In Phonics we have completed the teaching of our last Phase 3 phonics sounds, these were ure, er and ow. We have also introduced the new harder to read and spell words ‘ball’ and ‘tall’. Towards the end of the week we practised our segmenting skills to write words that included all of our new digraphs and trigraphs.
This week in our Maths lessons the children have continued to engage with activities that develop their understanding of composition, or the numbers within numbers. A key focus has been on exploring different ways to represent numbers using the Hungarian number pattern (die pattern). We have been exploring the pairs of numbers that make 5, and then use double dice frames to begin to explore 6 and 7 as numbers that are composed of ‘5 and a bit’.
In topic we have discussed the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts. We used non-fiction texts to find out more information about dinosaurs. We then spent time thinking about how we know all this information about dinosaurs if humans were not alive then. We looked at different dinosaur bones and fossils to support the children’s understanding of how we know what dinosaurs looked like, what they ate and where they lived.
You would have seen we have stuck the children’s magic badges and emoji passwords into their reading records. This is so you are able to access a number of learning enhancements at home. You unfortunately cannot scan the QR code from your camera, so the easiest way is to go to the ‘MyLogin’ website and scan from there.
Have a lovely weekend 🙂
Reception Team
