Reception Learning- Week 7

 

 

Reception Learning - Week 7

Key Information 

• It's getting chilly, please make sure all items (coats, jumpers, gloves, scarfs) are labelled.
• Please make sure you have a spare set of clothes in school and if possible, a pair of welly boots.
• Parents evening is on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th October. Everyone has been given a time slot. Please try your best to make it. 
• Thank you for the milk bottles. The children all got to make their own 'Elmer the Elephant!

Maths 

This week, children have been given opportunities to explore patterns in a range of contexts. We have been exploring patterns through shapes, colours, sounds, actions and numbers. To help the children build on their repeating pattern, we have been encouraging them to say their pattern out loud, to help them identify what comes next. Seeing a pattern helps us to make connections or make rapid judgements and guesses - and this, in turn, leads us to look for patterns to help us. 

Key Vocabulary: repeat, next, after, notice, the same, again

Chirag "Yellow, green, yellow"

Ronnie ' Red, then blue, then Red..."

Harvey "Look at my caterpillar pattern"

Literacy

This week the children were introduced to Elma the Elephant though our key text. Elmer is a multicolored elephant who lives happily among a grey herd, and after he tries and fails to hide his true self, he learns that his friends love him for his uniqueness. The children loved this message and we have been celebrating our our friends in class and focusing on what make them special. As part of our story, the children have made their own Elmers. Thank you to all those who brought in milk bottles for this activity! 

Tommy. M-"I liked sticking all the stuff on".

Roza- "I like the glue its really sticky"

Tommy. G- " I like Elephants"

Key Vocabulary: Elmer, elephant, herd, different, special, celebrate, diverse

 

Outdoor learning 

Physical activity has countless health benefits for children! Not only does exercise improve a child’s overall health and fitness, but it can also help to improve their mental health and cognitive development as well.


Here are some of the key benefits of physical activity for children:

• Builds confidence and improves social skills
• Gives children the opportunity to learn new skills and teaches them important life skills
• Strengthens muscles and bones
• Helps to develop coordination
• Enhances concentration and learning, which increases productivity and success
• Makes children feel good and elevates their mood
• Inspires positivity and encourages tolerance
• Helps to relieve stress and maintain mental and emotional wellbeing
• Improves sleep and energy levels
• Reduces the risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases
• Improves overall health and fitness and helps children maintain a healthy weight to prevent childhood obesity

Check out our child building their obstacle courses this week. They always have equipment available to them and are encouraged to try out new resources and new ways to travel.

 

Gabia "I like running and jumping"

Harry "I  like the walking bit"

Jace "That was easy"

Mikail "This is fun"

Phonics Learning  

                   

This week in phonics, we have learnt the sounds  v y w x z. We have been practicing our letter formation for each sound in our Read, Write, Inc books. If you would like to practice this further with your child at home, the sheets for each sound can be downloaded by clicking the links below.

                     Sound v              Sound y             Sound w              Sound z           Sound x