Reception Class News

07 January 2021: Home Learning

Posted on Wednesday 06 January 2021 by Reception team

Thursday 07.01.21- Home Learning
Phonics

Complete today’s phonics video with Mrs Allen-Kelly:

click here

You will need a pen and paper ready, or something to write with.

Maths

Recapping up to number 5

Please follow this link and join in with Session 2 today.

Literacy

(Technology link)

Yesterday, we heard the story Little Penguin Learns to Swim.

For today’s literacy activity, we would like you to find out a little more about your favourite polar animal from the story. Use a non-fiction book or the internet to learn a fact about your animal. Draw and label a picture of the animal you have chosen.

Nature Activity

Signs of Winter- talk time:

How do we know that it is cold outside/ what can we see?

What have you noticed on the ground this week?

What clothes do we wear in Winter and why? Perhaps you could find a suitable ‘Winter outfit’ in your cupboard.

What do you like to do outside in Winter?

Don’t forget to send us pictures of you enjoying the snow or a Winter walk outside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06 January 2021: Home Learning

Posted on Tuesday 05 January 2021 by Reception team

Wednesday 06.01.21- Home Learning
Phonics

Revisit phase 2 sounds:

Revisit phase 2 tricky words:

Read the caption:

 

Maths

Recapping up to number 5

Please follow this link and join in with Session 1 today.

Literacy

Watch the video of Mrs Allen-Kelly reading Little Penguin Learns to Swim.

Click here

Have a chat about the following questions:

-Which polar animals did little penguin come across in the story?

-How was little penguin feeling about getting into the water at the start?

-What did little penguin notice about his friends and learning new things?

-Can you think of a time when you had to be brave when learning something new?

Physical Activity

Take part in the ‘Winter Wonderland’ cosmic yoga video. Great for our bodies and minds!

Messages from your teachers…

Posted on Tuesday 05 January 2021 by Reception team

Hello Reception!

We hope you are all well and ready for a new term of learning, whether you are at home or at school.

Here are some special messages from your teachers…

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Here is an example table of what might be posted in a typical week of home-learning for Reception:

Whilst some activities are subject to change, there will always be a phonics, maths and literacy activity Monday-Thursday and a science and story-time activity each Friday.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns:

scholesf2@spherefederation.org

Home Learning

Posted on Tuesday 05 January 2021 by Reception Team

Following the news last night, we will be producing a daily interactive home learning menu.

Here some lessons and activities to complete today.

Phonics

Listen and join in the Jolly Phonics songs.

Point and say each sound on the sound mat.

 

Write the word to match each picture.

Write a caption to match the picture.

 

Maths

Watch the number formation song. 

 

Write numbers and find objects to match each  numeral.

 

Topic

Draw and label one of your Christmas presents or favourite toy.

Challenge – write a sentence.

It’s Christmas!

Posted on Friday 18 December 2020 by Reception Team

It has been a busy half term with lots of fun and learning along the way.

This week has been a Christmas filled extravaganza.

 

The children loved watching the pantomime. Thank you Friend of Scholes Primary (FOSP) for paying for us to watch this!

Sunshine and Rainbow have also become expert sprout peelers!

 

We enjoyed our Christmas dinner with some extra dinner guests.

 

 

We had a visit from Professor Myers. She had been in touch with Santa and the elves to bring a candy cane experiment.

How strong is a candy cane? 

We tested different objects in our classroom and recorded our results.

 

 

From everyone in Sunshine and Rainbow, we would like to wish you all a merry Christmas!

 

Sunshine Christmas

Posted on Monday 14 December 2020 by Reception Team

Sunshine Class have enjoyed learning and performing Christmas songs and dances for you to enjoy.

Sunshine Christmas Video

 

Rainbow Class Presents…

Posted on Monday 14 December 2020 by Reception team

Festive Fun with Rainbow Class!

Please click here to be taken to our special Christmas video. We hope you enjoy it 🌈 🎅🏼🎄☃️🦌

Please note, where possible the singing performances have been recorded outside or in a larger space. When recording in the classroom, the room is well ventilated with open windows/ door. Children are encouraged to face forwards during the performance.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2020 greeting card, vector illustration

Isolating at home? This learning is for you.

Posted on Monday 14 December 2020 by Mrs Wilkins

Here is some home learning for when you can’t be with us at school.

Remember to send pictures of your child’s home learning to scholesf2@spherefederation.org.

Maths

For this week’s maths learning, we are continuing to learn about the number 5. Spread the activities across the week, at your own pace. For video sessions, your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

Sessions 1-3 – White Rose Maths Alive in 5 Week 2 

We are continuing to embed our knowledge of five.  Do you know what a 5pence (5p) looks like? What colour and shape is it? Do you recognise a 2p and a 1p coin?  How many 1p or 2p combinations to make 5p can you make?

Can you go on a ‘five hunt’ around your home? What do you find five of? Take photos to record.

We will also be looking at repeating patterns and shapes. Can you spot a pattern, describe a pattern and repeat a pattern? Could you use some toys or objects to create repeating patterns?

Phonics

This week we will be continuing to recap our phase 2 sounds.

Watch and join in the Jolly Phonics songs.

(This is a YouTube link. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog 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.)

Lesson 1– Blending

Read each word by saying the sounds then blending together.

pat, doll, fuss, gap, sock, kick, sack

Lesson 2Recap Phase 1- listening for blends.

Play ‘eye spy’ together, by sounding out things you can see in the environment. For example:

“eye spy with my little eye, something that sounds like d-o-ll” and the child would say “doll”

You can swap roles so your child has a go with both sounding out and blending words.

Lesson 3: These are our tricky words we have learnt so far. They are tricky because we can’t use our phonics to help us read them.

Can you read each word?

Take turns to put the word/s into a sentence. For example ‘I didn’t steal the cookies from the cookie jar.’

Literacy

This week, we are looking at Christmas around the world.

Lesson 1– Think about Christmas in Australia. What season is it there? What season is it here? Can you dress up in an outfit you might wear for Christmas Day in Australia (sunhat, glassses, shorts etc). Take a photograph and send it in.

Lesson 2– Can you find out what Christmas is like in China? Make a paper lantern.

Lesson 3– Can you find out what Christmas is like in Mexico and India? What Christmas plant do they have in common? If you have one at home, why not complete an observational drawing of it.

Topic

Choose some of these activities to complete throughout the week. These are based on our topic – Christmas.  They may spark other interests and ideas that result in other learning opportunities. Let your child lead the learning!

Draw your Christmas tree.
Create a Christmas table mat.
Make some Christmas wrapping paper with potatoes and paint.  Wrap some items from around your home. See if your adult can guess what you’ve wrapped before they open it.

Go outside on a ‘collect five hunt’. Five sticks, leaves, stones, blades of grass, plant pots, balls etc. Have a look for signs of Winter too.

It’s beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas…

Posted on Friday 11 December 2020 by Reception Team

We are all feeling full of festive cheer this week after a virtual visit from Santa!

He left a video for us to watch and even rang our classroom to tell us he had left presents for each class.

 

We have completed lots of Christmas challenges in both classrooms; decorating pine cone trees; making Christmas pictures using shapes; writing about our class elf and wrapping gifts in the post office.

 

We also became gardeners and planted some bulbs. They are currently sleeping and we can’t wait to see them grow.

 

 

 

Home-Link

Design some Christmas wrapping paper. Can you use a repeated pattern in your design?

Notices

Thursday – Christmas dinner day

Friday – Non-Uniform and  Christmas party snack

 

Isolating at home? This learning is for you.

Posted on Monday 07 December 2020 by Reception team

Here is some home learning for when you can’t be with us at school.

Remember to send pictures of your child’s home learning to scholesf2@spherefederation.org.

Maths

For this week’s maths learning, we are continuing to learn about the number 5. Spread the activities across the week, at your own pace. For video sessions, your child’s learning will be most effective if you sit with them to pause the clip and check / praise / support your child as the clip moves on.

Sessions 1-3 – White Rose Maths Alive in 5!

 Number 5 picture story

One way that we learn about number bonds and number composition in class, is through number stories. Look at the picture below and ask your child what they notice about the picture (‘There are 5 elves’/ ‘There are 5 presents’)

Next, have a look at the differences and talk about them in full number sentences, for example:

Q: How many elves are wearing trousers, and how many are wearing skirts?

A: There are 2 elves wearing trouses, there are 3 elves wearing skirts. There are 5 elves altogether.

Q: How many elves are wearing belts and how many are not wearing belts?

A: There are 4 elves wearing belts, there is 1 elf not wearing a belt. There are 5 elves altogether.

What other features, questions and number sentences can you come up with?

Phonics

This week we will be continuing to recap our phase 2 sounds.

Watch and join in the Jolly Phonics songs.

(This is a YouTube link. Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog 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.)

Lesson 1Blending

Read each word by saying the sounds then blending together.

 

Lesson 2Recapping sementing to write and digraphs at the end of words

 Grab a piece of paper and a writing tool. Ask your child to write the following words- Remind them the think about which representation of the sound they should use at the end of a word:

Lesson 3Recap Phase 1- listening for blends.

Play ‘eye spy’ together, by sounding out things you can see in the environment. For example:

“eye spy with my little eye, something that sounds like t-a-p” and the child would say “tap”

You can swap roles so your child has a go with both sounding out and blending words.

Lesson 4: These are our tricky words we have learnt so far. They are tricky because we can’t use our phonics to help us read them.

Can you read each word?

Play tricky word pairs. Write the word twice and lay face down. Take turn to find matching pairs of the words. Ensure you both say each word you turn over.

Literacy

This week, we are reading The Jolly Christmas Postman

Lesson 1– Read the book if you have it at home or watch the story below, read by a VERY special reader!

Make a story map of the Postman’s journey. Which characters did he visit along the way?

Lesson 2– In the story, some characters are sent cards. Make your own Christmas card with your own design on the front. Don’t forget the important features:

  • We write To and the person’s name, so that the person who the card is for, knows that the card is for them.
  • We write From/ Love from, and then your name so the person who the card is for, knows who has sent them the card-you!

Lesson 3- In the story, The Jolly Christmas Postman meets Humpty Dumpty. Can you make a list of things that Humpty Dumpty needs to be repaired and to feel better, after his fall.

Lesson 4- Which is your favourite character that the postman meets in the story? Talk about why they are your favourite. Can you use your imagination to come up with a Christmas adventure for your favourite character? Tell an adult your story and create a story board of pictures.

Topic

Choose some of these activities to complete throughout the week. These are based on our topic – Christmas.  They may spark other interests and ideas that result in other learning opportunities. Let your child lead the learning!

Draw Father Christmas/ Santa Claus- for a ‘star challenge’, you might like to add labels for the different parts of his outfit!

Use your own imagination or this drawing tutorial.

How to draw a Santa Claus tutorial.

Use some old boxes, packaging and other materials to make a Santa/ Elf or Reindeer headband.

Make some salt dough together using this simple recipe:

2x cups of plain flour

1x cup of salt

1x cup of water

Make some salt dough stars that you can turn into decorations!

You can make some great fine motor activities with a few simple house hold items and Christmas decorations:

-A kitchen drainer or toy shopping basket.

-A string of tinsel

-A few baubles

-A peg

Activity 1 Thread and weave tinsel through the holes in the drainer/ shopping basket.

Activity 2 Once the weaving is finished, drop in some baubles with strings attached between the weaves. Use the peg to try and pick up the baubles through the gaps!

Cosmic Kids yoga- Christmas Special!