Summer Term 2- Week Six

Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 12:05pm

Hi everyone,

What another busy week!

This week, we read Oliver Jeffers' story 'Ruby's Worry' and talked about any worries we had and how talking about them made us feel better. Then we made our own Worry Dolls. We know we can confide in our worry dolls and tell them about our worries. We also talked about the transition to Year 1.  Mrs Taylor gave us a fantastic tour of Year 1. We saw where we would hang our coats, sat on the carpet, and looked around our new classroom. The children also enjoyed writing super sentences for Mrs Duffy and Mrs Taylor to describe their appearance and interests.

During RSE week, we discussed the differences in appearance and interests. We understand that everyone has different tastes.  We also talked about our own friends and the value of kindness. The children were able to relate their experience with our Friends topic in Come and See and talked about how Jesus is our friend and tells us to love one another and be kind.

We learned the tricky words ‘out’ and ‘what’ this week in phonics. The children also worked hard to spell many of the difficult words they learned in Level 3 phonics.  Additionally, we practised reading and spelling polysyllabic words like ‘starfish,’ ‘paintbrush,’ and ‘rooftop’, as well as doing some super sentence writing. Please keep reviewing all Level 2 and 3 sounds with your children at home during the summer holiday. This revision will support their learning in Year 1. The children have been given a summer phonics task booklet that includes some exciting activities. There is no need to return the booklet to school, so please do what you can and when you can over the summer break.

In maths, we investigated various counting patterns. We practised counting in 2s and 5s. It was a little tricky, but we did a fantastic job! We also looked at some complex repeating patterns. The children have been given a summer maths task booklet that includes some exciting activities. There is no need to return the booklet to school, so please do what you can and when you can over the summer break.

Our last week in Reception will be next week. We cannot believe how fast time has passed. We have a lot of exciting activities planned for next week, including our trip to Imagine That and Swap Around Day.

We hope that you have a lovely weekend,

The Reception Team