OUTDOOR PLAY

Outdoor play is definitely a priority in Reception and with the improving weather we have experienced over the recent weeks, we have been able to steadily introduce lots of new activities and exploration areas for the children to enjoy. We thought we would show you some pictures of the fantastic as well as 'messy' things the children have been doing over the past few weeks!!
We are sure you will agree the children have been having lots of fun whilst learning.

The Reception team.

Last day treat!

As our last day reward this term all pupils will be taking part in an amazing Easter Egg Hunt – pupils will follow clues around the school, solving riddles to find an egg-citing treat!

Make sure you’re here on Friday to join in this egg-tra-ordinary event!

Week commencing 28th March

What fantastic weather we had last week, we had an amazing time in our outdoor area pictures to follow.... Here is this weeks line up and our last week of this half term before we break up for the first block of holidays. It will be summer term before we know it! Numeracy We will be continuing with doubles learning our new song 'the doubling machine' which we will try and upload for you to listen too at home!! The children will be representing doubles through ladybird pictures and the children will have a go at writing the number sentence to match 5+5 = 10. Literacy and Topic We will be reading the traditional tale of Jack and The Beanstalk, this week the children will retell the story through music. Using the instruments to create the sounds of the characters and then we will video our final version and try and upload it for you to see, so watch this space. The story links well to our growing topic and the children will be conducting a growing conditions experiment to see what plants need to grow as well as planting their own beans and writing a daily bean diary of what they see. Phonics This week we will be learning the long vowel sound 'oa' and taking the children on a visual journey to help them remember the sound and how it is formed. Outdoors This week we have set up some 'messy play' with porridge oats to explore texture, a garden center to buy and sell flowers, wrap them and price them. We will be setting up tents and tunnels to explore the world underground. We will be vegetable printing creating patterns and pictures of plants. We will be locating various plants around the school. We have set-up a stage area, with a boom box and instruments for the children to create their own shows. Lots of water play so It will be very busy and exciting in our outdoor area. As we are outside a lot this time of year can the children come prepared with a warm, waterproof coat as well as a sun hat for those warmer days. Thankyou The Reception Team

Summer Dresses

I have been asked this week about Lilac Summer dresses and where to get them....I know they are hard to find. There is of course the two stalls on Castleford indoor market...but if you are wanted something a bit different, I've done a little research and you can buy them online at Woolworths, John Lewis and BHS!! Woolworths seems good value 2 for £10!! :)

Hope this helps!!

With a little bit of this.....

The Birdie Song!!!! Make yourself comfortable!!

Athens Class Assembly

Well what a fab day!!! Athens class.....you were brilliant this morning - you should be proud!!! Having only done 3 quick practices - you were very professional - I think you amazed the rest of school!! I loved the speaking, the singing and the dancing!!! For those of you that couldn't make it.....here is a little taster....the Spring Chicken Song - brilliant!!! Well done once again!!! Let us know what you thought!! :)

Mrs Foster and Miss Fotopoulou :)

PS. Quite proud of myself uploading a video!!! No stopping me now...watch this space!!!

Weekly overview week commencing 21st March

Topic/Literacy
We will be starting a new topic all about growing. The children will discuss different living things that grow i.e animals and plants. We will be reading the story Meg's veg and looking at how they planted and looked after their seeds. The children will be investigating what plants need to grow, labeling parts of a plant and looking around the school at what is growing drawing and identifying different varieties of plants. We will be setting up a Garden center for the children to plant their own seeds.

Numeracy
This week we will be continuing with our calculating strand and looking at doubling and learning a new doubles song... ask your child to sing it to you!! The children will be using objects to double and their fingers to support them.

Phonics
We will be revisiting all the phase 2 sounds and concentrating on the 'oo' sound from phase 3. The children will be learning the new keyword they and consolidating all the sight words learned so far

We are nearing the end of spring term and it will be sad to come in tomorrow morning and not see our chicks, but they will be coming back for a visit soon so watch this space....

The Reception Team