The children had a fabulous time doing their sponsored wheels run. They cycled, scooted and pushed their way around 10 laps of the playground in the drizzly rain. We hope this encourages the children to get out on their bikes or scooters more and enjoy exercising to help they stay healthy. A big thank you to all of the parents for supplying bikes, scooters and pushchairs. The children were very excited to have them in school. Thank you for all of the sponsor money sent in so far. Please send in the money as soon as you can and we will let you know the total. Pass on our gratitude to all of the people who sponsored your children it is very much appreciated.
This week is culture week across the school. Early Years will be focusing on the country of Spain and its culture. The children will be involved in a wide variety of different activities across the week. They will be learning all about Spain and where in the world it is. They will be learning different Spanish greetings, how to count in Spanish as well as learning to flamenco dance. At the end of the week the children are encouraged to come into school dressed in traditional Spanish clothing or to wear the colours of the Spanish flag which are red and yellow. We are also hoping to end the week with a delicious Spanish treat of churros.
This week we will be assessing the children in their phonics to see if they have retained the sounds taught this half term and can segment and blend words containing those sounds to see if they are ready to move into the next Phonics group. Please continue to go over the sounds your child has learned. Although no books were set on line this week you can access all previous books set by clicking on Fred the frog on Oxford owl once your child has logged in. If you are looking for your own set of sound cards these can be purchased quite reasonably on Amazon.
We will also be assessing the children in Maths this week in a fun practical way to check their knowledge and understanding of all of the topics taught this year. We will then use this information to plan for the rest of the summer term so that we can plug any gaps the children may have. If you would like to try a range of Maths activities with your child, Topmarks maths has a wide variety of games covering a variety of topics which the children love to play.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=1
Can we please remind you once again to send your child into school with a waterproof coat with a hood. Even if the forecast is saying it is going to be dry the weather can change easily and children are getting cold and wet. When doing our sponsored wheels run many children had non waterproof jackets such as denim jackets or did not have a jacket at all. It is better that your child has a jacket if they need it as it can stay on their peg rather than not having a jacket and not being able to join in the activities they want to join with. Remember unless it is raining heavily the children will be outside at lunchtime.
School breaks up for the half term holiday on Friday 24th May. Enjoy your break
The Reception Team