This week we are focusing on the story ‘Aliens Love Underpants’. We will read and sequence the story and will also identify the rhyming words in the story. We will design our own underpants and will write a letter to the aliens. Throughout the week we will do different challenges based around the story such as making our own rocket and naming an alien. We will also be doing some pants work where we talk about how our pants are private and we should not be silly with our pants. This would be a great time to talk to your child about keeping their pant area private.
This week the children will be assessed on all of the sounds they have been taught so far and how well they are doing with their blending of sounds to read words. The results will then be used to see if children are ready to move on to the next stage of the reading scheme or whether they need further consolidation on what they have already learned. Continue to practice the sounds and go through the activities sent home with your child. There are also some blending activities below to provide further practice.
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/hrM7p9EE/aG1dSzLL
https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/gXFWynDz/3nkWfs1N
The comparison of quantities is something that children begin to do as babies. When comparing, children notice attributes and begin to understand differences and similarities. The activities this week will focus on further developing this innate skill as the children are encouraged to focus exclusively on the numerosity of sets, without being diverted by colour, shape or size. They will then be encouraged to notice when quantities are equal or unequal, and will begin to consider how they can manipulate the number of objects in 2 sets to make them equal. Language is a key focus and adults will reinforce the language of ‘more than’, ‘fewer than’ and ‘an equal number’ to describe how many objects there are in each set. ‘Fewer than’ is used rather than ‘less than’, as the focus is on countable things.
Over the last few weeks we have had a few children using inappropriate language. The staff have spoken to all of the children explaining how these words shouldn’t be used by children and should never be used in school. Please talk to your child about the use of inappropriate words and how they need to make the right choice and not use language they know they should not use. Please also be mindful of the language that you use when around your child as they listen to everything that is said and like to emulate what their parents say. Your help would be greatly appreciated with this matter.
Have a lovely week,
The Reception Team