Noticeboard
- In Reception, we will be learning about ‘Hot Places’ for the rest of the term and using the book Handa’s Surprise as a learning hook. During the final week of this term, we are going to be making and tasting a fruit salad using all of the fruits that Handa was carrying in her basket. We would be really grateful if each family was able to donate one of the items of fruit. There will be a signup sheet on the noticeboard outside your child’s classroom this week for you to select and sign up to donate a fruit if possible. We will be asking that these fruits are brought into school on Monday 25th March.
- Friday 15th March – Red nose day – Wear red clothes to school and bring a donation.
- Please alert your child’s class teacher if your child finishes one side of their bookmark so that they can receive their first certificate in assembly. You can find information on our reading incentive by clicking here.
- Please make sure your child has a coat in school every day. We will go outside even when it is cold and raining.
- 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. Please make sure the reading books come into school each day with your child.
- 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
Everybodies highlight this week was World Book Day. The children loved dressing up and telling the other children who they’d dressed up as and which book they were from. Mrs Fricker’s dog, Orla, came into our classrooms to read a story to us and then the children were allowed to say hello to her if they wanted to. Alongside this, the children have enjoyed watching our frogspawn turn into tadpoles.
Star of the Week
Daisy – Ceejay
Buttercup – Esther
Tapestry – Observation request
The focus this week is Maths. Go on a 3D shape hunt at home or out and about. Can they find one of each of the following shapes:
- Sphere
- Cube
- Pyramid
- Cuboid
- Cylinder
- Cone
Take photos of each of the objects and we will ask your child to try to remember which object is which 3D shape when we show them in class.
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.
This week’s learning
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
For our Healthy Me topic the children will be learning about the importance of sleep!
Communication and Language
Book of the week: Hands’s surprise by Eileen Browne
This week, we will be particularly encouraging children to describe the events in the story in detail.
We always encourage the children to engage in story times and non-fiction books in these ways:
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.
Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what is being said.
Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences.
Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives.
Describe some events in detail.
Word of the Week: performance
Physical Development
The children will be practising their rolling skills this week. Laying down flat on a mat and rolling with straight arms and legs from one side to the other.
Literacy
This week in Phonics, we will be learning how to blend the adjacent consonants: sk, st, ct, pt, xt
We will learn the common exception words: some, come
And revisit the common exception words: are, all, they
We will practise blending phonemes to read, and segmenting words to spell them using the phonemes and graphemes we have learned so far.
Writing: We will use our learning in phonics to help us write a sentence or two about the character we dressed up as for World Book Day.
Maths
This week, the children will be learning about 3D shape. The will learn the names of 3D shapes, find out which ones are good for different tasks (e.g. rolling) and spot them within our classroom environment.
Understanding the World
We will be revisiting the subject of online safety this week, thinking about Importance of taking breaks from devices. Also, considering the feelings of people around them, even when engaged in fun online activities.
Religion and Worldviews
This week, continuing our Big question: “Why are some times special?” We will learn about the Christian story of Easter and the concept of forgiveness. As Ramadan is expected to start on 10th March, we will also be hearing about this important time for Muslims.
Expressive Arts and Design
We will be making 3D animal safari pictures using a range of media.