We hope all of the children have had a lovely weekend and enjoyed their phonics learning, that was sent home. The children will be continuing their set phonics group learning, this week. We will be focusing on special friends (two letters that make one sound) and applying them to our reading and writing. The children will also be using ‘Fred-Fingers’ to help them spell words – how many sounds in the word? Show me with your fingers. Pinch each sound (finger). Try using this at home when practising spelling and writing.
In maths this week, we will be learning about measuring weight, capacity and ingredients. At the start of the week, the children will be exploring what objects weigh more or less. They will be predicting their ideas first, and then testing their predictions with the weighing scales. We will be encouraging the children to use appropriate maths language, such as, heavier than, lighter than. The children will then move on to learning about how we measure capacity. We will discuss full and empty and the children will estimate and explore how many objects they can fit inside different sized containers. To end the week, on our Frozen Day, the children will be making their own rice crispy cakes by measuring ingredients. We will discuss how we need to follow a recipe and measure the ingredients accurately to make a successful cake.
In the wider curriculum this week, we will be continuing our learning of winter. We will be reading traditional tales about winter and creating our own winter tale using a story mountain. We will also be learning about different animals that hibernate during the winter time and exploring a map to see where in the world we have snow and cold weather.
A reminder that Friday 21st, is our Frozen Day. The children are welcome to come into school dressed up as something that represents winter.
Have a great week!
The reception team