Merry Christmas

                                         

 

Hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and a wonderful New Year. We have had a great first term with the children, worked hard and enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you for all your hard work and support at home, it is greatly appreciated. Now it's time for a well earned rest and we will see you in the New Year.

 

Miss Atkinson

 

(PS We will post the planning/useful websites/ideas to try at home etc after Xmas and New Year)

Christmas in Reception

The countdown to Christmas begins....... 

There are lots of fun things planned for next week including the cinema coming to visit, making christmas cards and our Reception Party :-)
(We will still be doing phonics and numeracy sessions as well)

Phonics
Last week we started writing some simple sentences using some of the key/tricky words we have learnt;
"the sun is hot" "the ink is wet" "the bus is red"
We have been concentrating on leaving spaces between our words to make them easier to read, and also learning that we write from left to right and when we reach the end of our board/paper we must start again underneath on the next line going left to right again.
Don't worry about capital letters or full stops at this stage, we will be looking at these in the New Year. If you would like to practise this at home make sure you include CVC words. There are some examples of these words on your Lists 1-5. We will be carrying on with these this week.

Numeracy
We have been looking at the + and = signs and using them to write number sentences. We have been using the book "Father Christmas Needs A Wee" to complement these activities. In the book Father Christmas visits different houses and drinks different amounts of drinks before he becomes desperate for the loo. In class we have 2 houses that Father Christmas visits and drinks at, the children must add all the drinks together to work out how many he had altogether, we then write a number sentence to represent this, e.g. in the first house he drinks 3 cups of tea and in the second house he drinks 4 hot chocolates. Then Father Christmas realises he needs a wee. How many drinks did he have? Children count out 3 objects and 4 objects then count them altogether, writing the number sentence 3 + 4 = 7
Using a book can help to make learning real for the children and also makes it more fun. Have a look if you have any books at home that you could use to recreate a counting activity and bring learning to life.

                                    
         

       

Shine Star Shine!

A massive WELL DONE to reception and nursery for their performance today in the Christmas Show. They all did brilliantly and we are very proud of them. The costumes looked great on stage so thank you for helping with your child's outfit, it is much appreciated!

 
                                                  

The blog is now secure.....

I have now set up the blog so it is a readers only site - if you have passed you email on to me then you should be able to log in and view the blog - leave a comment and let me know!!

Thanks
Mrs Foster

Nursery

In maths last week we learnt the numbers 6 and 8. These are really tricky numbers to form but the children made a great attempt. Please practise at home! 

In Phonics we will be continuing with Body Percussion. Here are some more ideas for you to do at home with your children:

Action songs

Singing songs and action rhymes is a really important part of your child’s development. This can be made a fun  experience by adding multi-sensory experiences such as action songs in which your child has to add claps, knee pats and foot stamps or move in a particular way.

 

·If your happy and you know it

·Wind the bobbin up

·I’m a little tea pot

·Incy Wincy Spider

Roly poly

This is a rhyme with actions

(Rolling hand over hand as in the song ‘wind the bobbin up’).

Ro…ly…po…ly…ever…so…slowly

Ro…ly…poly…faster.

(you can increase the speed of your action as you increase the speed of the rhyme)

You could add in new verses, such as:

Stamp…your…feet…ever…so…slowly

stamp…your feet faster.

Say hello ever so quietly

Say hello louder!

Look listen and note how well your child can:

•   join in with words an actions to familiar songs

•  copy sounds and actions and make up patterns of sounds

Rehearsals are under way for our Christmas play. I am sure you will have heard your children singing the songs at home!

Reception next week

Phonics
Now that we have learnt all our initial letter sounds a-z we will be writing words that start with the same sounds and seeing how many words the children can write. If you would like to try this at home, give your child a word or use a picture e.g. sun. They can write the word by sounding it out. How many other words can they think of that start with 's' sound? Can they write them down themselves by sounding them out? e.g. sit, sat, sam, sad, sap. Give a sticker for each word they can think of.
We are also going to learn about rhyming words, so for example what words can they think of that rhyme with jam? Even  if they are nonsense words to help children understand that words that rhyme have the same ending. e.g. jam, ham, dam, tam, ram, bam.

Numeracy
We will be using the + and = signs again as well as introducing the skill of estimation using pegs/cubes. You can try this game at home. Grab a handful of objects and estimate how many you think there are, write down your guess. Then count out the objects - lining them up to avoid counting any objects twice, write down your total. How close was your estimate? The more children practice these the more accurate their estimations will become as they come to realise what numbers look like when represented by objects. Don't worry if at first your child is estimating 100 when there are only 10 objects. By allowing them to count and find out if they were correct will help their misconception.

Reading Books
They will be changed on Monday so please leave comments if you have listened to your child read. If you haven't finished the book, leave a comment and we wont change their book just yet. We will also be sending home List 3 words to learn at home.

8 and 9 - Finally!!!

Thank you BT INFINITY Broadband!! You know have 8 and 9 - sorry for the delay!! :)

Missing Waterproofs.........

I have a pair of waterproof trousers missing in my class....... they have the initials AC on them - can you please all check at home to see if anybody has taken them home by mistake!!

Many Thanks
Mrs Foster

Last Weeks Stay and Play.....

We all really enjoyed last weeks Stay and Play sessions and we know that your children loved you being there!!! We would really love to know what you thought? Did you enjoy it? Was it what you were expecting? Is there anything you feel we could of done differently? We would love to hear you views - please leave us a comment and let us know!!

Thank you
The Foundation Team! :)

Reception Maths this week

In Recpetion this week we are working hard on combining 2 groups to find a total. We will be introducing the '+' sign and the '=' sign. We are also continuing to practice our counting in 10's and 2's using our lovely new pom poms that I'm sure you enjoyed using last week!!

Thank you
The Foundation Team!

Nursery

We really enjoyed the stay and play sessions last week. I hope you enjoyed yourselves and you gained an insight into some of the fantastic things your children do in Nursery. 
On Friday afternoon we went on a nature walk again to look at the changes in our environment. We enjoyed the mud!!

Phonics

We continued with instrumental sounds. The children were experiencing and developing an awareness of sounds made with instruments and noise makers. We also listened to the difference between sounds made with instruments.

Here are two activities you could do at home to support your child's learning:

Talking about sounds made by instruments 

Visit the local library

Visit your local library and ask the librarian if they have the following books:

·The old lady that swallowed a fly

·The three Billy Goats Gruff

·What’s the time Mr Wolf?

·The Very Noisy Night

·The Animal Boogie

·Non fiction books about musical instruments

Finding objects that make a noise

Get your child to look indoors and outdoors for objects that make a noise. You could make a list together or they could collect them in a carrier bag or basket.

You could take pictures of these on a mobile or digital camera and print them. This will help your child to talk about the sounds they have heard.

Look, listen and note if your child can:

•  choose the right  words to describe the sounds they hear (e.g. loud,   fierce, rough,

squeaky, etc)

• talk about what they think about the sounds have heard

Maths

We have been learning the numerals 2 and 3. Please look at Mrs Foster's post earlier on in the year for the rhymes that help the children with formation. 

0 and 9 this week!

Reception Phonics w/c 19/11/12

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend after our Stay and Play week :-) All the children thoroughly enjoyed having parents come to school as did the teachers. I hope you managed to get a good look round and see all the fun things your children get to do at school. Any questions/suggestions/ideas please feel free to leave a comment on the blog for us.

PHONICS
Next week in phonics we are continuing with our segmenting and blending skills to help children become confident readers and writers. We will be looking at pictures and trying to write down the word for them by segmenting the sounds we can hear. We will also be reading words and matching them with pictures to practice our comprehension skills. If you would like to try any of these ideas at home it will strengthen your child's understanding and help them with their reading and writing skills.
We will also be learning our final alphabet letter sound - Z. There will be a new song and action for the children to learn.

READING BOOKS
Please leave comments in the green reading diary every time you hear your child read so we know they have read and finished their book at home. We aim to change reading books every Monday and Friday. Some children are struggling with character names still and also knowing who is who. Please practise these at home as much as you can. We don't look at the formation of capital letters yet in Reception so some children are struggling knowing what the sound is for B in Biff and D in dad etc. We also haven't learnt the /ch/ sound for Chip, so please just keep reminding them of who is who and use your list of character names so children will recognise them and be able to read them without needing to try and sound them out.

We will be sending home lists of words to practise reading as well each week (List 1 was given out last week). The more reading opportunities you can present to your child, the stronger they will become at reading. Magazines around the house, street signs, food labels, song lyrics etc. Reading to them is also a great way to strengthen their knowledge and understanding, this could be a book or even helping you gather ingredients from a recipe.

Thank you for all your continued support and enthusiasm :-D

Stay & Play in Reception

I would like to say a big thank you to all the parents who came to our first stay and play today. Everyone had a great time and the children especially enjoyed sharing their learning with you, having parents join in and showing you round the classrooms. A few have asked me if parents are going to be coming to school every day now :-)

PHONICS
In Reception this week we are learning new letters - v j w x so please practise these at home to reinforce learning.
We have been doing more blending and segmenting of words as well. If you would like to help your child at home with this you can segment any words to create "silly instructions" which the children enjoy. For example, "Please can you put your s-o-ck-s on. Pass me your c-u-p. Have you got your p-e-n. Time for b-e-d." (this works best with words that can be phonetically sounded out) This will help them to hear the individual sounds in words and will help with their writing skills.

NUMERACY
In numeracy we are still working on "one more and one less" But we are also moving onto "two more and two less." When they have got the hang of you could try it with numbers past 20. If you think your child is finding this difficult at home, concentrate on ordering numbers instead and then "jump" down your number line together to see which number comes next.

READING BOOKS
We have sent home a list of words to practise reading at home. Children can sound them out first if they need to, but please encourage them to always blend those sounds together to then form the actual word. We will be sending a new list of words each week so please make sure you look in their book bags regularly.

Thank you again for your support today and I look forward to seeing parents again tomorrow. Don't forget your waterproofs....  :-D

Dinner
Today we had the choice of;
Fish & chips
Jacket potato
Meat balls & pasta

Vegetarian option - Cheesy pasta bake.

Dessert;
Cake
Biscuit
Yoghurt
Fruit

Nursery

Welcome back to everyone. I hope you all had a lovely break. The children have been sharing some of the things they have been doing during their week away from school.
Coming back to school after a holiday can be a tricky time for some children but they have all done really well.

In maths we have revisited the numbers 1, 4 and 7. The children are really enjoying our 'Digit Dancing' and 'Digit Doodling'. We are continuing to count to 20 and the children are making great progress with this. We are also learning to count back from 10 to 0 which we are finding more tricky! The pom poms have arrived and we love counting with them!
We have been doing a new Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle called Pat-a-cake which the children have been brilliant at.
In Phonics we have moved on to Aspect 2 within Phase 1 of Letter & Sounds which is all about instrumental sounds. I hope that you have all had a try of the activities I have sent home. There will be more ideas to follow.

I am looking forward to the stay & play sessions coming up this week where you will be able to see for yourselves some of the activities I have mentioned. Hopefully this will make things a bit clearer for you!

Reception Numeracy w/c 5th Nov

Hope everybody has had a lovely half term/weekend. I'm looking forward to hearing all the children's news and stories.
For our first week back, Reception will be concentrating on the concept of "one more and one less" Children will be learning to find one more or one less from a group of up to 10 objects and also being able to say the number that is one more/one less from a given number.

We will be using objects to help represent the numbers so children can visualise what it means when we add one more or take one away as well as looking at number lines to help them. If you would like to practise these ideas at home this week it will help strengthen your child's understanding.

Children can count out objects at home, then ask them how many will they have if one more is added/if one is taken away. (Try using fruit/sweets to really engage them, as one less means they can eat one and one more means they can have extra!!)

See you all on Monday :-)

Nursery

Well we have reached the end of our first half term and all the children have settled really well - I am very proud of them!

Last week we learnt the formation rhymes for the numerals 4 and 7. 

We continued with Environmental Sounds in phonics - I hope you have managed to do some of the activities I have suggested, both on the blog and on the hand outs, with your child/children.

We learnt a new song and dance in Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle and will learn the squiggles when we come back after the holidays, as well as continuing with the two we are more confident with.

I hope you are enjoying the break and look forward to seeing everyone next week.

Nursery

Maths

In maths we have been looking at the number 1. So that you can help your child with forming and writing the number 1 correctly please have a look at the formation number rhymes posted on Tuesday 25th September by Mrs Foster.

Phonics

We are currently focusing on Phase 1 Phonics, Aspect 1 - Environmental Sounds. You can support your child at home by:

• talking to your child about the sounds they can hear in different places, e.g. in the kitchen, at the shops, at the park.
• going on a listening walk.
• Filling a shoe box with with objects that make sounds at home - children can then listen to a sound & guess what object is making the sound.

Autumn

On Tuesday morning last week we braved the weather and went on a nature walk on the field to look at the changes that are happening. Lots of children have also been bringing in Autumn leaves for us to look at and talk about. 

You can support your child by talking about the changes that they can see happening, e.g. the leaves changing colour and falling off the trees, the changes in the weather and what clothes we wear in Autumn.

Nursery

Morning routine

We were very aware of the congestion around the door & cloakroom in the morning when you bring your children in to Nursery so we have been trialing the new system of entering through the pencil area and exiting through the door by the cloakroom. 

We feel that this is working well and would appreciate your comments/feedback on this matter.

Many thanks

Phonics Play

Next week in reception we will be practising blending and segmenting sounds to help with reading and writing. The following website has some great games that we use in the classroom. The children especially like the Buried Treasure and Dragon's Den!!!

Go to

• www.phonicsplay.co.uk
• Click on Free PhonicsPlay
• Click on Phase 2 (these are the sounds we have learnt so far)
• Then select the game you wish to play.
• When you have selected your game it will ask you again what Phase you want to use, select Phase 2 again.
• Finally click on "Revise all Phase 2"

Have fun

Meet The Characters....

Here is some background information I thought you might like about the characters......

 

 

Kipper is five years old and the baby of the family. He is very mischievous and is always getting into scrapes. He has a good imagination and loves the world of make believe. He takes his teddy bear 'Teddy' everywhere with him.

Biff is seven years old, like her twin brother Chip. She has good ideas but is sometimes bossy. She is an action girl but can be very clumsy; if there is a hole to fall into, she will fall into it!

Chip is seven and Biff's twin brother. He is quieter and more cautious than the others but is good at stopping their quarrels. Chip likes to take time to think about a problem. He is artistic and funny.

 Mum is the practical one of the family; if something needs fixing she is the one to do it whether it's unblocking the sink or building a new shed. She is patient and kind and can tell if any of the children are unhappy. Mum can often sense trouble coming before it happens!

Mum calls Dad the 'fourth child of the family'. He's always messing about and loves practical jokes.
Things often go wrong for Dad and he's a bit of a bodger around the house, but he's great at telling stories and organising games.

Floppy is a clever dog. He is called Floppy because he looks floppy and flops down to sleep when tired. He often gets muddy and likes to chase cats. Floppy carries 'The Magic Key' on his collar but would rather be burying a bone or having a nice snooze than going on adventures; he knows there will always be trouble, with a capital T!

Gran is an energetic, eccentric and wacky grandmother and can be a bit of a rebel. She lives in a cottage in the country and the children like to stay with her. She can be a worry to Mum and is sometimes embarrassing; she often acts as if she is a child herself!

Wilma is eight and the oldest of the children. She is very determined and likes to boss the gang around. Wilma is practical with bright ideas and common sense, but she always thinks that she is right. She likes to try to do things in the neatest possible way.

Wilf is seven years old. He is clever, in fact he is a walking encyclopaedia of facts! - but not a know-it-all. Wilf has a good imagination and likes to perform; this can be useful if the children find themselves in a difficult situation!

Hope this helps :-)

Jayne Atkinson

Reading Book ideas

Hi,
Some of you have been asking for ideas to use when your child is discussing their reading books with you at home. These early discussions about books are very important as they help promote language skills and develop good comprehension, as well as encourage an enjoyment in reading. I have included some ideas that you could try at home after you have read through the story.

Encourage children to talk about what the characters might be saying to each other on each page. Cut out speech bubbles and record what the children say. You could then blu tack these into the book and try re-reading the story again (remember to remove them before bringing the book back to school)

Ask questions such as asking children to;
Name characters e.g. who is looking out of the window? (use key words)
Describe characters e.g. what is Biff wearing?
Using prepositions e.g. where is Kipper's teddy?
Making suggestions e.g. why is Kipper the last one to get dressed?
Explaining e.g. how did Kipper's teddy get in the Lost Property?
Predicting e.g. what do you think Biff said when Kipper got his teddy back?

To check understanding you could also ask memory questions such as;
What colour was Biff's scarf?
What was Floppy doing?
How many........?

To practise initial sounds play I spy whilst looking at the pictures of the book (use letter sounds rather than letter names e.g. eggs would be "eh" rather than the letter "e"

Hope these help :-)

Reception this week

In Reception this week....
We will be looking at 2D shapes - circle, triangle, square, rectangle, star. It is important that children are able to identify and correctly name these shapes in their environments so we will be going on some "shape hunts" in the classrooms. If you have cameras at home, a fun way of doing this is to encourage children to take photos of the different shapes they find around the house in order to compare the pictures afterwards, or even make collages of the pictures of different circles, triangle etc they found. (Please bring these into school if you do!).

Some shape songs we will be learning are;

Circle (tune of round and round garden like a teddy bear)

Round and round the circle (draw it on hand)

Draw one in the air

Stop, look, find one

Circles everywhere (children point to circles they see – e.g. clock)

 

Triangle (tune of 3 blind mice)

Tri-an-gle, tri-an-gle (draw it in the air)

Three straight sides, three straight sides

It isn’t a circle (draw circle in air), It isn’t a square (draw square in the air)

You can see triangles everywhere,

You can even hear if you listen with care

A triangle (play instrument - the triangle)

 

Square (tune Frere Jacques)

Find 4 corners, find 4 corners (Make L shape with finger and thumb and trace the corner with other hand)

Sides the same, sides the same (point 2 index fingers vertical, then point them horizontal)

Put them all together, put them all together (draw square in the air)

Square’s my name, square’s my name (draw square in the air)

 

Can you see me? Can you see me?

Anywhere? Anywhere?

Hiding in the classroom, hiding in the classroom,

Over there! Over there! (point to square shapes)


In literacy we will be learning the letters e, h, b, f and the tricky words I, go, no as well as practising our blending for reading using "sound buttons." When learning the letter e we will be decorating hard boiled eggs that the children can bring home.

Jayne Atkinson

13th October

This week Nursery have been continuing with our 'squiggle whilst you wiggle'. This is a movement-based programme which is designed to develop gross and fine motor co-ordination. The children need to have mastered whole body movements before the brain is able to transfer the actions into the fine motor skills required for writing.
We use music, rhythm, story, song, rhyme, sensory play and dance to teach the essential skills necessary for handwriting.
So far we have covered the first story 'Sandy Hill'. The children love the dance and enjoy 'squiggling' on paper. This week we have learnt the story, song and movements for 'Kringeli-Krangeli' and next week we will add the squiggles too.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

See you next week!

Dinner today 8th October

Dinner today was:

Sausage Roll, Potato Waffle with Carrots or Broccoli

or

Spaghetti Bolognese and Garlic bread :)

In Nursery we have been practising counting to 20 while we do different actions, such as jumping, star jumps, claps, etc. The children love this and are very enthusiastic (and noisy) counters!
We have learnt a new counting rhyme:

1, 2, scooby dooby doo
3, 4, knocking on the door
5, 6, doing magic tricks
7, 8 stop and wait (pause)
9, 10, lets do it all again!

Please encourage and support your children with their counting at home - count everything! I hope you enjoy doing the rhyme.

Nursery message books

Our message books have finally arrived! Apologies for the delay and thank you for your patience.

This week in Reception...............

Phonics: This week in Reception we will be learning the letters 'p-k and e. We will also be learning our first digraph (two letters that make one sound) 'ck' and finding out that c,k and ck all make the same sound. We will continue practising blending for reading using the words in, it, is and at and also introducing a new High Frequency Word 'and'. We will send these words home with their reading books so you can help them practice too. In addition to this we will also be introducing the children to 'segmenting' sounds to spell out simple words. We will be encouraging children to listen to the sounds in words and select the letters they hear to spell them.

Numeracy: This week we will continue to accurately count sets of objects and order numbers up to 10. We will also be introducing the idea of combining two groups to find a total, which is the beginning of early calculation. At home you can continue to count lots of objects and practice forming the numbers correctly. If you have any 'wow' moments at home with your children we would love to hear about them. You could leave a comment on here or speak to your child's class teacher

We all enjoyed an autumn walk last week (on the school field!!) we found lots of leaves, some small pine cones and even a couple of acorns!! The children really enjoyed this experience, especially because it was really muddy and we got to put our wellies to good use!! I have spent my weekend on a quest to find a conker tree near where I live, but had no luck :( If you have a conker tree near you we would love some in school, especially ones still inside their shell!!

Don't forget our Harvest Concert on Friday this week 9:30am in the school hall!!

See you all tomorrow :)

Dough Disco

The children have really enjoyed doing dough disco over the last couple of weeks. It's a great, fun way to develop fine motor control and helps the brain develop control over the fingers. All your need to do is get a small piece of dough, some lively music and let your fingers dance in the dough!

Play Dough Recipe

2 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 cup warm water with a splash of oil added (and food colouring if desired)

1. Put flour and salt in a bowl.
2. Stir the oil, water & colouring to mix together.
3. Add water mixture to flour and salt gradually. Stir & kneed until a good consistency is formed.

We have learnt the following rhyme for each of our fingers:

Tommy Thumb up, Tommy Thumb down, (move thumbs up and down)

Tommy Thumb dancing all around the town. (dance thumbs about)

Dancing on your shoulders, dancing on your head, (place thumbs on shoulders and head)

Dancing on your knees and tuck them into bed (place thumbs on knees and then tuck them under your arms)

This rhyme can be repeated for your other fingers:

Peter Pointer

Toby Tall

Ruby Ring

Baby Small

If you would like to see an example of Dough Disco in action follow the link below. If the link doesn't work (because adding a link is a new skill for me!) google Shonette Bason Dough Disco.

http://www.shonettebason.com/Dough-Disco(2684813).htm

Have fun!

Debbie Firth

Phonics actions and song (again)

In case the link doesn't work on my previous post (It was uploaded using a mobile)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djz82FBYiug

Dinner Today 3rd Oct

Dinner today was:

Roast Chicken with Roast Potatoes and Sweetcorn

or

Fish Fingers, Chips and Spaghetti Hoops

The chicken was VERY popular!! :)

Reception phonics songs

During our phonics lessons in reception we have been learning songs and hand actions for each letter sound from the jolly phonics programme, which the children are really enjoying. If you would like to learn them to practise at home you will find a video of the whole alphabet on this link from you tube.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Djz82FBYiug 
Have fun!!
Jayne (Miss Atkinson)

Spare clothes............

We know there has been an issue with some children going home wet and soggy at the end of their session. We do apologise for this and we  are endeavouring to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

We are severely lacking in spare clothes, especially tracksuit bottoms, socks and underwear. It would be really helpful if you could pop some spares in your child's book bag, so we can ensure that your child remains dry and comfortable during their day with us. We would also appreciate any old spares that you no longer need at home that you don't mind donating to school.

The children are loving our Outdoor Classroom (especially in the rain!!) and it is developing all the time. It is a statutory requirement of the EYFS that we provide access to outdoor learning at all times. The waterproofs are really helping us fulfil this requirement - so if your child hasn't got a set in school already it would be great if you could provide this as soon as possible - Thank you :)

Setting up the new Foundation Stage Unit is a big task and I would like to thank you all for your support and patience whilst we iron out all the niggles!! We have already come a long way in the last four weeks and it has been great to see all the amazing learning development that's already happening!!!

Your comments are always welcome and once again here is my email for you to contact me directly with and questions or worries.

r.foster@tlydesley.wigan.sch.uk

Thank You :)

Dinner Today 2nd October

Dinner Today was :

Cheese whirl with Mash and Carrots

or

Chicken Chunks with Wedges and Spaghetti Hoops

:)

Welcome from Nursery

Welcome to all Nursery parents. Keep checking the blog for regular Nursery updates. We would love to hear your comments.

This week in Reception - Week Beginning 1st October

Phonics: This week we will be learning four new letter sounds d - r - n - m. We are following the Letters and Sounds programme, but learning the letter sounds through Jolly Phonics. Each letter has an action to go with the sound to help your children remember it. We will send home a sheet outlining the action for each letter so you can help at home. So far we have learned s - a - t - i - l - u - y - c - o - g. This week we will introducing 'Blending for Reading' using short VC (Vowel/Consonant) words such as 'at', 'in', 'it', 'on'. The children will be shown how to 'sound talk' these words using sound buttons. Alongside this we will also be practicing our Oral Blending and Segmenting. You can help your child at home, by using 'sound talk' with them - For example 'It's time for b-e-d.', Lets brush your t-ee-th', etc

Number: This week we will be learning how to count small sets of objects accuratly. We will be teaching them to line objects up and then count each one as they touch it. Alongside this we will also be ordering our numbers 1-5 and continuing to practice forming the numbers correctly. You can help your children at home by practicing forming the numbers using the number rhymes. You can also find as many opportunites to count objects, setting the table, counting the stairs etc.

The children have also been learning about Harvest in preperation for our Harvest Concert on Friday 12th October. We have looked at Combine Harvetsers and talked about what they do. We have also learned 'The Big Red Combine Harvester' song. I'm sure you may have heard your child 'Chug, chug, chug, chug, chugging away!!! Alongside Harvest we will also begin looking Autumnal changes, so feel free to let your child bring leaves, twigs and conkers into school for us to look at!! If your child as any books/stories related to the above they can bring those in too to further enhance their learning.

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend - see you all on Monday!

The Foundation Team :)

Reading Books................

You will be pleased to know that reading books for Reception children will be going home this week!!!

Children who were reading in Nursery last year will continue where they left off and for all other children they will be given the first stage of Oxford Reading Tree. These books are picture books to encourage children to retell the story using the pictures. Alongside this they will also be given the names of the characters to start learning at home.



Any questions about your child's reading please don't hesitate to contact a member of staff in the Foundation Unit. Alternatively you can email me on:
r.foster@tyldesley.wigan.sch.uk.

Many Thanks
Mrs Foster

Dinner Today 26th September

Dinner today was:

Chicken Curry and Rice / Jacket Potato and Beans

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Number Rhymes!!!!

Having trouble uploading 8 and 9 so they will follow....................
The correct  formation of numbers is really important so you can get busy at home and practice these at home, while we practice them in school!!! Enjoy!! :)

Dinner Today 25th September

Sorry for lack of dinner updates - had a few internet issues!!!

Dinner Today was:

Pasta with Bolognese / Ham and Cheese Toastie / Chicken Stir - Fry / Jacket Potato

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Dinner Today 20th September

Dinner today was:

Chicken Wrap / Lasagne

Roasted potato cubes / Garlic bread

Spaghetti hoops / sweetcorn

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This week in Reception.......

Phonics:
We are currently recapping all the Phase 2 sounds. So far we have done s,a,t,i,l,u and y. The children are learning the names and the sounds of the letters as well as how to write them.  You can help them practice these at home.

Numeracy:
We have been busy doing lots of counting and number rhymes. We have also been working on how to form the numbers - we have been using little rhymes to help us remember how to write them - I will post them on here so you can use them at home.

Keep checking the blog for more updates!!! :)

Dinner Today 19th September

Dinner today was:

Sausage Roll / Chicken

Roast Potatoes / Potato Waffle

Broccoli / Beans

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Posting a comment............

If you would like to leave a comment, I have changed the settings so anybody can leave a comment -make sure you include your name. Once I've got everybody on board I would like to secure the blog so that only parents from the Foundation stage can view the blog. To do this you will need to set up a 'google' account and give me your 'google' email. Once I got those I will be able to post pictures and video clips of life in our Foundation Unit (with your permission obviously) - will be sending out consent forms soon.

In the mean time I will keep updating and see how many comments we can collect!!

The Foundation Stage
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Dinner Today 18th September

Dinner today was:

Meatballs with Tageletelli and Garlic Bread
or
Fish, Chips and Carrots.

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Welcome!!

Welcome to our new Foundation Stage Blog!!!!! Watch this space for further updates..............

Let me know you've seen this by leaving a short comment below!!

Thank you - The Foundation Team :)