Reception
Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you all had a very enjoyable holiday and would like to thank you for the lovely cards and gifts we received. This is the second of our curriculum letters which will give you an overview of what the children have been learning at school. This will help you support your child at home and encourage them to talk about what they have been doing at school.
Term 3 - Houses and homes
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Communication, Language and Literacy Holiday news Describing my own house
Name writing. Writing and spelling of high frequency words
Word building –CVC words- (consonant/vowel/consonant words) c-a-t=cat, d-o-g=dog, p-i-g=pig Sounding out the words. Matching the sounds to the letters. Writing the words. Letter formation-handwriting |
Mathematical Development Finding one more/one less from a group of objects or number. Counting forwards and backwards from 0-10, 0-20. Number recognition by playing Bingo!
Counting objects accurately to 10 and above. Writing numbers.
2d and 3d shapes-describing them and naming them. Language associated with volume and capacity-full, empty, more, less. |
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development The Golden Rules Golden Time as a reward for following the Golden Rules (Friday afternoons)
Turn taking
Working as part of a group Selecting resources independently |
Knowledge and Understanding of the World Intro estate agent for role play -Designing and making houses in 2d and 3d using a variety of materials, Discuss different types of houses-flat, house, bungalow etc. Label house parts Making houses out of recyclable materials Animal homes. Visit pond & school grounds, where do different animals make their homes and why. |
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Physical Development Gymnastics in the hall. Travelling under and over equipment. Recognising changes to our bodies when we exercise eg. Getting hot, panting, heart beating faster. Ride on toys Using a variety of small and large play equipment. Developing cutting skills using scissors. Fine motor skill development-drawing letters in shaving foam, pencil control name writing. Accurate letter formation. |
Creative Development Music with Mrs. Tucker(Tuesday afternoons) Singing familiar songs Designing their own houses Black pen drawings of houses and buildings Painting/collage of their house |
We are learning to read and spell the following:
High Frequency Words of the Week: like, going, big, they, and, in, she, my, see, it, in, mum, get, away, at, play, for, a, dad, can, cat, is, all, am, he, that, this, then, them, with
Tricky Words of the Week: he, the, she, we, me, be
Sounds of the Week: s, a, t, i, p n, m, d, g, o, u, c, k, ck (end sound),e ,r ,h ,b ,f ,ff, l, ll, ss, j, v, w ch, sh, th, ng, x, y, z, zz, qu
We hope you find this newsletter useful. We welcome your feedback and any questions you may have.
Thank you for your continued help and support.
The Reception Team.