Whiteley Reception

  Friday 6th February This week we have continued to discuss the story of Stanley's stick. Using the sticks we bought to school, we talked about what they could be.  Then we have written a sentence about what we pretended our stick could be.  For example...                                                       The stick is a dinosaur. The stick is a fishing rod. The illustrator of Stanley's stick, Neal Layton, sent a video for the children to watch about how he creates his illustrations. It was very interesting.  Phonics This week in phonics, we have been learning the letters h, b, f and ff  with a particular focus on letter formation and writing CVC words such as hat, bin and fan. Maths This week in Maths we have been focusing on the language of 'more than', 'fewer than' and 'have an equal number'. We have compared sets of objec...

  Friday 30th January This week, we have been reading the story of 'Stanley's stick' by Jon Hegley and illustrated by Neal Layton.  We have discussed the language used in the story and talked abou t all the different things that Stanley imagines his stick to be. Maths This week, we have continued our work on activities that develop the children's understanding of composition, or the number within numbers. The children developed their understanding of pairs of numbers that make 5, and used double die frames to begin to explore 6 and 7 that are composed of '5 and a bit'. Phonics This week in Phonics, we have revisited the sounds ck, e, r, and u with a particular focus on letter formation and writing CVC words such as pen, rug and rat. Reading Thank you for returning the phonic reader books each Wednesday.  Unfortunately we are not having enough books back each week and baskets of books are looking rather empty. Please check you at home if you have any phonic readi...

    Friday 23rd January Winter This week we have been looking at a non-fiction book about Winter.  We have learnt about the features of a non-fiction book such as contents page, headings, labels, the index and the glossary page. Phonics This week in phonics, we have been revisiting the letters  g, o, c  and  k  with a particular focus on letter formation and writing CVC words such as run, set and rock. Maths This week we have been learning about the pairs of numbers that make 5. We have sung the song '5 little speckled frogs' and noted how many frogs jumped into the pool and how many frogs were left on the log. We have used a 5 frame to help us see the pairs of numbers that make 5 e.g. 5+0=5, 4+1=5, 3+2=5 and so on. Reading Please check your child's reading log each Friday to find out which Bug Club book they have read at school each week. This will be allocated to your child's Bug Club account.  Please can you read this book two more times at hom...

   Friday 16th January This week we have compared similar toys from now and the past. We thought about how they were the same and how they were different by looking at things such as the materials they were made from. Thank you so much for sending in photos of toys that you or your parents played with as children. We have really enjoyed looking at and talking about them. Phonics In phonics this week we have been revisiting the letters   i , n , m and d .  We have used these sounds to focus on letter formation and to write CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. We have also revised the phase 2 tricky words.  Phase 2 tricky word song Reading Please can you check your child's reading log each Friday to find out which Bug Club book they have read at school each week.  This will be allocated to your child's bug club account.  Please can you read his book two more times at home to develop your child's confidence and fluency.  It's really important to...

 Friday 9th January Happy New Year and welcome back to school.  We hope that you had a lovely time together.   T his week at school, we have been learning about toys.  The children talked to the class about their favourite toys and we have practised talking in full sentences. We learnt about the materials that toys are made from and compared the toys we play with now to those we enjoyed as babies.  The children tried hard to explain what makes toys suitable for babies and toddlers. Next week, we will be learning about toys in the past.  Please could you ask any grandparents or great grandparents if they have any photos of themselves as children playing with toys.  It would be lovely to share these with the class.  If you have any please could you email a copy to yearr@whiteleyapps.com Thank you! Phonics In phonics this week we have been revisiting the letters s,a,t and p.  We have used these sounds to focus on letter formation and to write CV...

 Friday 12th We would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the children for their wonderful nativity performances this week. They have been so excited to share the performance with you. I am sure you were just as excited to see them! Celebrations This week we have been thinking about celebrations, in particular Birthdays. We have been thinking about how birthday celebrations often have the same elements e.g. cards, presents and cake. We have also noticed that our birthday celebrations look different now from when we were babies. This week was Lola's birthday (our class toy). We celebrated by making cards and banners, by hanging balloons and of course, singing her happy birthday. Phonics This week in phonics we have been learning the letter sounds  l, ll, ss and s. We have been reading and writing words that contain these sounds. We have also revised all the letter sounds learnt so far. These are the phase 2 tricky words that we are learning. I, to, no, go, into, her, the Here is...

   Friday 5th December This week, we have continued to read the story 'The foggy foggy forest'.  We have been writing a sentence to add to the story using rhyming words. Phonics This week in phonics we have been revisited the sounds  h, b, f  and the digraph  ff . We have been reading and spelling words containing these phonemes e.g. bed, fun, huff etc. Bug Club Please see your child's reading log to see which book has been allocated this week.  We ask that you read the book twice more at home to support our 3 read approach. Thank you to those parents who are logging onto bug club and reading with their child.  It really does boost their confidence if they have shared the selected book at home. Maths This week in Maths, we have been thinking about the purpose of counting i.e. to find out how many objects there are?  The children have revisited 1-1 correspondence and remembering the stopping number. We also explored counting orally to larger n...

 Friday 28th November This week we have continued to read the story of the 'Foggy Foggy Forest'. We have been writing a sentence to add to the story using rhyming words.  For example, In the Foggy Foggy Forest  it is a fox in a box  or In the Foggy Foggy Forest  it is a cat in a hat. Phonics This week we have introduced the letters ck, e, u and r.  We have learnt the names of the letters, the sounds they make and the accompanying action. You may like to ask your child to show you these actions. We have identified words that contain these letters e.g. sack ends with 'ck', pen has 'e' in the middle of the word. Maths This week the children will build on their understanding of the composition of numbers eg. seeing that 3 can be composed of 1 and 2. They have also consolidated their understanding of a whole being made up of smaller parts. We had great fun making our own 'stampolines' to show different ways of making 4. Nativity. We are excited to invite you ...

Friday 21st November A huge thankyou for all the money you have raised for our nursery rhyme singalong. You have been incredibly generous and have raised £ 1905! We are very grateful and we will let you know how your generous donations have benefitted your children. Thankyou! This week we have continued our work on the book 'Wow! said the owl' by the author Tim Hopgood. We have been into the woodlands for a scavenger hunt to try to match the colours from the story to the world around us. Then we described what we have seen.  We thought carefully about the words we use in a sentence and remembered to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.  We have added an adjective (describing word) to a simple sentence e.g.  I can see beautiful red butterflies. If you would like to listen to the story with your child please click here. Phonics This week we have introduced the letters g, o, c and k.  We have learnt the names of the letters, the sounds they make and the ...