This week in the classroom

Thursday 11th September

The children have enjoyed further exploring their classroom, outdoor area and the school woods this week and are gaining confidence every day.

We began our phonics whole class sessions this week. We teach the phonics curriculum using the Little Wandle scheme. This week, the children learned sounds for 's', 'a', 't', and 'p'. We also played games which practise saying and blending sounds to make words. This video shows how to pronounce each sound we will learn during the Autumn 1 term.  

We have also begun our whole class maths teaching sessions each day. This week, the children have been exploring the numbers 1, 2 and 3. We have played games and practised making the numbers using our fingers, talking about how we make them in different ways, and spotting groups of 2 and 3 by becoming 'number hunters'!

Based around the theme of 'All About Me', Reception children have painted family portraits, made stone sculptures of family members, used natural materials to make a self portrait and have even made models of their homes!

What a super week Reception!

Thursday 4th September

Welcome to the new school year! It has been so lovely to meet all of your children together again and hear about their Summer. Everyone was impressed at how happy the children were coming through the doors on their first day. It has been a pleasure getting to know the children and find out more about them.

The children have loved exploring the different areas of the classroom and outdoors. In addition to learning through play, we have enjoyed stories and circle times about ourselves, our homes and our families. Children were able to use 'talk tokens' to take turns and tell the class something they like. Their sitting and listening were amazing!

Next week, we will begin phonics, English, reading and maths sessions, in addition to further learning through play activities. We can't wait to learn with the children again next week. Have a lovely weekend :)