Week Beginning 13.11.23

 Week beginning 13.11.23

I hope you all had a lovely week, we certainly did in Class 1 :) We have been very busy in out Mantle sessions, the children are now Park Keepers and we are working together to fix the park after a terrible storm, at the moment we are trying to find a new home for lots of birds after their tree was knocked down! 

Trainee Teachers

Mr Tosh and Miss Gayle have been enjoying their time in Class 1 and the children have loved having them here! They will be taking over some of the teaching with my guidance and planning some wonderful activities for the children. 

Nativity

Class 1 and Class 2 are going to be working together again this year for the Nativity. Class 1 children will dressing up as sheep! We have began practicing some songs which they will probably start to sing at home. We are going to make some sheep head bands with ears on for the children to wear in the play, if they want to. 

This week we have been:

  • learning new sounds in phonics these are: y z ch qu 
  • digraphs - where the sound has two letters but one sound (we know ss, ll, zz, qu, ch so far)
  • retelling the stories The Gingerbread Man and We are Going on a Bear Hunt with Mr Tosh and Miss Gale. 
  • exploring some shapes, specifically circles and triangles, talking about how many sides they have, how many vertices etc. 
  • writing cvc words in our English books - zip sock had 
  • subitising numbers up to 5 
Phonics: we follow the Little Wandle phonics scheme which have a link for parents to access so you can see and hear the sounds that they are learning at the moment. The link is https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/ 

The above link shows the letters and on the last column has the formation phrase to help them write the sounds :)

Reception: how to help at home:
  • encouraging your child to get changed for school
  • name writing with the correct formation 
  • writing numbers
  • counting toys or anything at home (touch count)
  • eye spy - e.g. I spy with my little eye something beginning with a 
  • reading their phonics and badger book
Nursery:

This week nursery children have been
  • enjoying listening time - we are beginning to slowly start learning sounds, we have learnt 's' so far
  • counting out objects 
  • tracing over their name 
Here is a link to some of the nursery rhymes that they have been singing during listening time, please feel free to practice these at home https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Nursery: how you can help at home: 
  • tracing over their name
  • getting changed for school
  • counting objects or toys
  • reading stories
Next week: 
  • Strings recital - Tuesday Morning - at school 
Reminders:
Water bottles in school
All clothing labelled 
Please check tapestry to see your child's learning and feel free to share pictures and videos from home 

If you have any questions or worries please let me know. 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend :)

Miss Lewis 

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