Yesterday, we took advantage of the sunny afternoon and swept, mopped and scrubbed our outside area until it sparkled!
Why not encourage your child to clean at home? It helps to develop their upper body strength, which is essential for writing.
Author: Mrs Wood
Meeting dragons!
This morning we met a variety of reptiles.
Did you know that a crested gecko could lick its own eyeballs?
Can your child name their favourite creature?
Finding all possibilities
Children used their problem-solving skills to sort the mixed up polar animals. They needed persistence and perseverance to find all the possibilities. By comparing similarities and differences, they realised that there was more than one way to sort.
This sort of activity is a great way to develop problem-solving skills. Encourage your child to sort and compare objects at home using different criteria such as colour, size and type.
Ice painting
Lots of ice outside today. Time to get creative!
Using Bee-Bots to learn about control, directional language and programming
Practising!
Don’t forget our assembly on Wednesday!
Phonics
When helping your child to blend the sounds in words, it’s really important to say the sounds as purely as possible.
Here is a guide to pronunciation of the phase 2 phonemes.
What is ‘8’?
We’ve been learning about the number 8. Can your child explain what’s happening in one of the pictures? Can your child spot eight things at home?
Investigating ice
Oh no! The polar animals are frozen in the ice. How can we free them?
Chicks!
The chicks visited Reception today.
