Summer at last!
It’s been another busy couple of weeks in Reception! We finally changed our seasons display to summer last week!
In Maths, the children have been estimating and measuring length and weight. Their skills have really improved with practise.
The children have been busy helping Mrs Wilson to look after all our growing vegetables – we hope some will be ready to pick by the end of term! We have also learnt about different types of plants, sorted them in different ways, labelled the parts of a plant and explained and drawn the lifecycle of an apple tree.
We have been starting to talk about being ready for Year 1 in preparation for Transition Week. The children have reflected on the huge amount that they have learnt over the last year, using photos on Tapestry to remind them. We are reminding them how much they have grown up over the year and that they are ready Year 1 and how much they’re going to enjoy it. 😊
Last week, we had a lovely time during our Class Church Service at St Oswald’s with Reverend Carolyn. It was lovely to see so many of you there and we were so proud of how well the children behaved, answered questions, spoke at the front and, of course, sang!
Next week, we are having a French focus week and our parent event on Wednesday afternoon will be a celebration of everything that we have learnt in French throughout the year. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Enjoy the glorious weather and keep your fingers crossed sunshine for next Wednesday!
The Reception Team 😊
Summer 2 Week 2
The children have been enjoying playing outside this week, exploring equipment such as the mud kitchen, water toys, sandpit and climbing frame. It has been lovely to watch them working together and investigating.
The children have been really ‘on fire’ with their Maths over the last few weeks - impressing us with their understanding of number bonds, addition, subtraction, doubling, halving and sharing – wow!
They are continuing to work hard in our RWI and Big Writing sessions, with many becoming more fluent when reading and able to write several sentences independently.
Next week, our focus will be on Nursery Rhymes which links really well with History - looking at real life objects from the past and understanding the old language that many rhymes contain.
The next few weeks will be really busy with lots of exciting events coming up – our Class Church Service, Sports Day and our final Parent Sharing Afternoon. Our final topic focus will be learning about growing plants, then we’ll move on to a French Focus Week and Special Places in RE.
Have a lovely weekend!
The Reception Team 😊