Words, words, words
We have been spending lots of time teaching reading : story time, reading together (reading fluency), daily phonics lessons, vocabulary lessons, RIC (comprehension), individual reading, discussing books we have read, giving star ratings and lots more!
Being able to read and write the year 1 and year 2 common exception words is important to develop fluency. These words do not follow the usual spelling rules and so are sometimes tricky to read or write. They need to be learnt as whole words and just remembered.
We try to make learning them fun – chalking them on the playground for example!
Living and Learning: Friends and Family
In our Living and Learning lessons this week, we discussed being kind and the impact it has on others. We read a lovely book called The Rainbow Fish.
The book is best known for its message about selfishness and sharing and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish.
We talked about the feelings of the different characters and made new scales for them
Week Commencing 05.10.20
We are all set up and ready to enjoy learning related to ‘The Gingerbread Man’. This week, we will also be looking at our phonic sounds s,a,t, p and the number 2.
Outside fun!
We have really been enjoying our outside provision. We change activities outside weekly but there are some things that children love to repeat daily. Observing how the season is visibly changing in our outside area is very enjoyable because we have many beautiful trees and shrubs. With the changing season comes a little more mud. Thankyou to the parents and carers who have just smiled at the mud patches on their child! We do have a ‘welly wash’ in action to reduce the walking of mud back inside the classroom. Have a look at what some of us have been up to. (Please note the very tired bee that sparked lots of amazing conversations).
The Little Red Hen
This week in reception we have been reading the story – The Little Red Hen.
We created and used actions to help retell the story.
We also thought of our own story by changing some of the characters.
1KN Certificates
We’ve had an other great week. We have seen fantastic progress in reading, handwriting and maths in just a few weeks. Keep up all the hard work Year 1!
As we can’t have our usual celebration assembly on a Friday at the moment, we will be posting the certificate winners on here each week for each class.
For great learning…
Iris – for beautiful handwriting. Iris is now beginning to use Lead in lines and forming all her letters correctly. Well done!
For sport and physical activity…
Indie – For brilliant participation and great skipping in PE. Well done!
For living and learning…
Ruby – for always being kind and helpful.
GOLD STAR
Hermione – Hermione is a superstar! She always demonstrates wonderful learning behaviour, follows the school rules, and is an active learner. We are very lucky to have you in our class Hermione. Keep up your exceptional attitude to school!
Our First PE Lesson
Another first for reception! We had our first PE lessons this week.
We focused on moving around the space in a variety of ways. Stomping our feet and pretending our feet were stuck in mud were definitely the most popular. Then we challenged ourselves to balance on different parts of our bodies.
Our key message was -wobbling means our muscles are working.
Certificate celebration!
Well done to the children who have achieved a certificate over the last couple of weeks. Here are the reasons why they have done so well:
For great learning…
Phoebe – Well done for excellent learning in Maths and for showing growing confidence in all subjects.
Louis – Well done for working hard to share ideas and learning in all lessons.
For sport and physical activity…
All of 3,4NV – for excellent team work and listening skills during PE.
Grace – Well done for great running during the daily mile.
For living and learning…
Leila – Well done for responding regularly and contributing some great ideas to class discussion.
William – Well done for showing resilience during Thursday’s Science lesson.
Well done everybody!
Water, worms and wobbling!
This week, we’ve continued to get to know each other and children are becoming much more confident with each other and their surroundings.
Outside, some of our children were a bit wobbly whilst trying to balance along our wooden balance beams. They worked together to help each other balance and get across safely. After a while, some children noticed that there were some worms around the balance beams. This caused lots of excitement and discussion. We talked about how the worms moved, their different lengths and we enjoyed signing ‘There’s a worm at the bottom of the garden‘. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog (it’s along the play bar) and turn off autoplay – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.
In the Sunshine room, we’ve introduced a new farm small world area as some children showed an interest in farm animals last week. We’ve heard lots of animal noises in the Sunshine room ever since!
The water area has also been popular again; children are beginning to remember to roll their sleeves up and put aprons on independently.
We’ve noticed that a few children have shown an interest in ‘owls’ so we have incorporated this into our Nursery plans for next week. We’ll also be learning more about Autumn, too. If you go out for a walk, talk about some of the changes that you can see in the trees and try to find some ‘Autumn treasure’. We have a collection of conkers and acorns ready for children to explore in Nursery next week.
Reminders
- If you send grapes in your child’s lunch box, please ensure that you cut them in half/quarters length ways. There’s an NHS video that outlines the importance.
- We still have a few water bottles and coats that don’t have names on. Please make sure that your child’s belongings are named. It is very hard to give out items at the end of the day if they don’t have a name in.
- Children will begin to wear their wellies more as the weather changes. If you could send them to Nursery in shoes with Velcro (NOT laces) that would be very helpful. We’re working on their independence, encouraging children to put on their own shoes and coats. Please work with us and continue this at home as well.
- Thank you to everyone who is being prompt for drop off and collection. Please ensure that you arrive at the correct time for your child’s group.
5/6B Certificate Celebration
Here are our certificate winners for this week. Welcome to the door of fame!
For great living and learning skills…
Joe – You always listen and respond to others appropriately. Your listening skills are fantastic and you are a fantastic role model for our living and learning statement this week. Well done, Joe!
For sport and physical activity…
Nathan – Your enthusiasm and determination in PE is something we should all work towards. Keep up the good attitude, Nathan!
For great learning…
Grace – Throughout our subtraction learning, you have shown brilliant resilience. You began with being quite unsure of this learning, to being a very confident, active and responsive learner – your hand is always up! Great work, Grace!