TOPIC
This week we will be venturing on a journey into space. The children will be learning about the planets, moon, stars and the solar system. We will watch Neil Armstrong land on the moon and create our own space pictures and models. If you have any old cardboard tubes to donate to our cause, they would be great for making spaceships and rockets.
This topic leads on from our light and dark theme. We will be exploring what it would be like in space, what would we see and hear? Can we live in space? What would we need to wear?
How do we know what is out in space beyond our world? Who lives in space?
We will be investigating and exploring these concepts and allowing the children to role-play in our fabulous space costumes - they will have a fabulous week!!!
Phonics
We will Continue practicing all phase 2 sounds so far along with the new sounds: y z, zz qu.
We will be teaching the children to read the tricky words he, she and to spell the tricky words the and to as well as Practise reading captions and sentences with the keywords and he,
she, no, go, I, the, to these will be added to your flashcards this week in the children's reading diaries!! We will be reading space books including some lovely stories 'whatever next' and 'QPootle 5', where the children will hear language we would associate with space.
Numeracy
We will be still be working on recognising and forming our teen numbers. This week we will be introducing money, identifying coins and their values, using numicon to support their understanding. We will be setting up a Santa's workshop at the end of the week with a till and money for them to play with which will contain items for sale that the children have made and priced up themselves; so any old Argos or toy catalogues you have at home to donate would be great for the children to get ideas for creating their toy factory.
Seal
Next weeks seal statement is 'I can encourage someone to behave and do the right things'. the children will be talking about making the right choices and what their understanding of right and wrong and how they can help their friends in class.
We cannot believe we will be setting up Santa's workshop already and soon it will be time for our Christmas play... its all very exciting.
Watch this space...................
The Reception Team
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