Stay and Play
There will be no Relax and Read this week. Instead, you’re invited to stay for a Communication, Language and Literacy session. You will join your child to retell and make up stories and play games to help develop their speaking and listening skills.
See you there!
Phonics
Thanks to everyone who attended our ‘Early Reading’ workshop last week.
We will begin phase 2 of Letters and Sounds this week. Phase 2 involves learning phonemes 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
All these words contain 3 phonemes.
Blending
Children need to be able to hear the separate sounds in a word and then blend them together to say the whole word.
Segmenting
Children need to be able to hear a whole word and say every sound that they hear.
If you have any questions, please ask!
Storytelling
This week the children enjoyed writing and performing their own version of ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, who do you see?’
Please ask your child to show you their book, ‘Reception, Reception, who can you see?’ next time you are in the classroom.
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!
School Savings Club dates for paying in
The School Savings Club paying in sessions for this year are at 3.15-3.45pm on the following dates (the penultimate Thursday of each half term).
- 12 October
- 07 December
- 01 February
- 22 March
- 17 May
- 12 July
If you’re unable to attend in person, please hand in any money to be deposited to the office in a sealed envelope addressed to Mrs Tiffany.
Information will shortly be sent home about the accounts and if your child would like to open account, please enquire at the office. There is an extra incentive for pupils in Year 3 as Leeds City Council will add £10 to your child’s account.
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
Practice that feels like play!
Practice that feels like play! Does this sound beneficial for your child? Have a look at IXL. It’s an online tool where you can access different activities to help your child practise basic skills.
It’s split into year groups, specifically looking at English and Maths, then each subject is broken down into sections. You can get a flavour of the activities by hovering over the title and can have a go at some of them – it looks great fun and very child friendly. The questions are all interactive and there are detailed explanations for new concepts.
There is a small monthly fee if you wish to sign up. Take a look – it might be something you want to explore.
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!
Our first week!
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!
