Captured Carrots in Reception!

The Reception children returned to their classrooms after to lunch to find that a letter from the Evil Pea and a photograph of some captured carrots! Gasp! The children quickly set to work rescuing the carrots from the clutches of the Evil Pea. Once the drama was over and carrots safely returned the children decided to reply to the Evil Pea’s letter.

The children talked with their partners about what they should write to the Evil Pea and shared their ideas with the class. The children then joined in with some shared writing as the teachers modelled how to write a letter using simple sentences. The children used their Fred fingers to help segment words. This is something we are encouraging them to do when writing independently. The children were also encouraged to use finger spaces between words, capital letter and full stops. 

After the carpet session, the children set to work writing their own letters. Once finished they were sure to address the letter to the Evil Pea and to add a stamp before posting it in the post box. I wonder if that sneaky Evil Pea will reply.... 

"Look how many carrots I found!" Daniel 

"I would catch the Evil Pea and put him in a cage" John