On Friday, Reception will be taking a trip over to Calthorpe Haven to place our messages of love onto the branches of the trees as part of this weeks ‘Love Topic.’ Please ensure your child has their wellies, a warm coat, hat, gloves and scarf in school on this day.
After attending the Inspire workshop, a few parents expressed the need for guidance on the pronunciation of the phonics letter sounds. Please watch the video and do not hesitate to contact any member of staff for any further support you may need.
This week our focus has been Valentines Day. We have been talking about the people we love and how we can show people we care for them. All the children have worked as a team to make heart shaped cookies to share with their family, made bouquets of flowers for their Valentine, used ICT to draw heart shapes (which will then be used to create Valentines cards), drawn portraits of their love etc. Love is in the air, in Reception!
Today reception went to the forest, we investigated the snow and used it to make a snowman called Sammy.
We looked at the Chinese New Year parade commenting on the different elaborate dragon outfits they wear. In PE we used the parachute and pretended to be the dragon experimenting with different ways of moving.
This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year looking at how Chinese people prepare and celebrate this annual event. We have made Chinese lanterns to symbolise the “Brightness of Spring” and given each other red envelopes with money to share ‘good luck’ for the coming year. We have also learnt about the 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac and retold the Chinese New Year story in small groups.
Thank you to all the parents who attended our Parent Workshop. It is wonderful to have such supportive parents. If you have any further questions about how you can support your child at home, please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Reception team.
We decided to put snow in the water tray and the children really enjoyed feeling the snow using vocabulary such as “crunchy” and “slippery.” They played with the Arctic animals acting out scenes from Happy Feet together.
This morning we had lots of fun exploring in the snow over at Calthorpe Haven; making snow angels, looking at the enviroment and working together to make an igloo!
We would like to remind all parents that we are having another Parent Workshop. This will give you an opportunity to see what phonics group your child is now in and also to see how you can support your child at home. We will have some activities for you to complete together at the end of the session and for all parents that attend there is even a little gift for you to collect! The dates for these workshops are as follows:
Class RS – Tuesday 29th January 2013
Class RD – Wednesday 30th January 2013
Please come in to school with your child on the morning, ready for the workshop to begin at 9am. We look forward to seeing you all there!