This week we are continuing with our superhero topic with a focus on real life superheroes. We will be talking about the different qualities people show that makes them a superhero. This will include occupations such as police, doctors, teachers etc. On Thursday the children have been asked to come into school dressed as a superhero. This does not need to be a pre bought costume. We do not want you to go to any extra expense. Children can come in dressed as a certain colour or theme e.g. rainbow colours or sparkles or all one colour. We would like you to talk to your child about the quality that their superhero will have e.g. kindness, happiness, love, sunshine so they can talk about it with the class. Children do not need to have a cape or facemask but if your child would like one they can easily be made with a pillow case and some cardboard. Please speak to a member of staff if you are struggling for ideas.
In Maths this week we will be looking at shapes and how they can be manipulated. We will be looking at tangram puzzles and will be giving the children the challenge of copying some pictures and then using the shapes to make their own tangram pictures. The children will be focusing on how to rotate the orientation of shapes to change them.. We will also be looking at what different shapes we can make out of other shapes such as putting two triangles together to make a square.
The children are working hard in their phonic groups and most of them have now been introduced to all of the set 2 sounds. We are working hard on using the sounds to both read and write words. Continue to go through the sounds at the front of the on line reading book to check that your child knows all of the set two sounds and work on any that they are less confident of. Its lovely to see so many children doing their online work as well as their book bag book. Remember to sign your child’s diary every time they read with you.
The children are enjoying using the junk modelling to create their own models but we are often running low on supplies. Please send in any appropriate recycling for the children to use as it will always be used. We would like to say a big thank you to all of the parents who continue to contribute 50p each week. This money helps us to enhance the children’s learning with each of our new topics. Next week we will be making fruit kebabs and will need to purchase fruit for the children to be able to make these so all contributions are vital to help us provide these experiences for the children.
Can we please remind parents that your children should not be playing on or with the equipment at the start or end of the day. The equipment in the outdoor area is for the children’s learning and can easily get damaged by children not playing with it appropriately. Please supervise your children when waiting in the playground and remove them from any equipment if they begin to play on or with it. Your help with this is very much appreciated.
Have a lovely week,
The Reception Team