Author: Roxanne Conniff

This week has been full of festive fun! We have enjoyed playing various phonics and maths games while recapping on lots of learning we have done so far. We have listened to the Christmas story with lots of opportunities to retell the story using puppets and we then drew the scene from the Christmas story

This week we worked on words ending with -s and tricky words be, we and me. In maths we went over the importance of careful counting and counting from larger sets, counting sounds, objects and actions and remembering the ‘stopping number’ tells us how many altogether. We really enjoyed performing our Christmas concert for everyone

This week we finished phase 2 sounds by learning -sh, -th, -ng and -nk and the new tricky words she, he and of. In maths we drew attention to the purpose of counting, the concept of 1:1 correspondence and developing their understanding of the ‘stopping number’ being the last number they stop at when counting.

This week we learnt the sounds -z, -qu, plurals with -s and -ch and tricky words no, go to and into. In maths we consolidated our knowledge of part and whole numbers by looking at the composition of 3, 4 and 5 practically. In other areas we completed some science experiments using different vehicles and

This week we learnt the new sounds -v, -w, -x and y as well as new tricky words and, has, his and her. In maths we focussed on composition and parts and whole vocabulary looking at ourselves, toys, animals and numbers and how they are composed and de-composed. In our topic we thought about how

This week in Phonics we focussed on recapping some phase 2 sounds and tricky words. In maths we were thinking about comparing groups of objects by counting them 1:1 and reinforcing language such as more than, fewer than and equal number of. In other areas of learning we read the book No Bot, the Robot

This week we covered the sounds -ff -ll -ss and j. In maths we focussed on the importance of careful counting, counting to 5, counting actions, sounds and objects, their 1:1 correspondence skills and how many ‘altogether’. In other areas we looked at celebrations such as bonfire night, Diwali and our experiences with different celebrations.

This week we covered new sounds -h -b -f and -l and tricky words is, I and the. In Maths we worked on comparing quantities with language such as ‘more than’ and ‘fewer than’ being a main focus. Our mini project this week was Build it Up and we read The Three Little Pigs and

This week we have covered the sounds -ck, -e, -u and -r as well as tricky words is and I. In Maths we have been subitising and investigating numbers and patterns made with numbers up to 4. The children have enjoyed representing numbers in various ways. In other learning we have explored our Autumn Treasures

This week in reception we have continued our phonics learning and have now learnt the sounds g, o, c, k. We have also learnt our first tricky word ‘is’, we have enjoyed practising forming the graphemes and playing oral blending games. In maths we have been exploring how numbers can be composed of 1s and