This week the children have listened to the story 'Why elephant has a trunk' which is a traditional African tale and the children really enjoy listening to these fables and understanding the message they are trying to give. Unfortunately there were no Elephants at Africa Alive but other animals that they saw on Friday featured in the story.
In Maths we are recapping doubling and halving, and also solving addition and subtraction word problems. We are also practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
We will be revising the tricky words so that the children become confident with these as well as continuing to do story scribing, reading and inside and outside play.
Have a good week!
Monday 25 June 2018
Week Beginning 18.06.18
This week we had the story of the of Snow White and the Seven dwarfs as we were revisiting fairy tales. The children wrote some interesting retells of the story following this.
In Maths we were revising teen numbers by looking at how to recognise them, order them, write them and finding the missing number in a sequence.
We learnt the tricky words said and like as the children are coming across these words a lot in their reading and they are also wanting to write these words in their independent writing.
On Friday we had a brilliant day out at Africa Alive, the children really enjoyed meeting all the animals and actually getting to handle a snake, an African land snail and a lion skull in the education session.
In Maths we were revising teen numbers by looking at how to recognise them, order them, write them and finding the missing number in a sequence.
We learnt the tricky words said and like as the children are coming across these words a lot in their reading and they are also wanting to write these words in their independent writing.
On Friday we had a brilliant day out at Africa Alive, the children really enjoyed meeting all the animals and actually getting to handle a snake, an African land snail and a lion skull in the education session.
Monday 11 June 2018
week beginning 11.06.18
The story of the week is 'The Reluctant Dragon'. This is another classic story which the children seem to prefer to the stories with a moral. This tale covers the themes of bravery and friendship which the children will discuss.
In maths we are having a shape space and measure week where we will revisit 2D and 3D shape names and properties and also learn about capacity and the language that goes alongside e.g. full, empty, half full. We will also compare containers and estimate if the containers hold the same as each other.
We are having a dance teacher in this week to teach the children a surprise dance for sports day which we will carry on practising until the big day.
We are continuing with our weekly writing, readers, phonics and play inside and out. We will be going over all the tricky words we have learnt so far.
In maths we are having a shape space and measure week where we will revisit 2D and 3D shape names and properties and also learn about capacity and the language that goes alongside e.g. full, empty, half full. We will also compare containers and estimate if the containers hold the same as each other.
We are having a dance teacher in this week to teach the children a surprise dance for sports day which we will carry on practising until the big day.
We are continuing with our weekly writing, readers, phonics and play inside and out. We will be going over all the tricky words we have learnt so far.
Tuesday 5 June 2018
Week beginning 4.6.18
Welcome back - we hope you had a great break!
This week the story was 'Hungry Hyena'. This was an African Animal story about being greedy. The children had lots of discussions about greed and what it means and they also discussed how the hyena should have behaved and what he might have learnt.
The children have also enjoyed looking at the photos of themselves that were taken when they first came into Reception. They looked at how they have changed since then and really enjoyed comparing.
In Maths we are revisiting subtraction. We are learning how to write subtraction number sentences and how to solve them either by using blocks and taking some away, drawing circles and scribbling them out and also counting back on a numberline. We will also look at solving subtration word problems using the strategies we have learnt.
On Friday the children will be taking part in a mini world cup competition with the whole school which will be lots of fun. Please can the children come into school wearing sports clothes and appropriate shoes on Friday.
We are not doing phonics this week as we are assessing what the children have learned in phonics so far. We will also be playing inside and out, story scribing and readers as normal.
Have a good week!
This week the story was 'Hungry Hyena'. This was an African Animal story about being greedy. The children had lots of discussions about greed and what it means and they also discussed how the hyena should have behaved and what he might have learnt.
The children have also enjoyed looking at the photos of themselves that were taken when they first came into Reception. They looked at how they have changed since then and really enjoyed comparing.
In Maths we are revisiting subtraction. We are learning how to write subtraction number sentences and how to solve them either by using blocks and taking some away, drawing circles and scribbling them out and also counting back on a numberline. We will also look at solving subtration word problems using the strategies we have learnt.
On Friday the children will be taking part in a mini world cup competition with the whole school which will be lots of fun. Please can the children come into school wearing sports clothes and appropriate shoes on Friday.
We are not doing phonics this week as we are assessing what the children have learned in phonics so far. We will also be playing inside and out, story scribing and readers as normal.
Have a good week!
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