Week beginning 10th December 2018
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f72121″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#ec1d1d” ]Dear Parents, Carers
We look forward to seeing you at our Christmas Musical Performance to watch your child perform the songs they have been learning.
This will take place on Tuesday 11th December at 9.30am in the main school hall. So please make your way to the main hall after you drop your child off at 8.50am
Kind Regards
Reception Team
[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#3fdd2a” ]LEARNING VIDEOS
See songs to practise in previous blog post [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#dd2a3f” ]AUTUMN 2 TOPIC: Light and Dark
This week’s learning
LITERACY
Book Focus: Stickman by Julia Donaldson.
The children will be delighted to read this heart-warming, Christmas themed story about a stick family who await their father’s return.
Phonics: Assisted blending to decode cvc words. Please continue to practise daily decoding.
MATHS:
• To match a numeral to a random arrangement of a quantity
• To find count back from a given number
• To find one less than a given quantity
Understanding the world: The children will learn how Christmas is celebrated in different parts of the world
Expressive Arts and design: The children have been practising well for their musical performance to you on Tuesday. Also, this week they will be creating and making a range of Christmas related crafts in the creative areas of the classroom. [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#31d631″ ]HOMEWORK
Celebrations We have been learning about different kinds of celebrations. Can you talk to your adult at home and find out which celebrations are important in your family and what you do when you celebrate eg: birthdays, Christmas, etc. You could draw a picture or find pictures of different celebrations. Please use your phonic knowledge to write a label for your pictures
READING BOOKS
Please read with your child and write a comment in the yellow reading diary. Please keep both reading books and yellow diary in your child’s bookbag after each reading.
Please note that if reading books have been lost, they will need to be replaced [/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#fffffff” border_width=”20″ border_color=”#d63145″ ] IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday 11th December 2018: Reception Christmas performance to parents 9.30am in the main school hall.
Friday, 14th December 2018: Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas lunch for children. Children may wear a Christmas jumper over their usual school uniform (school dress or school shirt and school trousers)
Wednesday, 19th December 2018: Class Christmas party in the afternoon. Children may wear their own clothes to school
Thursday, 20th December 2018: Last day of term for children
Monday, 7th January 2019: Children return to school [/dropshadowbox]