Reception Blog
Autumn 1
Week 3
Our first full week in Reception without our grown-ups is complete!
We have been getting to know one another, and our environment and learning the rules and routines at school. Despite a few tears, we are all settling in well!
Next week we will be starting our topic - Space! Our first story will be 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy,
Perhaps this weekend you could look at pictures of The Moon. Or even better, see if you can spot The Moon in the sky (as long as it's not past your bedtime!)
Sun and Moon
Week 4
We came into Mora eager and ready to learn. We have been embedding our new rules, routines and behaviours and have been extremely successful at it.
This week we were reading a book called ‘Whatever Next’. We learned to listen and respond to longer stories. We sequenced the story and shared our ideas of what we would like to take to the moon.
In Maths, we learnt about subitising. Subitising is when we recognise a small number of objects without needing to count.
We have been busy in phonics learning our first set of sounds;
s a t
Reminders
All children need a spare bag of (old) clothes on their peg.
All children need a book bag so they can take a storybook home to share with their family. Please bring storybooks back to school the following day so the children can take a new one home.
Please make sure all uniforms and clothing are labelled.
Reception Sun & Moon
Week 5
Literacy
This week we read "The Way Back Home" by Oliver Jeffers.
An alien spaceship has crash-landed in our classroom! The alien inside needed our help! We were super curious about the crash landed so we drew observational pictures of the space ship. We investigated the spaceship, collected evidence for the police and labelled the bags using our sounds.
Maths
This week we were engaged in activities that drew attention to the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how many’ objects there were altogether.
We were busy in phonics learning our first set of sounds;
s a t p i n
Reminders
All children need a spare bag of (old) clothes on their peg.
All children need a book bag so they can take a storybook home to share with their family. Please bring storybooks back to school the following day so the children can take a new one home.
Please make sure all uniforms and clothing are labelled.
The way back home...
Week 6
Literacy
This week, we were reading the book called ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman. The story was about adventurous aliens coming to earth to steal under pants as they do not have any of their own in space. We were exploring different types of underpants and used key vocabulary such as pattern, colour, stripes, spots, zigzag to describe pants.
Maths
This week, we explored how numbers can be composed of 1s and, from this, began to investigate the composition of 3 and 4. We used different resources to compose and decompose numbers.
We were busy in phonics learning our first set of sounds;
s a t p i n m d g
You can practise reading the following words:
at, it, an, in, and, dad, sit, mat, pig, sat, pat, pit, man, map, sip, nip, nap
Tricky words we learnt are:
is, I
Reminders
All children need a spare bag of (old) clothes on their peg.
All children need a book bag so they can take a storybook home to share with their family. Please bring storybooks back to school the following day so the children can take a new one home.
Please make sure all uniforms and clothing are labelled.
Aliens love underpants
Week 7
Literacy
Our final week of Autumn 1 is complete! We are so proud of your children's learning and development so far. The past 6 weeks have gone so quickly and we are looking forward to welcoming you back after half term.
This week we watched the performance of the book Handa’s Surprise. Our teachers performed the story for us!
We used our own words to retell the story and we had lots of fun to act it out some part of the story.
At the end of the week, we celebrated the BHM by dancing and talking about some African cultures.
Maths
This week we recognised and made our own repeating patterns. We focused on AB patterns using different resources and different actions.
Maths Challenge is:
Go on a nature walk to collect a range of natural objects for example small pebbles, twigs, leaves and count them.
How many objects did you collect?
We were busy in phonics learning our first set of sounds;
s a t p i n m d g o c k
You can practise reading the following words:
at, it, an, in, and, dad, sit, mat, pig, sat, pat, pit, man, map, sip, nip, nap
Tricky words we learnt are:
is, I, to, a
The caption for this week was:
dog is in a cap and a kit
Reminders
Please read the book your child has in their book bag and write a comment in their reading diary.
Please complete the activity from your home learning journal.
All children need a spare bag of (old) clothes on their peg.
All children need a book bag so they can take a storybook home to share with their family. Please bring storybooks back to school the following day so the children can take a new one home.
Please make sure all uniforms and clothing are labelled.
Have a lovely half term!!!
Handa's surprise and BHM
Autumn 2
Week 1
Our first week back after half term this week, and what a busy one it's been! This week, we learned about helicopter stories. We dictated our stories to an adult to scribe word for word. Helicopter stories develop communication and language skills as well as personal, social and emotional development. In Math, we learned how to estimate. We made sensible guesses about the number of objects in a group. We introduced a special place called an “Estimation station” in our class to help us practise this new skill every day. The children were also keen to talk about what they had done in the holidays and what activities they had been doing leading up to Halloween.
We were busy in phonics learning our first set of sounds;
s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u
You can practise reading the following words:
at, it, an, in, and, dad, sit, mat, pig, sat, pat, pit, man, map, sip, nip, nap, pet, up, got, get, mum
Tricky words we learnt are:
is, I, to, a, the
The caption for this week was:
pet duck is in the mud
Reminders
Please read the book online and book your child has in their book bag and write a comment in their reading diary. All the children have the login details for BigCat online reading.
Please complete an activity from your home learning journal.
All children need a book bag to take a storybook home to share with their family. Please bring storybooks back to school the following day so the children can take a new one home.
Please make sure all uniforms and clothing are labelled.
All children need a spare bag of (old) clothes on their peg.
Helicopter stories and Estimation
Week 2
This half-term our topic is winter and arctic animals. We read the story ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers, one of our favourite authors. We used props to retell the story and we travelled to South Pole with a penguin. We were busy building boats with our peers using loose parts and we labelled the parts of our boats on post-it notes. The South Pole can be a bit chilly so we packed a bag with important items we needed for our trip. We ended our week learning super facts about penguins. They are super interesting creatures. Did you know, that penguins are birds that do not fly!
This week, in Maths we explored and compared Capacity. Capacity is the amount something can hold. We used key vocabulary such as empty, half-full, full to describe the capacity of different-sized containers. We investigated capacity in our water trays, filling and emptying different containers and comparing how much water each container held.
Maths Challenge: How many cups of water does your water bottle hold? Can you measure it?
We were busy in phonics learning our first set of sounds;
s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b
You can practise reading the following words:
at, it, an, in, and, dad, sit, mat, pig, sat, pat, pit, man, map, sip, nip, nap, pet, up, got, get, mum, red, rat, rip, hat, hot, hop, bed, bin, back
Tricky words we learnt are:
is, I, to, a, the, as, has
The caption for this week was:
bat has a rock as a hat
Reminders
Please read the book online and book your child has in their book bag and write a comment in their reading diary. All the children have the login details for BigCat online reading.
Please be aware some children do not have books on Big Cat because they are still working towards sounds.
Please complete an activity from your home learning journal.
Please bring back your Home Learning Journal and Reading diary & physical book on Mondays.
All children need a book bag to take a storybook home to share with their family. Please bring storybooks back to school the following day so the children can take a new one home.
Please make sure all uniforms and clothing are labelled.
All children need a spare bag of (old) clothes on their peg.
Lost and Found - Capacity
Week 3
This week, we read the story ‘Jonty Gentoo The Adventures of a Penguin’ by Julia Donaldson. Jonty, the little Gentoo penguin wants to find his true home at the South Pole. We used our phonics knowledge to write some words and phrases about Jonty’s journey to the South Pole. We also created a missing poster for Jonty Gentoo.
In Maths, we sorted and grouped different objects by colour size and shape. We used fluffy pom-poms, and classroom resources such as pencils, scissors, cubes, and magnets to sort them out and put them into the correct groups.
Maths Challenge:
Can you go for a hunt in your house and collect food?
How can you sort it out? Perhaps by grouping it as healthy or unhealthy, sweet or sour.
We were busy in phonics learning our first set of sounds;
s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l
You can practise reading and writing the following words:
at, it, an, in, and, dad, sit, mat, pig, sat, pat, pit, man, map, sip, nip, nap, pet, up, got, get, mum, red, rat, rip, hat, hot, hop, bed, bin, back, fin, fat, fun, puff, cuff, huff, leg, lit, log, lip, lick
Tricky words we learnt are:
is, I, to, a, the, as, has, put
The caption for this week was:
put a leg in as a cuff
Reminders
Please read the book online and book your child has in their book bag and write a comment in their reading diary. All the children have the login details for BigCat online reading.
Please be aware some children do not have books on Big Cat because they are still working towards sounds.
Please complete an activity from your home learning journal.
Please bring back your Home Learning Journal and Reading diary & physical book on Mondays.
All children need a book bag to take a storybook home to share with their family. Please bring storybooks back to school the following day so the children can take a new one home.
Please make sure all uniforms and clothing are labelled and all children need a spare bag of (old) clothes on their peg.
Friday 22nd November school in closed.
Jonty Gentoo
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