Whiteley Reception

  Friday 22nd May This week week we have been thinking about celebrations and why they are special. We have then learnt about the Jewish celebration of 'Shabbat' and have thought about the similarities and differences with other celebrations.  You might like to talk to your child about celebrations you take part in with your family.  Maybe look back at some photos. Do all people share those celebrations? Do all children celebrate in the same way? How do different children celebrate their birthdays?  Phonics This week in phonics, we have been revising all the phase 2 and phase 3 sounds we have learnt so far. This week's sounds are ai, ee, igh and oa. We have also been revising all of the phase 2 and phase 3 tricky words. Click here to listen to the Phase 2 tricky word song Maths This week, we have revisited the concept of 'comparison'.  The children have thought carefully about where numbers to 10 are in relation to each other thinking carefully about which is mo...

  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...