Reception Class Trip
Due to the current situation in school, we have decided to cancel our trip to Valley Gardens on the 7 July.
Instead, we will walk to Moortown Park for a picnic.
Please send your child in their uniform and with a packed lunch and drink.
We will still have a wonderful time and an ice-cream!
Self-Isolating?
We’re really missing you in school and we can’t wait to have you back.
We hope you’re managing to stay happy, healthy and safe while you’re not with us here in school. You are still very much a part of our school community so please get in touch with us.
You should have received an email with details of the home learning-please check your junk mail.
If you have not received this or have any other questions, please get in touch.
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Maths Masters!
We have been so impressed with the maths learning in Reception lately.
The children have a good understanding of tens and ones and can recall number facts including doubles.
This week our maths learning is focussing on grouping and sharing and odd and even numbers.
Literacy
We are continuing to read and retell the story, ‘The Train Ride’ and this week the children will write about where they would like to go on a train.
Phonics
We are nearing the end of Phase 4 and the rest of this term will focus on applying their phonic knowledge to read and write sentences.
Please keep practising the phonemes and words and read with your child. A comment in the reading record really helps us.
The children have been fascinated by maps during our topic. We made a map of Moortown and the children made their own houses. They have enjoyed looking at maps of the local area and beyond and drawn their own maps.
A busy week!
This week has been very busy and very hot.
The children have enjoyed the new playground and spending time learning outdoors.
Our theme this half term will be ‘Journeys’. We have been thinking about the types of journeys we take and how we get there. Please send photos of any journeys your children make-even if it’s just walking to school!
Literacy
We are reading the book ‘The train ride’ and writing about where we would like to go on a train.
Phonics
We are still learning to blend and segment words with 4 or more letters. The children are all attempting to write a sentence and using full stops and capital letters.
Maths
This week’s focus is doubling.
The children have learnt that double means ‘twice as many’. They have been building doubles using real objects and mathematical equipment. 
Please remember to send children with a sunhat and apply suncream as we are making the most of this sunny weather.
Keep sending those ‘wow’ moments and any questions to:
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
This week in Reception
The children have been enjoying lots of physical activities including skipping, movement play and PE.
Phonics
We are continuing our Phase 4 phonics learning and learning to blend and segment words with four phonemes such as; stop, black, float, and storm.
We will continue to send sheets of words home for your child to blend. Please keep practising the phase 3 phonemes, especially ar, or, ow, oi, ur, ear, air, ure and er.
Maths
This week we will continue to learn about subtraction by taking away objects and using ten frames to help us see how many are left.
Literacy
This week’s story is ‘Mad about Minibeasts’. The children have been writing a class minibeast poem and using adjectives to describe their favourite minibeast. They have been making them with playdough.
Have a great half-term break. Hopefully the sun will shine!
Please send any ‘wow’ moments to
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
In Reception this week
We said goodbye to the chicks on Thursday. The children have loved watching them hatch and grow. The caterpillars are finally growing and nearly ready to start building their cocoons- I think the cold weather has slowed them down this year!
Literacy
This week we will read the story, ‘Superworm’ by Julia Donaldson. After retelling the story, the children will make their own super minibeast story. We are encouraging the children to write a simple sentence remembering full stops, capital letters and finger spaces.
Phonics
We will begin Phase 4 of the ‘Letters and Sounds’ phonics programme. In this phase children will use the phonemes learnt in Phase 2 and Phase 3 to read and spell words with four phonemes.
Children will continue to practise previously learned graphemes and phonemes and learn how to read and write:
CVCC words: tent, damp, toast, chimp
For example, in the word ‘toast’, t = consonant, oa = vowel, s = consonant, t = consonant
CCVC words: swim, plum, sport, cream, spoon
For example, in the word ‘cream’, c = consonant, r = consonant, ea = vowel, m = consonant
They will be learning more tricky words and continuing to read and write sentences together.
Tricky words
said, so, do, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, when, out, what
Please help your child to learn the phonemes from the previous phases.
We will continue to send words and books home which your child will be able to blend. Please make sure your child’s reading book is in their bookbag everyday as we read often.
Maths
This week the children will begin to realise that a group of objects can be changed by taking away. They will solve problems involving addition and subtraction and tell maths stories using the language, first, then and now.
Please keep sending those ‘wow moments’ and any questions to
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Chicks!
The children have enjoyed our visitors! They have watched them hatch, held them and helped to feed them.
Phonics
This week we will recap all the phonemes we have learnt in Phase 3 before moving on to Phase 4 next week. In the next phase the children will learn to blend and segment longer words.
Please continue to help them learn the phonemes and read the words we have sent home. If you have any questions or concerns please email.
moortowneyfs@spherefederation.org
Maths
In maths we will learn about addition and that a group of objects can be changed by adding more.
The children enjoyed learning about 100 and completing their Captain Tom challenge.
This week
We hope you enjoyed the Bank Holiday!
On Friday the Junior Leadership team chose Dogs Trust as our school charity.
Our first fundraising event will be on Tuesday 04 May when all children will be taking part in the Captain Tom 100 challenge. There will be a bucket at the gate for donations of at least £1.
Reception are going to paint 100 handprints!
Phonics
This week we are learning the phonemes air, ure and er.
Maths
We have been investigating bigger numbers and this week will look at 100! We will paint our 100 handprints and use 10 frames to further develop the children’s understanding of 10.
This term, we are taking part in the West Yorkshire Skip into Summer project with Skipping School. We are excited to be part of the 136 schools and almost 33,000 children taking part!
If your child would like to buy a rope, to keep learning their new skills at home, they will be on sale, outside the Year 1 classroom in the middle playground, 3:10-3:30pm on Thursdays and Fridays.
Skip into summer
This term, all classes will be taking part in the West Yorkshire Skip into Summer project with Skipping School. We are excited to be part of the 136 schools and almost 33,000 children taking part!
As part of this project, we have skipping ropes available to buy at a subsidised price of £3.
If your child would like to buy a rope, to keep learning their new skills at home, they will be on sale, outside the Year 1 classroom in the middle playground, 3:10-3:30pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Exact change would be helpful.
