Whiteley Reception

Friday 1st 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 practiced writing words and sentences using these sounds. We have also learnt the tricky words he, my, by and she  . Bug club phase three actions Bug club phase 2 actions 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 to g

  Friday 23rd February This week at school we were excited to walk to the post box to post our letters. We hope that they arrive soon! On our walk, we practised using positional vocabulary to describe our journey and the features of our local environment e.g. "We walked past the bus stop.", "We went over the stream." We made simple maps to show our walk. We used Google Earth to zoom into our school from space. We discussed how our world looks from above and identified features. Phonics In phonics this week we have learnt to read and write words with the phonemes j , v , w and  x .  We have learnt the new tricky words me and be . - these are words we learn to recognize by sight. Please use the games on your child's Bug Club account to practise these new sounds. Please also check your child's reading log to find out which book to read at home to practise these sounds. This is really important as there is a lot of new learning to remember this week. Thank you

 Friday 9th February | This week we have looked at the story 'Rosie's Walk' by Pat Hutchins.  We have learnt about positional language (over, across, through) and used these words to retell the story using story props. Click here to watch 'Rosie's Walk'. This image shows some of the other positional words we have been using this week. We have also been very busy writing letters to our families that we are going to pop into the postbox the week after half term.  Thank you if you have already sent in a stamp with your child's name on it. If you have not yet done so, please send in a stamp (labelled with your child's name) straightaway after half term as some children will be walking to the post box on Monday 19th February. Phonics This week in phonics, we have been learning the letters  l , ll, s  and  ss  with a particular focus on letter formation and writing CVC words such mess , till and lip . Please use the games on Bug Club to practise these sounds

 Friday 2nd February This week we have continued to discuss the story of Stanley's stick. We went for a walk in the woods to collect sticks. 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 revisiting the letters h,b,f and ff with a particular focus on letter formation and writing CVC words such as hat, bug and fit. 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 this book two more times at home to develop your child's confidence and fluency.    It's really important