Reception E for Excellence
We have had a fantastic week of learning and there has been so much to celebrate and be proud of in Reception!
These children worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their determination and efforts.
Apple
E for Excellence - Finley
Reciprocity- Jovany
Star Writer - Shanvi
Aspen
E for Excellence - Arya
Star Writer - Hamza
Alder
E for Excellence - Matty
Star Writer - Evelyn
I have made my teacher happy- Sofia
We have been busy with some super maths this week! The children have been developing their one-to-one correspondence and subitising skills by matching amounts and colours using Unifix cubes. It was wonderful to see them concentrating so hard as they sorted the cubes into groups and compared different quantities. These hands-on activities are a fantastic way for the children to build their confidence with numbers and patterns in a fun, visual way.
A big well done to Ergi , who has been awarded the E for Excellence certificate this week for his excellet learning this week. Ergi has been showing great listening amd following instructions. He has also bee doing some super play with his friends!
A huge congratulations to Mara, who has been awarded the E for Excellence certificate this week forfor her ever improving communication. We love seeing Mara making lots of new friends and speaking to the adults in nursery more and more.
Well done to Theo, who receives the E for Excellence certificate for being a great listener and a confident speaker! Theo, we are so proud of the way you focus during group time and the brilliant ideas you share with your friends. Keep up the amazing work!
A big 'well done' goes to Judah who has been awarded an E for Excellence award. This week we have been impressed with your listening skills in group time. You have been sharing your ideas and following instructions. Great job, keep it up!
This term our topic is Plants and Growth. Our focus book this week was My bean diary.
Here is what we have been up to:
The children continued observing their bean plants and were excited to notice the changes compared to last week!The plants had grown taller and developed more leaves.
The children used their mathematical skills to build beanstalks using counting cubes. They were encouraged to recognise and build teen numbers independently. This activity helped secure their understanding of counting beyond ten and the composition of numbers. The children also worked on their measuring skills and hand-eye coordination while attempting to plant more beans without adult support.
On Friday,we learned about and celebrated Victory in Europe Day. The children made their own Union Jacks,created paper chains, and wrote letters to the soldiers thanking them for their bravery and for saving our country.
In Literacy we recapped our red words the,a,I,of,he,go,to,my,was,you,we,they,she and remembered that sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop. This week we learnt how to write the red word ‘have’ and wrote our own bean diaries.
Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1,2 or 3 sounds as well as word time words (1.5, 1.6, 1.7 etc).
In Maths this week the children have been exploring addition and subtraction within 10. They learnt new vocabulary such as add, plus, more,together,take away, minus, less and smaller and were encouraged to use these words while working in pairs.
The children also practised writing numbers to 20 and correcting their marvellous mistakes, such as writing 7,9 and 3 backwards.
It’s been a short but very busy week! Well done, Reception - keep up all your brilliant work!
Reception E for Excellence
We have had a fantastic week of learning and there has been so much to celebrate and be proud of in Reception!
These children worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their determination and efforts.
Apple
E for Excellence - Sofia-Rose
I have made my teacher happy- Ameera
Star Writer - Matei
Aspen
E for Excellence - Nuzaifa
I have made my teacher happy - Isabela
Star writer- Eden
Alder
E for Excellence - Evandy
Star Writer - Amaya
This term our topic is Plants and Growth. Our focus book this week was Tadpole’s Promise.
Here is what we have been up to:
During our water play we sang Five little speckled frogs and a range of other nursery rhymes. This supported the children’s communication and language development,as they joined in with familiar words and actions, as well as their expressive arts and design through music and movement.
We have been looking after our bean plants with great care and observing them with much curiosity.Some of the children’s beans have already developed stems and leaves- how exciting!
This week we learnt all about the life cycle of a frog. We visited the school pond for the second time,where the tadpoles are growing beautifully.The children enjoyed observing them as they swam and discussed the different stages of the life cycle using new vocabulary such as frogspawn, tadpoles and froglets,which they learned during their topic lessons this week.
In Literacy we recapped our red words the,a,I,of,he,go,to,my,was,you,we,they,she and remembered that sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop. This week we learnt how to write the red word ‘have’. We wrote the features of a frog.
Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1,2 or 3 sounds as well as word time words (1.5, 1.6, 1.7 etc).
In Maths this week the children have been exploring verbal counting patterns beyond 20.They completed a range of activities to support their learning and understanding, including identyfing mystery numbers, playing “pass then number ball”, and taking turns to count up to 20.
Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!
