We have had an amazing first week back in Reception. Well done to all of the children for coming back to school so well! They have come back really settled and have remembered all our school expectations and routines.
We have had some very excited children this week as we have started to learn all about dinosaurs! Our first focused book was ‘Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs’. We spent time finding out all the different dinosaurs that the children already knew and some interesting facts. Together we then created ‘lost/wanted posters’ to help Harry find his missing dinosaurs. We then used our imaginations to think about where the dinosaurs could have ended up and then each made our own simple maps to show the dinosaurs route.
In Phonics we have spent time reviewing and recapping all of the phase 2 and 3 sounds that we learnt before the Christmas break. We then introduced the new short ‘oo’ sound and we then read and wrote words including this sound.
This week in Maths the children used their perceptual subitising skills (seeing the quantity without counting) in different arrangements, moving from dots in a line and arrangements of 2, to a focus on standard dice arrangements. For larger quantities, the children began to use skills of conceptual subitising, beginning to quickly see the sub-groups within these larger numbers.
Don’t forget:
- Please bring in a named PE kit. We do PE on a Monday.
- Ensure reading books and reading records are brought in every day. As a reminder, we recommend reading 5-10 minutes every day as this supports your child with recognising the phonics sounds and reading fluency.
- Our library day is on a Friday and the children enjoy swapping their books for new ones. Please ensure each week, your child brings back their book otherwise we are unable to issue a new one. If it becomes lost or damaged, please speak to the class teacher.
- Look out for our curriculum letter as this will have the details of what we are learning this term.
Have a lovely weekend!
The Reception Team 🙂
