Reception Class News

Professor Myers challenges you!

Posted on Friday 27 March 2020 by Reception team

27 March 2020: Home learning

Posted on Friday 27 March 2020 by Reception team

Day 5 of your home learning pack

Get crafty!

Did your child make a model with recycled items? It would be great to see a photo of it! Please email us.

Letter formation

Has your child been singing the letter formation ditty’s whilst writing? Letters that are often difficult are s,b,d,e and a. Encourage your child to practise these.

Maths

Can your child count on to find the answer?

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org

26 March 2020: Home learning

Posted on Thursday 26 March 2020 by Reception team

Day 4 of your home learning pack

Phonics

Did you play snakes and ladders today? Was your child able to spot any digraphs and trigraphs? MrThorne has some engaging and informative videos about digraphs and trigraphs.

The snakes and ladders games are from an educational resource website called Twinkl. Twinkl are offering parents and carers free access to thousands of resources, so you can select your own activities based on your child’s interests too.

“Setting this up is really easy to do – go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS”

Maths

How did you find making number stories for your child? Here are some ideas of number problems you could ask your child.

Literacy

Did you read todays story? The children have really enjoyed talking about what will happen to the eggs in our classroom. Can your child tell you the life cycle of a chicken? Please email us your child’s comments.

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org

A message from some of your teachers…

Posted on Wednesday 25 March 2020 by Reception team

We just wanted to say…

During this uncertain time, technology is a great way to communicate with those people you miss. Can your child send a video message to somebody? It could be to us, a friend or a family member.

Scholesf2@spherefederation.org

 

25 March 2020: Home learning

Posted on Wednesday 25 March 2020 by Reception team

Day 3 of your home learning pack

Phonics

Tricky words! Ask your child what is a tricky word? “A tricky word is a word you can’t sound out. You just have to know it.”

You can sing the songs for all the tricky words here.

Phase 2 tricky words

Phase 3 tricky words

Maths

Did you go on a hunt for shapes today? What did your child find? Please email any photos or comments. It is great when we get direct quotes from children. This helps us gain a holistic view of your child’s learning journey.

Literacy

What book did you use to search for words today? Did your child have a favourite word that they found?

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org

 

Chick update!

Posted on Tuesday 24 March 2020 by Reception team

Overnight, 2 more chicks have hatched! Yesterday, we had 1 chick. Today, we have 2 more chicks. Ask your child how many chicks we have altogether now?

24 March 2020: Home learning

Posted on Tuesday 24 March 2020 by Reception team

Day 2 of your home learning pack

Phonics

How did your child find the writing activity?

Remember, it is okay for things to be spelt phonetically. It is important your child grows into an independent learner. Encouraging your child to write the words as they sound rather than always spelling correctly is important. It encourages your child to use their own skills – rather than copy from an adult.

It is important you do not let your child simply copy your writing. They need to use their phonics skills to write. Here is an example of a child’s writing in Foundation 2.

Maths

How did your child find todays activity? Remember, you can use objects around the house to count to help your child.

Literacy

What did your child predict would happen in the story? Were they right? Or did they come up with a better ending? Let us know via email.

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org

Egg-citing news!

Posted on Monday 23 March 2020 by Reception team

Mrs Latham has been looking after Foundation 2’s chicks. This morning one egg began to crack and…

 

How exciting! We will keep you updated with more chick news.

Can your child talk to you about the life cycle of a chicken? We have been talking lots about the life cycle of a chicken in the classroom.

23 March 2020: Home learning

Posted on Monday 23 March 2020 by Reception team

Day 1 of your home learning pack

Phonics

Was your child able to blend the four daily words today? Your child could use their ‘phoneme fingers’ (see video) to help them when reading words. A phoneme is a unit of sound. So when sounding out words with digraphs/trigraphs those 2/3 letters is one unit of sound. For example; chip is sounded out as ch/i/p – using 3 fingers.

Maths

What objects did you use when finding one less? Was your child able to predict without counting?

Literacy

We loved this photo on pobble365. We think the mischievous splodges might be something to do with this crash! Perhaps Wiz and the Writing Warriors can save the day?

Did your child have a favourite picture? Did your child make up their own story? Let us know via email. With each photo there are story starters and questions to help encourage your child’s imagination.

If you have any questions we are here to help and will respond to emails during school hours: scholesf2@spherefederation.org

Home learning explained

Posted on Sunday 22 March 2020 by Reception team

Your child has been given a home learning pack. This contains a daily phonics, literacy and maths learning task. The home learning pack has enough learning activities/resources to support your child for two weeks – up until the Easter break. In addition we will be doing a daily blog post at 9am. The blog posts will give you ideas on how to support your child with their home learning pack.
After the Easter break we will be posting online daily learning tasks. These will include a phonics, literacy and maths activity. The tasks will show on the class news ‘Foundation 2’ page. They’ll be published daily, Monday to Friday, at 9am. Each the three tasks should take about 20 minutes each.
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