Mrs Wilkinson's Reception Class

This half term our topic is JOURNEYS.

In Communication, Language and Literacy we will
• read information books and stories about journeys
• read simple words and begin to read some sentences
• hear the sounds in order in words and write them from memory

In Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy we will
• count forwards and backwards and learn to write numbers
• find out about subtraction
• play shape games and make pictures using 2D shapes
• talk about direction and position

We will develop our Knowledge and Understanding of the World by
• finding out about different types of transport
• going out exploring on some welly walks
• using computer games to support learning and programming bee bot
• learning about the Christian festival of Easter

Creative Development will include
• drawing a self portrait for the new registration board
• looking at the work of Matisse and making our own pictures
• designing and making our ideas in the workshop and Easter craft work

In Personal, Social and Emotional Learning we will
• take turns, share equipment and listen to each other
• celebrate our achievements

Physical Development will include
• using our large muscles to cycle, climb, run, jump and build.
• improving our fine muscle control by using small items carefully

Please remember to
• bring book bags to school every WEDNESDAY
• pay 50p snack money to staff every MONDAY if possible
• bring your WELLIES in a bag every FRIDAY

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

This week we have been learning about sunny weather and decided to make some round sandwiches with yellow fillings. We did a lot of thinking about how to make a sandwich and wrote a shopping list. We made them on Friday and ate them at the end of our welly walk. On our walk this week we spotted some water in our rain catcher and noticed that the bulbs we planted last autumn were starting to shoot up out of the soil.

We had fun on the trim trail in the big playground to work up an appetite before sitting in the gazebo to eat our sandwiches.

Last week we had fun finding out about rain. We made some fabulous rain makers and played them in our music lesson.

On Friday we went out on a welly walk. We noticed that the birds had been eating the food. We spotted some birds up in the trees.

Our favourite song about the rain was Incy Wincy Spider. We made spider biscuits and ate them in the garden after our welly walk.

We decided to make some food for the birds because the weather is very cold and snowy. We mixed cereal, seeds, fruit and bread together with vegetable fat. We put it in the fridge to set for 2 days. Then we put our wellies on and went out to find somewhere to hang the bird food. We tried to be quiet and looked out for birds. We spotted pigeons and magpies. We had fun. We hope the birds enjoy the food.

Well done to everyone who made it to school yesterday. Here’s the curriculum newsletter telling you about all the things we will be learning this half term. Let’s hope school is open every day so that we can have lots of fun learning. See you all on Monday. Mrs W.

Our topic is THE WEATHER.

In Literacy we will
• read information books and stories about the weather
• learn the sound of the phonemes ai ee igh oo oa ar or
( remember to practise all the phonemes from last term too)
• begin to read simple words and sentences
• begin to write words and captions

In Numeracy we will
• count and match numbers to sets of objects; count in twos
• learn to put numbers 0-20 in the correct order
• find out what addition is and do some adding up
• play shape games to learn the names of 2D and some 3D shapes
• explore objects to sort out which are light and which are heavy

We will develop our Knowledge and Understanding of the World by
• finding out what types of weather there are here and in other countries
• playing with ice and snow
• collecting rain water and measuring how much we get
• observing shadows and looking through coloured lenses
• flying kites and listening to wind chimes

Creative Development will include
• singing and using percussion instruments
• role play in our rain forest and weather forecast centre
• mixing water colours to paint pictures of the weather
• making sun catchers, rain makers, kites, sandwiches and biscuits.

In Personal, Social and Emotional Learning we will
• talk about what we like doing and learning
• set ourselves goals and work to achieve them

Physical Development will include
• using our large muscles to cycle, climb, run, jump and build.
• improving our fine muscle control by using small items carefully
eg pegging items on a line, building with small construction kits

Watch out for news about our WELLY WALKS!

Please remember to
• bring book bags to school every WEDNESDAY so that your child can have new CAPER and READING SCHEME books each week.
• pay 50p snack money to staff every MONDAY if possible

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Hi everyone, are you enjoying the snow? It’s a great start to our topic this half term … we will be learning about the weather!

I hope you have played out in the snow. Have you made a snowman or some snow angels?
Draw a picture… don’t forget to write your name on it.

See if you can find out 3 things about snow and let me know.

If you can watch the weather forecast on television it will give you a great start to playing in our new role play area when school opens again.

Some things to think about….

What is a weather forecast?
What does it tell you?
What does the television presenter do?
What do they use?
How many different sorts of weather can you think of?

See you soon
Mrs W

This half term our topic is TOYS

 In Literacy we will

• read lots of stories including , Kipper’s Toy Box, Where’s My Teddy and This is the Bear.
• learn how to use non fiction books to find out information about toys
• learn the sound of the phonemes h b f l j v w x y z sh ch th ng
• begin to blend phonemes to read simple words and captions
• practise writing phonemes
• learn to read these ‘tricky words’  no go I to the we me be he she

In Numeracy we will

• count and talk about more and less
• read and write numbers
• design patterns
• talk about where a toy is hidden…under, behind, next to….
• learn about direction…forward, backwards, sideways

 We will develop our Knowledge and Understanding of the World by

• learning about old and new toys
• exploring how some toys move and using remote controlled toys
• using a digital camera
• learning about the Christian festival of Christmas

 Creative Development will include

• role play in the home corner, toy shop and Christmas grotto
• painting our favourite toys
• designing and making jointed bears
• learning the songs for our Christmas Nativity performance

 In Personal, Social and Emotional Learning we will

• begin to understand that we have different needs and views
• take responsibility for tidying up indoors and outdoors

 Physical Development  will include

• using tools and equipment in the workshop to design and make our ideas
• using bats, balls and hoops to develop our hand – eye coordination
• Using hoppers, bikes and climbing equipment to develop our muscle control and balance.

 Please remember to bring CAPER books to school every week.

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!