Author: Coundon Admin

We would like to say a big well done to all of the children for their hard work in phonics, this last term. They have worked amazingly hard, which shows in their phonics assessments, that took place last week. Most of the children have now been assessed and have been placed in their new phonics groups, ready for when we return after the Easter break. Therefore, our phonics learning will be as a whole class this week and this will consist of recapping sounds, playing phonics games and writing sentences about what we know about Easter.

As it is the last week till Easter, we are swapping our maths learning for lots of fun Easter activities. This week, the children will be creating their own Easter cards and writing them to someone special. We will also be creating Easter hats, which the children will be decorating themselves, using different materials. At the end of the week, the children will be going on an Easter hunt in our outside learning area, and making chocolate nests that they can take home and show you.

In the wider curriculum this week, we will be learning about Easter and why people celebrate Easter across the world. We will be discussing the story of Jesus resurrecting, and how this is an important part of Christian celebrations. We will also be discussing different traditions, focused around Easter, such as, family feasts, egg hunts and the Easter bunny.

A reminder that the children will not be sent home with any phonics homework or library books over Easter. If you could please make sure that all phonics books, reading records and library books are given in before Friday, and they will be sent out again when the children return after the Easter break.

The reception team would like to thank parents for their hard work and support throughout this term. Have a fabulous Easter break, you all deserve it!

The reception team

This week we are continuing on with our Spring topic with a focus on New Life. We are learning about the life cycle of a Frog, hen and a Butterfly and talking about all of the new life we see in Spring. Last week we went on a Spring walk and we are talking about the signs of new life that we say such as buds on trees, blossom, insects and plants growing. We will also experience stories based on a butterfly and a chick. When out and about, keep looking for those signs of spring.

We are coming to the end of this half terms phonics and will be assessed again at the end of the week ready for new groupings after half term. Continue to read both your book bag book and your online homework every day. Regularly go through you phonic sounds and any red words sent home in your reading diary. Please also remember to get a grown up to share your library book with you and return it on a Friday.

This week we have continued to consolidate our Spring term Maths. We are focusing on counting on and back/ making 10 and recapping our 3D shape names and properties. The children have struggled with 3D shape names so look out at home for the different shapes – cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder and pyramid and talk about their properties to help support this.

Thank you to all those families who have attended our after school library session we hope the children are enjoying choosing a book to share with you. We currently have a collection of jumpers/, cardigans and water bottles without names on. They are outside RMT’s classroom, so please take a look if you have lost any property. Please ensure all clothing and property is named so we can return items to the rightful owner. This week is due to get cold later in the week so can we remind parents that children should come to school each day with a warm waterproof coat as the weather has a tendency to change as the day progresses.

Have a great week

The Reception Team