Noticeboard

• If your child completes one of the sides of their bookmark, please alert your child’s class teacher.
• Children need to bring their book bag into school every day. If they do not have it on a Monday, they will not be able to have a new reading book. 
• We would like you to support your child to hold their pencil correctly when they are using them at home. Children should be using a tripod grip. Click here to see a BBC Bitesize video about how to hold a pencil.
• Please do not allow your child to play with the resources that are on the Reception patio in the morning. These have been carefully positioned and are there to support your child’s learning during the school day.

Celebrations

This week, the children have loved using the apparatus during their PE lessons. They have also made some amazing creations outside using the large construction.

The children have loved using paints and oil pastels to create landscapes. We looked at landscapes painted by Vincent van Gogh. They have been looking at familiar landscapes, such as the school grounds, the downs and the harbourside.

Star of the Week 

Daffodil – Rigby

Daisy – Thea

Buttercup – Rosa R

Tapestry – Observation request

The focus this week is Maths. You have two choices this week, or you may choose to do both!

1. Download the 1-Minute Maths app and ask your child to play the subitising games. The app is totally free and  it’s available for use on Apple and Android devices. Take a photo of your child playing the game or a screenshot and submit it as an observation. 
2. Choose at least 3 objects from your house and order them from shortest to longest. Take a photo of the items in the correct order and submit it as an observation.

You can also send us any moments that you feel are significant in your child’s learning or want to share with your child’s class teachers.

Click the links below to find out how to add observations from different devices. 

Apple device

Andriod device

Desktop

This week’s learning:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

We will be talking about the link between what I learn now and the jobs I might like to do when I am older. 

Communication and Language

This week, we will be reading and learning about our new key text ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’.

Word of the week:  occupation

Physical Development

This week we will be pretending to be different animals as we explore movement on and off apparatus as we go on a jungle adventure. We will be exploring flying like birds over the sea  in Write Dance.

Literacy

This week we will be revisiting our phase 3 phonics and becoming masters in  y, z, zz, qu. We will be practising writing these phonemes (sounds)  in words and short captions.

Writing: This week we are writing a list of jobs, thinking about what we might like to be when we grow up. 

Maths

This week, the children will be learning about making pairs and length and height. The children will take part in a whole class investigation to compare shoe length.

Understanding the World 

We are going to be talking about computers and technology. How is it used by different people like the police and teachers?  How is used at home? We will be exploring some apps on the school iPads.

Religion and Worldviews

This week, we will be learning about different wedding celebration times.

Expressive Arts and Design

This week we will be continuing our music Lessons on Handa’s Surprise, listening,  performing and internalising rhythms.