Reception - Spring 1 - Week 2
Date: 13th Jan 2022 @ 9:33pm
It has been a fantastic week in Reception!
We began our new RE topic relating to Stories that Jesus heard, introducing the children to the Old Testament. We read Daniel and the Lions and the children remembered times that they had felt brave, documenting them in our floor book.
The children continue to enjoy our Space topic, spending time in our space station and using our small world Rocket to create wonderful stories and adventures. We have even made our own giant rocket where many of the children participated in making it ‘The best rocket we have ever seen’.
This week we took time out to consider friendships and our reception and school family. We made a class friendship web, where the children spoke about each other and what makes us a great friend and member of the class. The children showed how thoughtful and caring they are and made us all feel very lucky to have such a loving group of children. They were then inspired to create cards and pictures for each other, showing fantastic independent writing skills.
In our maths learning this week we have been so impressed with the children’s understanding of creating equal groups and the use of 5 frames. They have been enthusiastic to answer questions and confident to explain their reasoning and thoughts.
Our literacy book, The Journey Home, introduced us to the main character, Hattie Peck, a hen who loves all eggs. We learned about all the different animals that lay eggs, of which there were some surprises, and the children created their own list of favourites.
This week has seen the start of our whole class reading. The children were keen to read the new books and over the week showed incredible progress as well as enjoying reading with another child, supporting and helping each other. On Friday afternoon we spent time with our buddies sharing a story. The children really enjoy seeing their buddies and it was a fantastic way to end the week.
Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Reception Reminders
Tuesday 18th January – Sibling School Photographs
Wednesday 19th January – Dance class. Children to wear trainers to school as well as Friday.
Monday 24th and Wednesday 26th January – Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 26th January – WOW Service at St Peter’s Church 2pm