Week beginning 6^th June 2017

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fdfb75″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ].Welcome back to school! We hope you have all had a restful half term break and are ready for our last term in Reception.[/dropshadowbox]

Summer 2 Week 1

Week beginning 6^th June 2017

TOPIC: Summer’s here!

Our topic in this last term covers the following themes which revolve around the joy and fun of summertime:

• Under the sea
• At the beach
• Growing
• The Weather
• Summer fruit
• Summer games
• At the park

THIS WEEK’S LEARNING

THEME: Under the sea

LITERACY:

Book Focus: The Rainbow Fish

The children will read and discuss the key events of this delightful story about an amazingly beautiful fish that learns an important lesson about sharing.

PHONICS:

The children will continue to be grouped for Phonics and will bring home phonics homework appropriate to their level of learning.

READING AT SCHOOL

During guided group reading sessions the children are working on key skills for reading such as finger pointing under each word to keep track of words; using picture clues and sound blending to decode unfamiliar words. We are also assessing children’s understanding of what they have read.

READING AT HOME

Please continue to write a comment in your child’s yellow reading diary and let us know how they are getting on with their reading at home. Please ensure that books are in book bags on the days listed below.

KEY WORD LISTS and CHANGING READING BOOKS:

We change books and check key words on these days:

Monday – Red group

Tuesday – Orange group

Wednesday – Yellow group

Thursday – Green group

Friday – Blue group

 MATHS:

This week we will review skills for recognition, counting and ordering numbers. We will also discuss strategies for collecting information and different ways to record numerical information.

PSED- Personal, Social, Emotional Development

Throughout this term we will focus on developing the children’s confidence and sense of independence as we prepare for their transition into Year 1 in September

UW – Knowledge and understanding the World

This week we will be learning about life under the sea and how the sea can be  useful to us.

Week ending 26th May 2017

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#faf976″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We hope you have a lovely half term break. Keep cool and enjoy the sunshine.[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#76f7fa” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Children return to school  for  Summer 2 on Tuesday 6th June 2017[/dropshadowbox]

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”15″ border_color=”#407af7″ ]HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

(Sent Friday 26th May 2017)

My favourite farm animal

Which is your favourite farm animal?

Can you draw/find a picture of your favourite farm animal?

Write 5 facts about your favourite farm animal:

• What does it look like?

• What sound does it make?

• What does it eat?

• Can you write the name of the adult and the young?

• How is it useful to humans?[/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”curled” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fdd4d4″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]More information about next term’s learning will follow  in due course[/dropshadowbox]