Weekly Overview Week commencing 7th march

Well its that time again!! (This year seems to be going so fast). We have the first of this weeks curriculum evenings tomorrow Monday 7th March at 4-5pm, so hope to see some of you then.

Topic

This week is going to be really exciting as we are expecting some special visitors, have you guessed yet? Yes, we are having some chicks delivered in incubators for our topic about Spring in the morning. The children will actually have the opportunity to see them hatch sometime this week... I think the Reception Team are even more excited than the children about meeting our new additions. The chicks will be located in Mrs Fosters classroom until they hatch and then can be moved in a feeder box. The children will be fascinated I am sure and watching them hatch will be truly enlightening. So watch this space for pictures....

Literacy

Linked to our Chicks topic we will be looking at the traditional tale Chicken Licken and watching clips of the original Walt Disney version of Chicken Little from 1943. If anyone has the new version of Chicken Little would it be possible for us to borrow to watch with the children as we will be learning how to dance just like him in our outdoor area.

Numeracy

This week we will be continuing to learn all about the names and properties of 2D and 3D shapes. The children will be creating shape pictures, going on shape hunts and looking at using 2D shapes to create 3D shapes in the form of nets. We will be looking at everyday objects in the home that are 3D shapes (cylinder, sphere, cube, cuboid). If you have anything in your kitchen cupboards, children's bedrooms or around the home that are any of these shapes such as tins, toblerone tubes, kitchen foil holders, boxes of tea bags etc.. that you do not need or mind letting us look at; could you bring it in for our shape investigation table's that would be fantastic!!!

Phonics

We will be continuing with phase 3 this week, which will be the focus of our curriculum meetings this week. we will have the opportunity to show and explain what the children are learning and how you can help support them at home. The next set of long vowels we will be looking at is oa, oo, ar and recapping ai,ee,or,igh. The children are tackling some tricky vocabulary now and hopefully it is coming through in their reading.

PANCAKE DAY

Also its Shrove Tuesday this week, on the 8th March and we will be wearing our Chefs hats as we cook up a storm for the children. I will be challenging Mrs Foster to try and toss a pancake without dropping it of course, I hope she has a steadier hand then me lol??

See you all in the morning bright eyed and bushy tailed, we hope you all had a lovely weekend? It was nice to get some sunshine at last.

The Reception Team