English

Their story Ruby's worry has really helped the children to remember to talk to us adults about everything. They wrote Ruby a letter and also wrote all things they liked about Reception.

Maths

The children have been refining their addition and maths skills by tackling real life worded problems and drawn pictures as a visual reminder. 

RE

The Good Samaritan story really helped the children to understand how we help everyone, and they reenacted this parable with their friends.

Studying Hinduism has been so interesting, and you can see the children made temples out of Lego.

Understanding the world

The children are so proud that they grew strawberries and sunflowers and have been enjoying observing the insects that come with that. Learning about Egypt was fun and creative also.

Computing

Reception used Mini Mash to explore puzzles and pair games and used the computer to draw and type about themselves.

Art

The children made paper windmills as the character in their story, Ruby, had a windmill at the beach.

P.E

Gymnastics has been a wonderful success this year and the children are stronger than ever now. Sports day was great fun and the parents were great too!

Other News

We had a drumming workshop and a fantastic assembly. We also took part in money week.

SUM 2

At St Edmund’s we use ‘Little Wandle’ to teach phonics, common exception words and to support early reading development.

In Reception your child will be taught phonics every day.

Alongside the teaching of phonics, every child will be provided with daily opportunities to apply their phonic knowledge and skills in reading and spelling.

Listen to how to pronounce the sounds using this link

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/​

 

Home Reading

Book Bags – Book bags need to come in on Mondays. If they do not come in on Monday they will not be changed. Book Bags go home on Thursday.

Home Reading Book – This book is for your child to read.  At first your child will have non- worded books and then they will progress onto worded books. The books will include de-codeable words and tricky words that they will receive weekly.

Library Book– Your child will select a library book of their choice each week. This is for you to read to your child and your child is not expected to read this book.

Reading Record– Your child will have a reading record book.  You need to sign and make a comment in this book about how your child is reading. If the book is not signed we will not change your child’s books.

Useful Phonics Websites to Support Reading

Hear the Sounds- https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Sounding and Blending- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL5YUCPyC5I

Hear the Sounds- https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/resource-bank-old/learn-the-letter-sounds/

Learn the Actions-  https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/resource-bank-old/jolly-phonics-actions/

Sounding and Blending- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dsGcOf2y7k

Includes further Information on each phase as well as printable resources and links to online games- www.letters-and-sounds.com  

A wide range of games for sounds, words and rhyming-  www.ictgames.com/literacy  

Search engine designed for schools where you can find a wide range of resources and activities with a phonics focus- www.topmarks.co.uk

A parent and carers’ guide to tricky words- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmtOXbf3-0-

A Parent and carers’ guide to pronouncing phonemes- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTe5_Em0BHQ

Homework is put onto ‘Google Classrooms’ on Thursday and is to be handed in on Monday.  There will be an English and Maths Homework set weekly.

There will also be weekly phonics and words to learn. Your child is only expected to read the weekly words not write them. When your child is completing their reading, we will also ask your child to read the words and know their phonics.

Once a half-term your child will also be set an R.E. homework and a reading comprehension homework.

From time to time we will send home name writing sheets so that your child can practise writing their name. We use pre cursive letter formation in Reception which may mean that your child will need to practise more often if they have learnt to write their name in a different style.

Use the homework book provided if your child is asked to write for their homework but do not send it into school.

Children will have individual logins for the Active Learn website and Numbots website. Active learn has phonics games and online books to support your child with their reading. Each week a new book will be added to their account. There are pointer and support for parents inside the front and back cover to help you in supporting your child with their reading. Numbots is an interactive online website to support children to develop understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating.

Reception’s PE day is Thursday morning and Tuesday morning. Please send your child into school wearing their PE Kits not their school uniforms on Tuesdays. 

Earrings- Your child is not allowed to wear earrings on Tuesdays. These should be removed before your child comes to school. We are not allowed to remove earrings.

PE kits – Your child should wear a plain white polo or round neck t-shirt, a plain navy sweatshirt and plain navy jogging bottoms with plain navy shorts underneath. In the summer your child can wear plain navy shorts. Only plain black trainers or plimsolls are allowed.

Wow Moments

We know that school is not the only place that your child will be making progress and learning new things. We would love to hear about these ‘WOW ‘ moments. Feel free to write down these new achievements on a ‘wow card’ and send them in with your child. E.G “Thomas wrote his name independently”, “Thomas ate all of his vegetables”, “Thomas recognised the bus number 78”. We will share your child’s achievements with their class and display on our wall.

All About Me Book

Please share your child’s experiences outside of school by writing a short entry into this book. You may visit the cinema, a party, a museum or go for a nature walk. You could stick in cinema receipt, a map from the museum, a party invitation or leaves/flowers collected from your walk. The children love this opportunity to talk about their experiences, and it is a great opportunity for them to develop their confidence and speaking and listening skills in front of a group. Children really love to share photographs of the experiences too! If you are unable to print your pictures out, please load them onto 'Stream' in the Google Classroom.