off the field. The children then did a fun workshop with the players outside, playing a range of football games.

During half term if you have the time these are some things that your child could be learning at home:

• Adding two more or two less to a number up to 20
• Handwriting practice of the sounds learnt so far and numbers formed correctly
• Getting changed independently
• Helicopter stories
• Naming properties of 2D and 3D shapes

We have had such a fantastic half term with the children and we would like to thank you so much for your continued support. We hope you have a wonderful half term and look forward to seeing you all in June!

Reception team 🙂