Stay for Sums on Wednesday!
This week, instead of ‘Relax and Read’ we are inviting you to stay and take part in some mathematical activities with your child. Dig in the sand, cut and stick on the technology table or splash in the water. See you there!
Don’t forget our Monster Assembly on Thursday!
Reception celebrated the Royal Wedding
- We designed Kate’s dress!
Red Nose Day!
Storytelling!
Reception had a fantastic time being very creative on our storytelling day
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We are having a storytelling workshop tomorrow
Please come and hear the children’s stories at 2.30.
Designers of the future!
Reception children have been busy making fantastic models this week.
Please come and listen to our stories on Thursday at 2.30.
We are having a storytelling workshop on Thursday and telling our own stories. We’ll share these with parents at 2.30pm in the classroom.
Maths
Try this activity at home to help your child with understanding addition and partitioning:
Spot the difference
Draw a row of six coloured spots.
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- In turn, one player closes his/her eyes.
- The other player hides some of the spots with a sheet of paper.
- The first player says how many spots are hidden.
- Try with other numbers of spots.
- Show your child how to count on.
Reading Activities
Here are some ideas when reading with your child:
1. Introduce the book.
2. Look at the front cover illustration and ask your child to predict what the book is about.
3. Ask questions eg “What can we see on the front cover?”
4. Look through the book at the illustrations.
5. Read the blurb – the description on the back of most books.
6. Ask questions about the text as you read.
7. Explain unfamiliar vocabulary and new words.
8. Ask your child to find words in the text and discuss them.
Other questions and prompts you might use are:
- Show me where you start reading.
- Show me how you point to the words as you read.
- Point to a capital letter.
- Point to a full stop.
- Can you find a word that starts with___?
- Can you see any speech bubbles / exclamation marks?
- Can you find a long word on the page and count the syllables?