Whiteley Reception

  Friday 15th May This week in Reception has been so exciting! All are eggs have hatched into ducklings. The children have loved observing them, holding them and helping to look after them. We have been developing our Understanding of the World (science) learning, making careful observations and using our words to describe and write about what we can see. We hope that your child has enjoyed the experience and told you all about it. Phonics  This week in phonics, we have been revising all the phase 2 and 3 sounds we have learnt so far. This weeks sounds are :-ch, sh, th and ng. We have also been revising all of the phase 2 and phase 3 tricky words. Click below to listen to phase 2 tricky word song. Click below to listen to phase 3 tricky word song. Maths This week, the children have review the composition of the numbers 6 to 9 using the ‘5 and a bit’ structure, and have explored how 10 can be composed. They have also develop a sense of the ‘ten-ness of 10’ by making their own c...

  Friday 8th May This week in Year R, we had a very exciting trip to Longdown Activity Farm.   We loved seeing all the different farm animals and enjoyed stroking a chick, collecting eggs and feeding the goats. Thank you to all our kind volunteers who supported us on the day.   This week at school, we have had a very exciting time!  We received an incubator full of eggs for us to hatch! We found out about animals that hatch from eggs and made predictions about what we thought our eggs might contain. Phonics This week in phonics we have revisited the phase 3 sounds  y, z, zz, qu We have practised writing words and sentences using these sounds. Maths This week we have been using rhymes to help us learn the pairs of numbers that make 5.  We have learnt the sentence... "5 is made of _ and _; _ and _ make 5 altogether." ... for each pair of numbers.   This will consolidate the children's understanding of the composition of 5. Thankyou for your sup...

 Friday 1st May Trip to Longdown Activity Farm We are very excited about our trip to Longdown Activity Farm next Wednesday 6th May.    Please can you make sure your child has... - a water bottle - a waterproof coat - sensible shoes to walk around a farm (they are allowed to wear trainers to school on this day). - their lunch (if you haven’t pre- ordered a school lunch) - please apply 24 hour protection suncream.  Your child might like to wear leggings or trousers as we will be handling some small animals at the farm. Thank you for your support This week we have been learning about the farm. We have thought about the animals that we might find at the farm. We have learnt about the names of baby animals. We have found out which products different animals produce. We are really looking forward to our trip to Longdown Activity farm. Phonics We will be revisiting all the phase three sounds this term to practise applying these to our reading and writing. This week in phoni...

 Friday 24th April This week, we have continued to learn about 'People who help us'.  We have continued learning about the features of non-fiction books such as the contents page, headings, labels, bold print and glossary. We also thought how the police help us, when our favourite swing went missing from our outdoor classroom. We created posters to help find our missing swing and pinned them around the school. Phonics In phonics this week, we have learnt to read and write words with 'ear', 'air', 'ure' and 'er'. We have continued learning the phase 3 tricky words. Click here to listen to the phase 3 tricky word song   It would really support your child to remember all the digraphs and trigraphs that we are learning if you could play some of the games related to these sounds on your child's bug club account. Thank you! Maths This week, the children have continued to engage in activities that draw attention to the purpose of counting - to find ...

  Friday 17th April  People Who Help Us Phonics In phonics this week, we have learnt to read and write words with the digraphs and trigraphs  ur ,  ow and oi . The new tricky word is  you. It would really support your child to remember the new digraphs that we are learning if you could play some games related to these sounds on your child's bug club account. Thank you Maths This week, the children used practical objects to sort objects according to different criteria. They have been encouraged to notice different attributes in groups of objects – such as colour, size or function – and to describe what they have noticed.  They have played games of ‘How am I sorting?’, the children have gone on to develop their own criteria for sorting.  Parent top tips! Encouraging your child's independence It is really important to encourage your child to be independent so that it builds their confidence and self- esteem. In school we try to encourage the children to b...

Friday 27th March  Welcome to our last blog before the Easter holidays. This week we have been busy doing doing lots of Easter activities in school..  There is no set homework over the next 2 week break but we hope that the children will continue to read regularly with you at home.  We wish you all a lovely break with your families. RE We have been learning about Easter through the concept of 'new life'.  First, we discussed when / where we have seen signs of new life e.g. new buds on trees, spring flowers.  We talked about the signs of spring - lambs being born and chicks hatching.  Then we learnt what Christians believe about new life and Jesus at Easter. We enjoyed making our Easter cards. Phonics This week in phonics, we have learnt the phonemes 'oo' (moon), 'oo' (book) 'ar' and 'or'. We also learnt the tricky words 'you' as well as recapping all previously learnt tricky words. Maths In Maths this week, we have been learning the names...

  Friday 20th March This week we have been thinking about special clothes. The children have talked about their own special clothes and when and why they wear them. We have discussed how wearing special clothes makes you feel. We have also learnt about the special clothes that are worn during a Christian baptism and a Hindu wedding. The children have considered the question 'Are special clothes important?'  Thank you to everyone who took the time to send in photos of their child wearing special clothes. Phonics In phonics this week, we have learnt to read and write words with the digraphs and trigraphs  ai ,  ee ,  igh  and  oa . We have consolidated our recognition of the new "tricky" words -  me, my, he, she, be, by.  These are words we recognise by sight. It would really support your child to remember the new digraphs that we are learning if you could play some games related to these sounds on your child's bug club account. Thank you Maths...

 Friday 13th March T his week we have continued with our work about Supertato, the veggie superhero.  We have been very busy writing speech bubbles for the super veggies we made last week. We have tried hard to remember to write our sentences with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. Phonics This week in Phonics, we have ben learning about the sounds sh, ch, th and ng.  We have practised writing words and sentences using these sounds. We have started to learn the Phase 3 tricky words: me, my, he, she, be, by Click here to listen to the phase three tricky word song Maths This week the children have consolidated their understanding of the composition of numbers by investigating the numbers within 7. eg. seeing that 7 can be made of 5 and 2. They have begun to recognise that numbers can be made by combining parts in different ways and have been encouraged to make links by considering similarities and differences in the various ways of making 7. Parent top tips! H...

  Friday 6th March This week, we have been reading the story of 'Supertato'.  He is a supermarket hero who saves the day when there is an evil pea on the loose! We have discussed our likes and dislikes about the story and have explored new vocabulary such as 'gasped', 'vanished' and 'in distress'.  We have practised joining in with the reading using lots of expression in our voices. We have even made our own Super Veggies!  We had lots of fun. Phonics This week in Phonics, we have been learning about the sounds y, z, zz and qu.  We have practised writing words and sentences using these sounds. We have started to learn the Phase 3 tricky words. Click here to listen to the phase three tricky word song Maths This week, we have been learning about comparison of quantities using the language 'more than', 'less than' and 'equal to' to describe the relationship between numbers e.g. 5 is more than 4. You may like to encourage your child t...