Reception w.c. 18.11.13

Phonics

This week we are revising all sounds learnt so far. We will particularly be focusing on the diagraphs: ch, sh, th, qu, ng & nk. We will be blending cvc words and learning the tricky words: was & my. We will be segmenting using our Fred Fingers to spell words.
Please continue your great support at home by reading the sets of words and books. Also try writing simple cvc words, e.g. 'red' by saying the word a few times, then saying the individual sounds while pointing to fingers r-e-d (one for each sound from left to right) & finishing by writing down each of the letters.
Here is a link to a you tube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSSU1O3KU8

Maths

In maths we are learning about shape. We will be naming and describing 2D & 3D shapes, e.g. circle, triangle, rectangle, square, cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, pyramid & cone. We will be exploring a range of everyday objects. Talk with your children about shapes they see at home
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We hope that you enjoyed the stay and play sessions last week. As always, if you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Reception w.c. 11.11.13

Hi everyone, we are really looking forward to seeing you at stay and play this week. We hope that you will enjoy joining in with the teaching sessions and playing with your children :-)

Phonics

In phonics we will be revising all the letter sounds learnt so far but our main focus will be on blending for reading and segmenting for spelling. We will be learning how to write CVC words using our 'Fred fingers'! So far we have learnt the tricky words - I, go, to, the, no. This week we will be learning - we, me, be, he, she.

Maths

In maths we will be learning to solve problems involving one less. Please continue to count backwards with you child at home from 20 to 0 and play games involving saying the number that is one less than a given number.

A letter about the Christmas production will be coming your way this week - rehearsals have already begun!

Nursery - week beginning 11th November 2013

We hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are ready for our first stay and play week of the year. Here is and overview of what we are doing this week.

Letters and Sounds

We will be focusing on general sounds discrimination and playing lots of sound games. This will involve children listening carefully to sounds and guessing what they think they might be. We also have a group of children who will be practicing oral blending and segmenting. They will be playing games that involve sound talking words and finding the correct picture or object.

We also be continuing with squiggle whilst you wiggle and having fun exploring different ways to mark make.

Number

This week in number we will be focusing on representing numbers using our fingers and representing qualities with the right number. We will also be singing Dr Knickerbocker, which you will be able to join in with during stay and play.

Our story focus this week is Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see?

Please feel free and ask any questions you may have.

Thank you
The nursery team

Reception w.c. 4.11.13

Hello everyone! We hope that you've had a lovely half term and we are looking forward to lots of exciting learning coming up over the next few weeks!

Phonics
We have two more letter sounds to learn then we will have completed set 1. Everyone is doing amazingly well! We will doing some individual assessments to check any sounds we need to revisit and we will be focusing on Word Time! in our phonics teaching sessions. This is where the children practice their blending to read skills and we will also be pushing on with segmenting for spelling. Ask your children to show you Fred Fingers!

Maths
We will be learning to compare numbers, saying which number is more, e.g. 13 is more than 6, and which number is less, e.g. 8 is less than 19. Here are a few interactive games for you to try (the last one gets quite challenging!)
http://www.ictgames.com/moreless.htm
http://www.toytheater.com/more-less.php
http://www.primarygames.com/math/moreorless/
Keep practicing recognising numbers 11-20 and also ordering numbers to 20. The children need to be secure with this in order to recognise more and less. If you child struggles with remembering bigger numbers, focus on numbers to 10 to begin with.

Following on from our learning about Harvest and where our food comes from, we are going to continue  by learning about healthy food and healthy living.

Oh, and if you went 'trick or treating' please send us a postcard via Orbit. We would love to see!

Nursery!!!

Just a quick welcome message to all our new nursery parents! On here you will find up to date information about everything that is happening in our foundation stage, both Reception and Nursery. You are also welcome to leave us a comment. We hope you are all having a fab half term and look forward to seeing you all next week!

Watch this space.........

The Foundation Team :0)

Reading Week

This week is reading week! We have got lots of great activities planned based around the story of 'The Gingerbread Man'.

• We will be having a visit from the Library and will be talking about what a library is, providing opportunities for the children to talk about their visits to the library.
• children from Key Stage 2 will be reading with our children which will provide a great opportunity for the children to share their favourite books.
• a theatre company will be performing the story of 'The Gingerbread Man' and we will be talking about the features of the story, such as the characters and the setting. The children will be able to sequence the story.
• A story teller will be coming in to school.
• In maths we will be continuing our learning on adding one more through the story of 'The Gingerbread Man'. We will also explore weighing and measuring when we make salt-dough Gingerbread Men. We will also play 'Where is the Gingerbread Man?' focusing on positional and directional language, such as under, over, behind, next to, etc.
• On Friday we will all be dressed up as characters from the story. We can't wait to see everyone's costumes! The adults will role-play the story in the morning, followed by the children acting out the story in the afternoon.

We are really excited about reading week. Here are some things you can to at home:

• Read the story of 'The Gingerbread Man'.
• Read other traditional tales.
• Go to the library with your child.
• Talk about stories - characters, settings, sequence of story, what happens next, etc.

Enjoy

Reception

Hi everyone,

Apologies for the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks. I had some technical issues which I am hoping have now been resolved.

Phonics

We are whizzing through the set 1 letters which is fantastic. Here are a couple of suggestions for how to help at home:

• after saying each letter sound in a word, always blend the sounds together immediately to read the word, e.g. c-a-t, cat or m-a-n, man.
• get your child to point to each letter as they say the sound, then run their finger underneath the word when they blend. They practice doing this in Word Time every day. Please do lots of modelling of this.
• please focus lots on comprehension - who is the main character? where does the story take place? what happens at the beginning/middle/end of the story?

Your support with reading is invaluable and we really appreciate it :-)

Maths

Over the last couple of weeks we have been learning about shape and measure. We have particularly been focusing on the language we can use to describe shape and measure.

Here are some examples:

Shape

straight, curved, bent, side, edge, corner, zig zag, tucked in, curled

Measure

small, tall, fat, thin, short, shorter, shortest, long, longer, longest, medium

This coming week we will be revisiting counting skills - counting accurately with one to one correspondence - and we will be investigation number problems - exploring how we can share out objects equally by adding one more to each group.

We have also been learning about Harvest and where our food comes from. When you are at the shops, talk with your children about where different food types come from. We have learnt lots of Harvest songs which we are looking forward to sharing with you on Wednesday.

Hope to see you all there!