Whiteley Reception

Friday 28th March  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 about 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 re ad and write words with the long 'oo' sound (as in spoon), the short 'oo' sound (as in book) and the digraph 'ar'. We have been introduced to the  "tricky" words " we " and " are " - these are words we learn to recognise by sight.  It would really support your child to remember all the new digraphs 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 used pra...

Friday 14th 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! Here is...

Friday 21st March  People Who Help Us 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 This week, the children have continued to explore the composition of numbers within 10, focusing on the ‘special case’ of when 2 equal parts combine to make a whole. The children first used their skills of comparison and identify when 2 sets are equal or NOT equal. The children have started to recall some doubles facts e.g. double 2 is 4, double 5 is 10. Parent top tips! Encouraging your child's independence It is really important to encourage your child to be independent...

  Friday 7th 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 ben 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 to...