Week beginning 30.10.17

Welcome back!

This week the story we are reading in The Jolly Witch. We thought this story was appropriate this week with Halloween coming up.

We are starting cookery this week and the children will have the opportunity to make cheese muffins and they will bring their individual muffin home.

We are also starting woodwork where the children can design and make something of their choice. We train and supervise the children in this area until they get to know how to use the woodwork bench, tools and wood safely.

Another new thing this week is Squiggle which is where the children will develop their gross motor skills using squares of material to make large movements to music.

In maths we are continuing to practise counting skills to help the children really secure this element of maths. We teach the children to line up objects and make sure they say one number name for each item they touch.

In Phonics we are going to be doing some listening activities so that the children develop their ability to listen carefully which will help when we start teaching individual sounds.

Have a good week!

Week beginning 9.10.17

This week the children are doing more painting but this time they are doing self portraits. The children will also do self portraits using the paint program on the computer and take selfies on iPads so that they experiment with different media.

We will be doing some number work in the form of counting and number recognition of number 1- 10. We will also be listening to stories and checking the children's understanding of what they have heard.

The children will have free flow play everyday both indoors and out.

The children will be going to assembly for the first time this week where they will join with the rest of the school for a celebration assembly which is where different things that have happened during the week are celebrated.

Please come into the classroom on Wednesday after school to see your child's Christmas card design and put in an order for them to be made into cards.

Don't forget we are having a cake sale on Wednesday after school too. Please bring in any donations on Wednesday morning. Thank you in advance!

Have a good week!

Week beginning 02.10.17

This week:
I hate to mention the Christmas word already as it's such a long time away but we have to get prepared in school! The children are painting their designs this week and you will have the opportunity to order their designs to be printed as real Christmas cards so you can send them to friends and family. More details will be on the newsletter which will be sent out this week.

We are continuing with assessments and hopefully by the end of the week we will have finished so that we can see what we need to teach the children over the year. The children are enjoying doing little assessment tasks.

When the children are not painting or doing assessment tasks they will have free play both indoors and out to follow their own interests.

Don't forget there are Reception Curriculum meetings coming up - you will get a reminder text about these.

Have a good week!