Reception Class 2

7th July

Class 2 have had a very busy week. We enjoyed our library trip on Tuesday. The librarian read a story, we sang songs and got to look at some lovely books. She told us that joining the library is free and children were very keen to join up with their families. This week we have been very musical, learning to listen for the pulse in different types of music. We have done this through clapping, nodding, marching and using instruments. Children have also learnt some facts about bees and a new 'bee' poem.

23rd June

We had a wonderful trip on Monday to Harlow Carr. It was fabulous and the weather was beautiful. The children were so well-behaved and enjoyed learning about plants, searching for minibeasts and exploring the parks. Children also learnt that a bulb is like a seed and it too has roots. They explored the amazing flowers in the gardens and loved admiring them. Children had a lovely time finding newts, water snails and dragonflies near the pond. They also planted their own pea in the greenhouse!

This week we discovered that our strawberry plants have started to bare fruit! We are so excited to see what other changes we can see in our Reception garden! 

26th May

This week we have shared the story of Supertato. Children have enjoyed talking about the fruits and vegetables they can see in the story. They loved making the characters from the story, especially the ‘evil’ pea.

This week we have been learning how to represent teen numbers using Numicon. Children have been learning what the numbers are called and how we can make them. For example 16 = 1 ten and 6 ones.

12th May

This week we have shared the book ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’.  We have found out where vegetables grow and that carrots don’t grow on trees! Children have enjoyed printing with vegetables too and creating them using different media. We can't believe how much our carrots have grown!

We have been learning maths through a story this week using ‘Rosie’s Walk’. Children have been using positional language to describe where Rosie is, for example on top, next to, in front of and behind. We have been creating our own maps too.

21st April

Our new topic is ‘The Garden’. We have been learning to name the parts of a flower in ‘Shine’ sessions. Children learnt what a root is and what special job it has. We have enjoyed weeding our Reception garden ready to start planting. We now have some tadpoles after the frogspawn hatched over the holidays! It is so exciting to watch them change.   

This week we have been learning about the celebration of Eid. We now know that Muslims celebrate Eid, they eat fancy food, share gifts and wear new clothes. Children found out that Muslims go to a Mosque and when anyone enters they have to clean their hands, feet and face.

31st March

This week has been very busy. We enjoyed having parents and carers involved in our workshop with Shine and our Stay and Play sessions. The children have enjoyed showing you what we do in Reception. We now have some Frogspawn and are eagerly awaiting to watch the changes that occur. Children have been busy making Easter cards too.

24th March

We have been learning about animal lifecycles. In Shine, we learnt a song and some actions to help us remember the different stages of the lifecycle.   Children have enjoyed creating the lifecycle jigsaws in class and creating their own frogs. Some of us created our own large-scale tadpoles, frogspawn, froglets and frogs We are excited to look for frogspawn in our magic garden very soon. 

17th March

We have been continuing to look at the changes happening in Spring. Children loved looking at real daffodils and became very excited when they started to bloom. We have been creating daffodils using paint, pastels, collage and colouring pencils.    

10th March

We have been learning about Holi this week. Children have learnt that Hindus celebrate Holi and it is the festival of colour. We have learnt the meanings behind the colours used during this festival. Children know that Hindus have to wear old clothes for this festival and they throw coloured paints at each other. It also symbolises saying goodbye to Winter and hello to Spring.  

20th January

This week we have been learning about the Chinese New Year. We had a wonderful Chinese dragon dance workshop where we danced like dragons, lions and peacocks. These photos are on tapestry for you to view. We were so thankful that Aaron and Max’s mum could come in and talk to us about Chinese new year traditions. This was a wonderful, well-planned and informative session for the children. They asked some great questions. Thank you again to Aaron and Max’s mum.

13th January

This week we have been reading the story of Zog and the flying doctors. We have been retelling the story using actions, pictures and words. This week we loved making maps to help Zog find all the animals he visited on his journey.

Shine's session was all about dragons this week. She found a potion and turned us all into dragons! We shook our spikey tails and jabbed our huge tusks!

6th January 2023

This week we have been finding out what we already know about Fantasy Worlds and exploring what we would like to learn about. The children have come up with some fantastic ideas!

Our Maths sessions this week have focused on addition, subtraction and problem-solving within numbers 1-9. Children have been using lots of vocabulary including ‘more, less, smaller, larger, how many altogether and how many left’.

In phonics, we have revisited the phonemes we have already learnt, reading words, sentences and simple books.

25th November

This week we have been exploring our topic further and have looked at vehicles that are used by the emergency services. We had a go at making them outside using the large SCRAP and the construction equipment. Our Artis session this week was all about the Police.

Our Maths sessions this week have focused on the number 8.

18th November

This week we have been exploring our topic further and we have been interviewing people who work in school that help us. Some children have visited the Headteacher, office staff, Lisa in the kitchen and Miss Feeney our caretaker.

We had a lovely time at the mobile Farm on Wednesday and thank you to the parents/carers that were able to join us. Photographs of this experience are now on Tapestry for you to view. Our ‘Artis’ session afterwards was also great as we learnt a bit more about how doctors help us and learnt some new words like ‘otoscope’.

On Friday we did lots of activities for Children in Need. We had great fun dressing in spots and making 'Pudsey' disguises. Thanks to everyone who sent buns in and donations.

This week we have been exploring our topic further and finding out what we know now and what we would like to find out about. Please let us know if you are someone who helps out in our community for example a nurse, dentist or builder and could come and talk to the children about your job. We have been learning a little bit about Remembrance Sunday and making our own creative poppies. 

Our Maths sessions this week have covered the number ‘7’. We have looked at language related to this number including ‘seventh’. We have also been using the language of adding and taking away for example 6 add 1 equals 7 and 8 take away 1 equals 7.  

In phonics, we have learnt how to say and write the phonemes ‘qu, x, nk, ng’. Children are learning to read simple words with these sounds in like that’, ‘quiz’ and ‘think’. The 2 letters that make one sound are known as ‘diagraphs’ and we also call them special friends.  Our red words this week are ‘I, go, to, the, me, my, she and he’. These are words we can’t sound out and need to know by sight. We have been putting these words into sentences orally. 

4th November

This week we have been learning about Diwali the Hindu festival of light. Children have learnt a simple poem about Diva lamps and a song about Diwali. We have also been building pretend bonfires outside using sticks and SCRAP materials. Children also enjoyed making fireworks pictures using chalk and paintbrushes with water. We had an assembly led by a PCSO all about fireworks safety.

Our Maths sessions this week have covered the number ‘6’. We have looked at language related to this number including ‘sixth’. We have also been using the language of adding and taking away for example 5 add 1 equals 6 and 7 take away 1 equals 6.

In phonics, we have learnt how to say and write the phonemes ‘th, sh, z and ch’. Children are learning to read simple words with these sounds in like that’, ‘chip’ and ‘shut’. The 2 letters that make one sound are known as ‘diagraphs’ and we also call them ‘special friends’. This week's red words are ‘I, go, to, the, me, my ’. These are words we can’t sound out and need to know by sight. We have been putting these words into sentences orally.

This half term our topic is ‘Our Community' and we would love to have visitors into school that work in one of the following jobs: Nurse, Doctor, Dentist, Dental Nurse, Firefighter, Paramedic, Vet, Veterinary Nurse or any jobs that involve someone helping in our community. We were excited to meet Ria the PCSO this week! Please speak to a team member if you do one of these jobs and would like to talk about it with our children.

Books are changed on a Friday for those children that bring a bag to school. Your child may have a wordless book, some green word cards or a sound-blending book plus a library book. Thanks to everyone who comments in the planner. We check these weekly.

21st October

This week we have been talking about our families and what is special about them. Our book this week has been ‘So Much’ and we have enjoyed it. It formed a massive part of our ‘Black History’ assembly in which we learnt more about Black culture.

Our Maths sessions this week have covered the number ‘5’. We have looked at language like ‘fifth’ in relation to this number. We have also been using the language of adding and taking away for example 4 add 1 equals 5 and 6 take away 1 equals 5.

In phonics, we have learnt how to say and write the sounds r, j, v, w and y. Children are learning to read simple words with these sounds in like ‘jet’ and ‘yak’. Our red words this week are ‘I’ ‘go’ ‘to’ and ‘the’. These are words we can’t sound out and need to know by sight. We have been putting these words into sentences orally.

Please continue to practise writing their name with your child at home and if they can already do this they can practise their surname. In school, we teach name writing with the first letter a capital and the rest of the letters lowercase.

Next half term our topic is ‘Our Community,’ and we would love to have visitors into school that work in one of the following jobs: Nurse, Doctor, Dentist, Dental Nurse, Firefighter, Paramedic, Vet, Veterinary Nurse or any jobs that involve someone helping in our community. Please speak to a member of the team if you do one of these jobs and would like to talk about it with our children.