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.
- 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
The children have really embraced learning about ‘hot places’ using Handa’s Surprise as a learning hook. In both of our Reception classes, we have role play areas to support the learning of the story.
Alongside our Handa role play areas, the children have been painting backgrounds, similar to those in the story. They have then used colouring pencils or crayons to draw animals to go on top.
As the weather gets a bit warmer, the children have enjoyed playing outside too!
Star of the Week
Daisy – Frank
Buttercup – Wilbur
Tapestry – Observation request
The focus this week is Literacy.
We would love to see a shopping list of the fruits your child enjoys (or the ones from Handa’s Surprise). For an extra challenge, your child could include adjectives and/or illustrate their list.
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
This week the children will be learning about hygiene and the importance of cleanliness.
Communication and Language
Book of the week: Hands’s surprise by Eileen Browne
This week, we will be acting out the story in class.
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: Ramadan
Physical Development
This week the children will be developing their rolling and balancing skills on large apparatus.
Literacy
This week in Phonics, we will be learning how to blend the adjacent consonants: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr
We will learn the common exception words: were, there
And revisit the common exception words: my, her
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 to retell part of the story of Handa’s Surprise.
Maths
This week, the children will be learning about patterns and numbers beyond 10. They will start to understand that teen numbers are made up of 10 and some more (e.g. 12 is made up of 10 and 2 more).
Understanding the World
In science this week the children will be learning facts about the African Big 5.
We will also be going on a walk around the school grounds looking for the signs or Spring!
Religion and Worldviews
This week, we will be assessing children’s learning during our unit, “Why are some times special?”
Expressive Arts and Design
In music this week will will be doing our final performance of the Handa’s Surprise song using instruments.