Reception Learning Week 3

                                           

RECEPTION LEARNING - SPRING 2 WEEK 3

Key Dates & Information

Last day of term - 1st April 2022
End of term (Easter break) - 4th to 18th April 2022
Bank holiday- 2nd May 2022- School closed
Polling day- 5th May 2022- School closed

Maths 

This week we have continued to use ten frames to help us with comparing numbers up to ten.  First, we gave the children a number between one and ten and asked them to draw the correct number of pictures on the ten frame. Then, we asked them show us either one more/one less or the same amount as the number given to them. We then compared and discussed the two numbers. 

Great work Reception!

Esmee-“ It is the same”

Elsie "six is higher than five"

Abdul-Hafiz: “8 is one more than 7”

Munsha: “5 is more than 4”

Zyana: "Six is more than five"

Tiger-Lily: "Two is more than one"

Key Vocabulary: compare, more, less, fewer, higher, lower.

How to support your child this week at home.

Draw out two ten frames, put two different amount of objects on each ten frame and discuss and compare the amounts. Are there more, less or are the amounts the same?

Literacy

This week's topic story is Juniper Jupiter by Lizzy Stewart.  Which tells the story of Juniper Jupiter who is a real-life superhero, there is a drawback to being an incredible superhero and that it often be a lonely job. She decides to find herself a sidekick and stages tryouts to find her perfect partner in crime. Turns out that her helper was with her all along....

Click here to listen to Juniper Jupiter

This week, the children created superhero posters advertising for a new sick kick. What a creative bunch of children we have in Reception!

Vrisha- “I am super, I am kind”

Bentley “I am super, I am fast like Sonic”

Lirsa: "I am brave, I am kind"

Ronnie: "I am fast, I am super"

Emily: "He must be funny"

Ameera: "He must fly"

Spring has sprung in Reception!

To mark the beginning of spring, the children completed an observational drawing/painting of some beautiful daffodils.  The children closely examined daffodils and we discussed the names of the different parts of the flowers and how they grow from a bulb.

Observational drawings can help strengthen memory - as the child looks at the object and remembers what they see. Furthermore, it helps children develop their fine motor skills and spatial awareness along with their concentration and focus skills.

Kylie: "They are pretty flowers"

Alfie: "Is this bit the stem Mrs Hathaway?"

Eva "Do you like my picture?"

Esmee "They smell lovely"

Sophia "I like painting flowers"

Isabelle "It's a bit tricky this bit"