This week, we’ve started exploring The Night Pirates by Peter Harris. Using our story map, we’ve enjoyed retelling the story with actions and expression. We’ve heard some fantastic pirate impressions!
The story has inspired lots of learning across our provision. We’ve been building pirate ships in the construction area, creating pirate adventures, collecting treasure at the finger gym table and reading lost tricky word keys.
On Tuesday, we thought about what type of pirate we would be and what we might look like. Check out our amazing pirate pictures.
We’re looking forward to continuing our pirate adventure next week.
Maths
This week, we introduced the children to Rekenreks. We continued to develop our subitising skills by using our “fast eyes” to quickly identify the number of beads shown. Rekenreks help children explore the structure of small numbers and build confidence in recognising quantities without counting.
We learnt that all of the beads should start on the right-hand side. This is known as the ‘ready position’. The children practised using the ‘pause (think), place (one finger), push (the beads)’ method. We always make sure we’re only using one finger when carefully pushing the beads.
Phonics
Now that we’ve reached the final half-term, we’ll be revisiting and consolidating all of our phonics learning in preparation for Year 1. Please keep your red phonics books at home and continue to use them regularly.
Important dates
- Learning Journey drop-ins – Monday 15th & Tuesday 16th June at 3.15pm
- Our class assembly – Wednesday 17th June at 2.40pm
- Class photo day – Thursday 18th June
- School trip – Friday 19th June
- Zoom: Reception to Year 1 information meeting – Monday 22nd June at 6pm
- Sports Day – Tuesday 30th June at 1.30pm