Reception
28th February
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Hello,
What a super first week we have had with the planet's lining up for us to see at 6.30pm on the 28th February.
M VEM J SUN is the order of the plants. This is a simple acronym to help us remember the order.
We have made some amazing space pictures which have come home this week.
We have been reading fantasy stories or we can call them fiction.
In math's we have been looking at partitioning number 8 and 7 seeing patterns in these parts using dominoes.
1 6
2 7
3 4
4 3
5 2
6 1
We saw the patterns of dots change.
We have been learning about our community and what we do and where we go in our community. For example we all go to school, some people go swimming, gymnastics, visit the dentist or doctors.
Thank you for your support at home,
Mrs Oddy and the Team
14th February
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End of Spring one with only one snow day. That's a win win.
Please give a big thank you to Lucy who comes in every Wednesday to bake, cook and read with the children.
Also thank you to Olivia from Greenhead College for coming in on a Wednesday morning to read with our children.
Thank you for attending parents evening the children are all working so hard in school, maturing well and having fun!
Nurture, Progress and Succeed. That's the school's Ethos!
We have had a lovely time learning acting and reciting many, old Traditional tales.
The children are now identifying characters in the story, the setting, the problem and the solution of many stories we are reading.
This week was safer internet week we have discovered that BBCBITE SIZE has some super games to play for mathematic and many many learning tools in a safe environment on the internet.
Most fairy tales have happy endings as do many traditional tales.
This week we have learnt the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff.
We have acted it out, written little phases and sentences, painted trolls, made bridges inside and outside in the woods.
Here are a few highlights.
Sorting socks in to pairs, 2 socks in a pair 6 socks in 3 pairs. How many socks in 4 pairs?
Printing and cutting and sticking bridges.
Experimenting with how to make a bridge.
How we have finally shelved out our new shed so we have put everything back in and can open up outside play.
We had fun make big bridges with planks in the woods.
Thank you for your support at home, keep up the reading we have put in extra books.
Mrs Oddy and the Team
7th February
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We had had another busy week this week leaning about the story of 'The 3 Little Pigs'
This week we have been experimenting with different material to see which were the strongest.
We have mixed the colour pink.
Made and eaten cheese straw an alternative to sausage rolls.
We have written some super phases and sentences such as.
The pink pig.
I will huff and puff.
I will stomp.
The children built pig houses in the woods.
Next week is the story of, 'The 3 Billy Goats Gruff'.
Here are a few highlights.
Mixing Pink
Making 6,7,8 using an egg box
Looking at different materials
Experimenting with the different materials.
If you haven't already please download the FREE APP White Rose Maths.
It has lots of little subitising games for 1-5 and 6-10.
Thank you for your support at home.
Mrs Oddy and the Team
24th Januray
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A week of 'The Gingerbread man'
We have had a wonderful time designing, making, printing, smelling and acting out aspects of the Gingerbread man.
In cooking this week we had to make and eat a gingerbread man of course. We looked at the ginger root.
In phonics we are writing simple sentences and thinking of describing characters.
e.g ' The thin man
The man was fast.
In math's work we have been using the language lighter, heavier, empty, full, mass and looking at capacity of beakers.
We have been reading our book bag books a lot this week as we have been blessed with two students for the last two weeks. We will be down to 1 next week then 0.
Its makes such a difference reading little and often.
Please make sure your children recognise ch sh th (chip chop, sheep ship, thin, thick) digraphs and find them in words then they can progress onto the red book. Please come and see us if you are unsure.
Next week we are learning about Chinese New Year.
Please watch the clips on 'Microsoft Team's for pre-learning.
Here are a few highlights.
Weighing and measuring - words we used light, heavy, mass.
Reading the retell of the story together
Reading using 'special friend' green words as a warm up.
Cutting out the Ginger breadman
Thank you for your support at home.
Mrs Oddy and the Team
17th January
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Hello,
A week of Nursery rhymes this week,. We had fun with Humpty Dumpty and all but two children enjoyed eggy bread, a healthy snack to have at home.
In phonics we are looking at longer words with 4 sounds and writing little simple sentences.
In math's work we were talking about the amounts, more and fewer and calculating the difference between these.
In the woods we noticed shoots from snow drops and daffodils already appearing.
Next week we will be reciting the story of 'The Gingerbread Man' If you have this story at home please read it together and maybe show the children a real piece of ginger root.
Here are a few highlights:
Thank you for your support at home.
Please keep up the reading.
Mrs Oddy and the Team.