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Week 29: This week we have carried on exploring the book Superworm and used it to explore our imagination - what has Superworm been? How can we carry the story on? We have also looked at numicon and number composition alongside learning how to complete jigsaws. Lastly we learned about St. Georges Day. A lovely week.
Caterpillars - they are getting bigger and bigger and now are in their cocoons
week 28: Welcome back to the Summer Term. This week we have been resettling into our class community and recapping our prior learning ready to complete new learning. We have introduced our new topic Superheros through Superworm (a minibeast which helps us remember last terms topic). We have thought about what makes a superhero and how real life people are superheros too! We have acted out the story of Superworm and discussed how we can be super people by keeping healthy and getting a good nights sleep. We have also explored numberbonds to 10, sorted insects by characteristics and lastly recapped the seasons. What a busy start to another exciting term.
Week 27: Happy Easter and Eid Mubarak to all our children and families. This week we have been learning about the Christian festival of Easter. We have made easter cards, chocolate nests and taken part in an egg hunt. Our caterpillars have also started the next stage of their life cycle and gone into their cocoons (Miss Elliott has kindly taken then home for Easter and will document what happens - watch this space for when we come back to school).
Week 26: This week we have learnt about Ramadan and spoken about our own experiences. We have been exploring the book 'The Very Quiet Cricket' and learning about verbs and friendship. Within Maths we have consolidated our numbers to 20 and beyond by linking to more/ fewer and addition/subtraction. We have also been reinforcing our reading skills and realising that we need to listen to ourselves so that we can understand what we are reading. Lastly we have watching our caterpillars getting BIGGER and it looks like they are preparing to spin their cocoons very soon.
Week 25: This week we have been exploring the life cycle of the butterfly in more depth (we have had some special visitors arrive in our class to help reinforce our learning). We have also been taking part in science week by learning more about insects and invertebrates and sorting by characteristics and labelling the different parts. Within Maths we explored pattern and symmetry. We have taken part in Red Nose Day on Friday too.
Red Nose Day - we really enjoyed the adult Masked Singer competition in school. Well done Tigar for coming first.
Week 24: This week our topic book was 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. We used this book to explore the days of the week, longer and shorter as well as becoming very familiar with a factual story obout a caterpillar. We also dressed up for World Book Day - see the separate photos below to see our costumes and parade. We also created some lovely Mother's Day Cards and Bouquets.
World Book Day:
Week 23: We had a lovely restful half term and have come back to school eager to learn. This week we started our new topic 'all about Minibeasts' (see our special visitor photos in the section below). We have begun to use our phonics to write about experiences this week and we are continuing to consolidate our letters and sounds. In Math's we have been exploring the signs for greater than and less than. We are looking forward to another exciting term.
Week 23: Our Minibeast Visit included a stick insect, hissing cockroaches, giant millipede, a giant snail and a tarantula spider! The children (and staff!!!) were very brave. We have definitely got a few budding zoologists in our class. We have a brilliant time and had a very dood discussion about the different minibeasts.
Week 22: This week was the last week in Spring 1 and we have tasted foods from around the World, celebrated Pancake Day and made cards for Valentines Day. We have been consolidating all our learning from the year so far. We are looking forward to the next half a year too!
Week 21: Oh my....what a week. We have been to China, America and Nigeria this week. We have learnt about the food, people and countries. When we were in China - we also explored Chinese New Year and the Chinese Zodiac before taking part in a dragon dance workshop. When we were visiting America we took part in a drama workshop and became cowboys and girls and went on an adventure to find the golden haired horse with Sheriff Billy! (Photos of both experience are included below - scroll down). We have also been consolidating our number knowledge this week by exploring number composotiona nd fact families (when 3 numbers can be swapped about in a calculation). Within this week we have also been learning about short vowels, tricky words and capital letters. Lastly, this week has been mental health week and we have been talking about how our voice matters and the importance of listening.
Week 21: Dragon Dance Workshop (Dance Days) - we enjoyed ourselves a lot. The children listened and took part very well indeed. We are extremely proud of them. Some video is included in the Video Resource Centre link (Children - scroll down and click on Video Resource Centre)
Week 21: America - Yee-Haw! workshop (Perform for Schools). Some video is included in the Video Resource Centre link (Children - scroll down and click on Video Resource Centre)
Week 20: This week we have begun to explore alternative spellings to some of our know sounds (y as ee), reinforcing our digraphs and begun to explore our knowing and writing capital letters as well as reinforcing our High Frequency Words. In Maths, we have been learning about coins - what they are used for, what they look like and coin value We have also been travelling around the world with our passports - we have been to France, Spain, India and Italy. We are very excited for next week as we are going to visit China, North America and Nigeria.
Week 18 and 19: We have been exploring same and different - thinking about and discussing our local area and key vocabulary such as landmark, town, city and countryside. We have been exploring same and different in response to people and places and within phonics we have been learning the new sounds of qu, ou, oi, ue, ar and er. We have also been learning about addition and doubles. Another fun couple of weeks.
Week 16 and 17: Happy New Year! We have resettled well into class. This week and a bit we have been revisiting all of our phonics knowledge and paid particular attention to ch sh and th as well as our high frequency and tricky words. We have experience the COLD weather and seen the frost and the snow. We have begun to explore our local area through learning about maps and using google maps to find our way home. We walked around the local area of our school, created a flat 2D map and then created our 3D map of our school. Lastly, we discussed our local landmarks and places that we go during an everyday (we remembered Romford, Asda, Tesco, the swimming pool, the library and the bowling alley).
Week 15: Christmas week - We performed our nativity - see the green splat for the year group icon. We have also completed lots of Christmassy activities and had our Christmas party. We also learnt the digraphs ch and sh. Merry Christmas and wishing us all a happy and healthy new year!
Week 14: We have had a busy week practicing our Christmas performance - we had a dress rehearsal in front of year 1. The teachers were very impressed. We have also had our school Christmas dinner (both of these groups of photographs are saved in the year group folder - green splat). We have also been exploring number to 20, making our Christmas cards and the sound oo OO , y and x. Another great week.
Week 13: This week we have been practicing hard for our School Christmas play and we decorated our classroom for the Season. We have also been learning our new letters and sound for z, w, ng and v. We wore our Christmas Jumpers on Christmas Jumper Day and have begun to investigate the numbers that make the number bonds to 5. Another busy week.
Week 12: This week we have explored the book Dear Zoo and thought about making sure we can keep animals safe and cared for. We have learnt about the digraphs ai, ie, ee and or. We have begun to rehearse our Christmas performance and watched a Christmas performance of the Snow Queen. It also has been very cold, frosty, icy and it snowed! Lastly, we have been learning about number families for the number 3 and 4 using part, part and whole.
Week 11: An exciting week where we have been introduced to our Christmas performance (our lines have gone home so that we can practice being nice and loud for our adults!) We have also explored the Savannah habitat through reading 'the Ugly Five'. We have also been learning about the phonemes f, b, ai and j and begun to apply our sounds in our reading and writing. In Maths we have been exploring 1 less in Maths. We are also very good now at zipping up our coats as the weather takes a turn for the colder.
Week 10: This week we have been busy wearing our odd socks and learning all about making a noise if we see or hear unkind things. We have also carried on our learning about Rainforests and have learnt all about the different layers of a rainforest and the animals that live there. In Maths we have investigated one more and begun to learn about number stories using + and =. We have also been exploring the letters g, o, u and l and begun to really concentrate on using our phonics to read and write CVC words. On Friday we have been busy having fun and raising money on Children in Need day. We have worn our own clothes, played games, danced and played kindly together. Another lovely week has been had by all.
Week 9: This week we have been busy with our Understanding of the World. We have learnt about and created our own fireworks, made poppies for our class wreath in preparation for Remembrance Sunday and learnt about the festival of Diwali. We have also carried on our phonic journey by learning about the letters h, r, m and d and our maths journey by learning about ordering number. Lastly, we have started to learn about rainforest animals after reading Monkey Puzzle. A busy, creative week.
Week 8: We have come back from our half term break and are ready and raring to go in with continuing our exciting learning journeys. This week we have concentrated on learning about and exploring 'Under the Sea'. We have read a story about a little fish and a big fish and a hat! We have learned what makes fish and people different and then grouped animals into sea animals and land animals. We have been exploring counting, number formation and big and little this week as well. We have also been busy recapping and remembering the letters we have been learning before continuing our phonic journey next week )we have also begun our reading journey using phonic readers with our adults). We do like school..
Week 7: Occupations Week - this week we have been Artists, Librarians, Refuse Collectors, Chefs and Gardeners - the world of work is an interesting place! We have also been exploring the idea of consent and our personal bubble of space and how we have the right to say No. We also began to learn the grapheme and phoneme for N, C, K, CK, E and carried on learning about number. We have had a wonderful start to our learning journey here at Leys.
Week 6: This week we began our phonics journey in earnest and explored a letter a day (SATIP). We also continued to use our basic knowledge wallets in preparation for them going home next week. We investigated our class eye colours, our features and our family features, heritage and occupations during our carpet session discussions. Lastly in Maths - we were learning all about more and fewer. We cannot believe we have nearly completed a half term in Reception. It is very exciting!
Week 5: This week we have concentrated on exploring Black History. We have been learning about Floella Benjamin by reading 'Coming to England'. We have been exploring the Caribbean and comparing it to England and using the words same, different and equal. We have looked at shape and pattern in Maths and creative activities. We have had a fun week.
Week 4: We have been busy exploring our five senses this week and using our descriptive language to describe what we can see, hear, touch, smell and taste. We have also been using our senses to explore the change in season as we begin to notice what is happening to the world around us. Within Maths we have concentrated on counting in lots of different ways to 5 and more. lastly, we are continuing to reinforce our school rules and that they are there to help us learn in a safe, pleasant way in our school community.
Week 3: Full Time! This week we have been focusing on feelings and our body. We have also been thinking about how we are kind to each other and adults when we use our words - can you see our photos of us practicing 'my turn, your turn'. In Maths, we have been exploring number and counting.
Settling in Week 2: This week we have focused on continuing to establish new friendships, rules and routines. We have met our School Trusted Adults and had lunch in school for the first time. We have done very well and the whole school are proud of us. We are sure you are too!
Settling in: Week 1 - this week we have been excited to start school. We have been exploring our new classroom and becoming familiar with our new friends and routines.
