Rabbits Don’t Lay Eggs
This week, we’ve been reading Rabbits Don’t Lay Eggs by Paula Metcalf.
Top tip for watching YouTube with your child: go to the settings cog along the play bar and turn off auto play – this avoids an inappropriate clip coming up automatically, and helps to discourage your child from passively watching clip after clip.
The story begins on a farm, with a rabbit named Rupert. All he wants is to be useful but unfortunately, he struggles to find anything he’s good at. Luckily, he soon finds an unexpected job on the farm.
Our ‘word of the week’ is creation – something that is made or created.
“Come look at my creation!”
“The creation of new life, like lambs.”
We also spotted some other adventurous words in the story.
Giggled to laugh lightly and repeatedly (a lot) in a silly way.
“When I told a knock-knock joke. Finlay giggled!” said Rupert.
Glumly to look unhappy and disappointed.
We also talked about writing the story from the farmers perspective. How would he feel waking up to no vegetables? To seeing Rupert running across his field? The children wrote some fantastic stories!
Maths
In Maths, we have been sorting objects by attributes.
They are sorted by colour.
They’re big and they’re small.
Those bears have scarves and they don’t.
Poetry Picnic
Each week we will be learning a new poem. We will recite this poem each day. By saying the poem out loud, we can focus on the sounds and rhythm of each word or line. We talk to the children about how this can help us become better readers. This week’s poem is called A Tiny Seed.
We talk about how a poem sometimes has rhyming words and sometimes doesn’t. Can your child tell you the rhyming words in this week’s poem? We also talk about how a poem can have a fast rhythm or a slow rhythm.
We always look at two words in the poem and share the definition. This week, we looked at the following words.
sow – plant (seed) by scattering or putting in soil
shower – a short period (time) of rain
We finished the week with lots of Easter themed activities. The egg rolling competition was a real highlight of the day!
Home learning
Can you write a daily diary about your half term? A sentence a day would be fantastic! Please bring your diary in to share when we return to school.
Writing reminder
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 Reception.
Have a fantastic half term!
Reminders and Dates
SWIMMING DATES- Summer 1
Rainbow Class- 17 April, 1 May, 15 May
Sunshine Class- 24 April, 8 May, 22 May