Mrs Wood, Author at Moortown Primary School, Leeds

Early Learning Workshop

Have you ever wondered what a phoneme is?
Do you know how to split a digraph?

Make sure you come along to our Early Reading Workshop on Tuesday 03 October at 6pm.

Find out how we teach phonics and reading and how you can support your child at home.

See you there!

Maths in Reception

What is two?

In order to give children a deeper understanding of number we are investigating small numbers in our maths learning. This week, we’ll focus on the number 2 and what ‘two’ means.

Here are some ideas to help your child understand the ‘twoness of two’:

Explore body parts which come in pairs, eyes, legs, nostrils etc
Look at 2 x 1p, look at 2p, a £2 coin
Cut fruit in half: one apple, 2 pieces of apple.
Look at pairs of shoes, socks and boots

Learning workshop

Don’t forget our Learning Workshop on Wednesday 20 September at 6pm.

Come along and find out what your child will be learning and how you can help support this learning at home.

The workshop will be an opportunity for you to find out what a typical day in Reception looks like and how you can contribute to your child’s learning journey.

See you there!

Welcome to Reception!

We’ve been busy preparing the classroom this week and thinking about all the exciting activities planned for the coming year.

Please bring your child on the day and time you have been given.

Looking forward to seeing you all next week!

Phonics

Thanks to everyone for attending last week’s phonics mornings. Some of you asked for a reminder of the phonemes the children have learnt so far, so here they are:

Phase 2 and 3 phonemes

s a t p
i n m d
g o c k
ck e u r
h b f ff
l ll ss
j v w x y z zz
ch sh th th ng qu
ai ee igh oa oo oo
ow oi ar or ur ir
er air ear ure

Keep blending!

Phonics mornings!

Don’t forget our third and final phonics mornings this week. These will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning at 9am.

If you didn’t return the slip, don’t worry – there is plenty of space.

See you there!

Have a great holiday!

We hope you all have a great holiday after what has been a very busy term!

The highlight of our term has to be our trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The children really enjoyed learning about polar bears and the threat they face to their habitat. We hope you are all turning off your lights!

Enjoy the two week break and we look forward to seeing you all at the start of the children’s last term in Reception.