We hope you had a good first week at home, filled with play, learning and relaxation. We have missed seeing your smiling faces each day but loved hearing about what you have been up to. We know this is not easy, but just remember the most important thing is that everyone is safe and healthy.
Some parents are ahead of the game and have been using Evidence Me to share what they have been doing at home. You can take a photo or video and then write a comment to explain what you have been doing. Your teachers will be able to reply through the Evidence Me app. This is still quite new to us, but if you have any questions we will try and help.
We hope you have begun to find a daily routine that suits your family and would advise keeping a routine if you can. Below are some activities for this week, some things you should do everyday and others you can choose when is best for you.
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Here are some other activities for you to complete this week. You might want to share these with us through the early years email or through Evidence Me.
Some parents are ahead of the game and have been using Evidence Me to share what they have been doing at home. You can take a photo or video and then write a comment to explain what you have been doing. Your teachers will be able to reply through the Evidence Me app. This is still quite new to us, but if you have any questions we will try and help.
We hope you have begun to find a daily routine that suits your family and would advise keeping a routine if you can. Below are some activities for this week, some things you should do everyday and others you can choose when is best for you.
- Please join in daily with RWI phonics, Search ‘Ruth Miskin Training’ on Facebook or Youtube. A new sound is taught each day. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
- It is important to exercise each day. PE with Joe is on Monday-Friday at 9am or perhaps you would rather do some yoga on Cosmic Yoga. https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 https://www.cosmickids.com/category/watch/
- Read together everyday. This should include story times where you read to your child and times when your child reads to you. RWI have just uploaded some more free e-books which are perfect for your child to read. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&series=Read+Write+Inc.
Here are some other activities for you to complete this week. You might want to share these with us through the early years email or through Evidence Me.
- Write an email to your teacher. This can be written by hand (may include a picture also), take a photo and email it to: eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk. Or you can have a go at using a computer/tablet to write an email. Remember to use your sound mat and Fred fingers and don’t forget your finger spaces. Your teacher will reply!
- Create, make and play your own board game.
- Keep a weather chart for the week. Draw a picture each day and write down the weather.
- Learn and sing a maths subtraction song (5 little ducks, 5 little monkeys, 10 green bottles). Can you record the subtraction number sentences for each verse. (5 cheeky monkeys jumping on the bed, one fell off and bumped his head ----> 5 - 1 = 4).
- Find five things in your house that start with the same sound as your name (Miss Poulter → mug, milk). Record these in a list, use your sound mat. Challenge: can you write a sentence about each word?
- Make a rainbow for your window. Will you paint, colour or collage it?
**Make your own play dough**
- One cup of flour
- Half a cup of salt
- One dessert spoon of vegetable oil.
- Slowly add warm water until the consistency of playdough.
- Play!
Spellings
Reception will be joining the rest of the school on Friday for the weekly spelling test. Practice writing these spelling everyday, ready for the test on Friday morning. One of your teachers will read out these spellings in a video for you to have a go at home. We have chosen some of the red words to begin with, as these are tricky words and we use them a lot within our writing. Each Monday we will release five new spellings in this blog. You could challenge yourself to write a sentence including each of these words. Good luck!
Please keep us updated on how you are getting on at home, this could be through email (eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk) or through Evidence Me. We look forward to replying to emails from the children this week!
Reception will be joining the rest of the school on Friday for the weekly spelling test. Practice writing these spelling everyday, ready for the test on Friday morning. One of your teachers will read out these spellings in a video for you to have a go at home. We have chosen some of the red words to begin with, as these are tricky words and we use them a lot within our writing. Each Monday we will release five new spellings in this blog. You could challenge yourself to write a sentence including each of these words. Good luck!
Please keep us updated on how you are getting on at home, this could be through email (eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk) or through Evidence Me. We look forward to replying to emails from the children this week!
Do not forget about all of the online resources including Phonics Play, Oxford Owls, Topmarks and Literacy Planet. Any questions please contact us and if you discover any great resources we would love to hear about them.
Keep safe and stay at home,
Keep safe and stay at home,
The Reception Team
