This week is Science week. Children across the school will be taking part in a range of different science activities and learning opportunities. In Reception we will be focusing on planting and growth. The children will be involved in a live lesson online as well as carrying out an experiment involving cress. Each child will also plant their own bean to go alongside our focus story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. As we move into the season of Spring we will be talking about new growth and different signs of Spring. This is something you could talk to your child about and look for when out and about.
The children have now been in their new groups for a couple of weeks and are moving forward with their learning. They are recapping over sounds already learned and are learning new sounds. Every child now has an online login in their reading diaries. Please make sure you follow the link to Oxford Owl and assist your child to access the learning set for them. Your child will also have either a reading book or Ditty sheets to read alongside this online work. Please try to find time each night to do one of these reading activities and sign the reading diary to say how your child read.
Scan this QR code with a phone or tablet or follow the link for extra practice videos. https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/resources/vc-pathways/373069/bEaieYkDTo8l5a3Q
In Maths this week, children are introduced to the concept of doubling and they learn that this means ‘twice as many’. They will be given opportunities to see a range of visual representations of doubles and to find them in patterns, in pictures and in arrangements of manipulatives. At home you could prompt your child to notice doubles by playing games such as dominoes, where they can use their previous knowledge to match the same number of dots. Model finding doubles, for example, on a dice: “There are 3 here and 3 here, so double 3 makes 6!”
Doubles rap https://youtu.be/Ik_-OAgzD-8?t=1
At last we have started to see some better weather with the sun making a welcome appearance. We ask that you still send your child into school with a waterproof coat with a hood, even if the weather forecast is saying there is no rain. As you know the British weather is unpredictable and can become wet or cold without much warning. As the children have access to outside throughout the day and spend a good portion of their lunch time outside, it is essential they have a coat if it is needed. They get very upset if they can not go and play with friends or do the activities available outside because they do not have protection from the weather.
Have a wonderful week
The Reception Team