Reception Class News

This week in Reception

This week is World Nursery Rhyme Week.

A nursery rhyme is a simple traditional poem or song for children. They date back to the late 1700s when the earliest versions were lullabies that mothers would sing to their babies.

Learning and singing nursery rhymes is beneficial for:

• boosting vocabulary and language development
•  helping children  develop literacy skills
•  providing a fun way to support early numeracy skills
•  helping children develop social, physical and emotional skills

We will be learning five nursery rhymes.

Sleeping bunnies, Incy Wincy Spider, Wind the bobbin up, Down in the jungle and Head, shoulders, knees and toes.

You can find links to all these rhymes at www.worldnurseryrhymeweek.com/

Phonics

The children are really enjoying their phonics lessons and beginning to use the letters and sounds they have learnt to blend and segment words independently. This week we will belearning the phonemes b, f, ff, l,ll. The tricky words are I, no and go.

Maths

Thank you to everyone who attended our maths presentation. I hope you found it useful. If you have any questions, please ask.

This week, the children will continue to engage with activities that draw attention to the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how many’ objects there are. They will develop their understanding of the concept of cardinality (that the last number in the count tells us ‘how many’ things there are altogether).

Children In Need

Friday is a non-uniform day to raise money for Children In Need.

Don’t forget to let us know of any ‘wow’ moments at home. Is your child beginning to notice and read words? Do they try to read signs when out and about?

Please let us know of any achievements.

moortownreception@spherefederation.org

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Odd socks day

Next week is Anti-Bullying Week.

This year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’ and we will be taking part in Odd Socks Day on Monday 15 November.

Odd socks day is to raise awareness of our differences, individuality and personal choice. Come to school wearing your odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique.

This year, the Junior Leadership Team have requested a voluntary donation of £1 on the day to raise money for our school charity, Dog’s Trust.

Thank you for your support.

A busy first week back!

This week has been really busy!

We made Rangoli patterns and Diwas to celebrate Diwali.

The children are really enjoying their roleplay area which we have turned into an Indian restaurant!

This week’s learning

Phonics

We are continuing to learn letters and their sounds. This week’s letters are e,u,r and we are learning the ‘tricky words’ to and the.

Most children are now bringing home a book with words. The children will be able to read these books as they only contain words with the phonemes we have learnt. They also have a word book containing words to blend. We will send new words home to add to the book each week.

Please read with your child and practise blending each day. Keep the reading book and reading record book in your child’s bookbag so we can read with your child and change their book.

Please ask if you have any questions about reading and phonics.

Maths

This week we will be learning all about the number 5 and building on their understanding of composition by decomposing numbers  by investigating the  composition of 3, 4 and 5. Composing and de-composing numbers involves the children investigating part–part–whole relations, e.g. seeing that 3 can be composed of 1 and 2. Through practical experience, they will consolidate their understanding of a whole being made up of smaller parts. They will begin to recognise that numbers can be made by combining parts in different ways.

Don’t forget our Maths Presentation on Tuesday.  This session will give you some guidance on how we teach Maths in Reception and how you can support your child at home.

The session starts at 6pm and will last around 20-25 minutes. There will be a question and answer session at the end of around 5-10 minutes.

Please ask if you have not received the details of the meeting.

Welcome back!

We hope you had a great half-term break!

This term our themes will be ‘Light and Dark’ and ‘It’s magic’.

Phonics

We are continuing to learn letters and their sounds. This week’s letters are e, u,r,h.  We will also learn the first ‘tricky words'(words that are not phonetic)- the, to.

Please keep practising these phonemes and using them to blend(read) and segment(spell).

Maths

Rugby roadshow

As part of our partnership with White Rose Rugby and Moortown Rugby Club, here is an invite to a free rugby event, just for our pupils, taking place after half term on Wednesday 3rd November. White Rose Rugby have been working with classes for curriculum PE and also delivering the Thursday after-school club.

We hope you can take up this opportunity for a fun evening at Moortown Rugby Club.

This week in Reception

I can’t believe we have reached the end of the first half term in Reception.

The children have settled well and made new friends. They are enjoying learning and particularly look forward to PE and phonics!

Phonics

This week we will be learning the next set of phonemes g,o,c,k and practising blending and reading words, including the high frequency word and. 

Maths

In maths, we are continuing to investigate small numbers 1,2 and 3 and subitising (say the amount, don’t count).

The children will compare sets of objects and say which has more and which has fewer. They will be encouraged to answer in a full sentence.

____has more/fewer than______.

Remember to send any questions and ‘wow’ moments to moortownreception@spherefederation.org

Have a great half-term break!

Ready to learn

The children have really impressed us with how quickly they have settled and their eagerness to learn. They are loving their phonics sessions!

Last week we went on a walk around school and drew maps. The children talked about their journey to school and where they lived. We looked at maps of Moortown and tried to spot school and Moortown Park.

Reading

All the children have been given a reading book. Please keep this book in their bookbag for reading at school. We will change their book once a week.

Settling and ready to learn

This week we began learning phonics and the children were all excited and eager to learn.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Phonics meeting last week. We hope you found it useful. If you would like a copy of the slides we used, please let us know.

Phonics

Your child will have brought a book home with the first four sounds. Please practise these. We will learn the next set this week and send the letters home for you to stick in the book.

Reading

We will begin sending reading books home this week. Please read with your child and comment in the reading record book. We will change books once a week and may read with your child often throughout the week. Please keep the book in their bookbag.

Maths

We are continuing to learn about the number 1 and taking part in sorting and matching activities.

The children will be learning to subitise. This means recognising a small number of objects without counting them.

If you have any questions or want to share those ‘wow’ moments please email.

moortownreception@spherefederation.org

A busy week in Reception

Our first full week in Reception has been a busy one. We have been making friends, learning new routines and exploring the classroom.

Phonics

This week we will begin learning letters and their sounds to read and write simple words.

During this phase children will learn their first 19 phonemes:

• Set 1: s a t p
• Set 2: i n m d
• Set 3: g o c k
• Set 4: ck (as in duck) e u r
• Set 5: h   b l   f     ff (as in puff)   ll (as in hill)     ss (as in hiss)

They will use these phonemes to read and spell simple “consonant-vowel-consonant” (CVC) words: sat, tap, dig, duck, rug, puff, hill, hiss

Early Reading