Friday 18th September

• Requests and reminders:
• If you have any junk modelling boxes, pots and tubes (especially tubes- toilet rolls and kitchen roll tubes) please bring them in as we are running low.

• Please remember to only wave to your child when they are at the front of the queue.
• Please continue to change your child's book from the book box outside
  

Things to do...
• Read to your child everyday. Talk about rhyming words. 
• Sing nursery rhymes with your child. Here are some examples:  

  Five little Ducks went swimming one day -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCyznSQihKY

  Ten green bottles sitting on the wall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak7kedzR8bg

  Five Little Speckled Frogs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSC-gHBU_d0

  Five Current buns in a baker’s shop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mi79hRcSXI

• Count everything. For example: ask them to lay the table with 4 forks, 4 knives etc, point out numbers and shapes in the environment.

The children have been absolutely fantastic this week. We are so impressed with how they have settled and followed instructions and tidied. They have all been so happy and well behaved. We have really enjoyed teaching them. They have all been super at lunch. Each class sits on one long table and we deliver their lunch tray to them. They have had lots of fun on the playground too.

In maths we have introduced the number 1. We talked about how to write the numeral 1. We introduced a circle with one curved side. We introduced 1p piece and the Numicon piece for 1. In ChIL (Child Initiated Learning) the children could sort the shapes, finding all the circles. They also went on a hunt around the classroom looking for circles in our environment. We asked children to find one object and recorded these on the board.

In phonics this term we will be focusing on Phase 1. This includes rhyming, alliteraction and oral sounding and blending. We thought you may find it useful to have these links to ensure you are sounding out words correctly.

Here is a link to show you and your child how to pronounce each phoneme. At home have a go at practising each sound.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhXUW_v-1s&app=desktop

Here is an introduction about the importance of correct sound pronunciation:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2wI2Fqv8pM_Sy097pVfo7e5o1riU6-8_J7cpOKKiOAaRy3VN_KflrUny4&feature=youtu.be&v=IwJx1NSineE

The children have accessed all areas of the classroom and playground and have been busy making friends.

Here are some group photos of them with friends:

We have asked the children to write their names this week.

If you would like to encourage your child to practise at home it is important that your child learns to write their name with a capital letter at the beginning and all other letters as lower case letters. 

It is important that your child sits at the table correctly and holds their pencil with the correct grip.

Right handed

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Left handed 

Your child will need some quiet time this weekend. They will probably be very tired when they get home on Friday. Coming to school and having to take in so much new information and follow all those rules is exhausting! They really have done so well this week.

From next week your child will need to bring their bookbags and water bottles into the classroom to place them in their colour box and trays after they have said goodbye to you.

Have a lovely restful weekend,

The Reception Team