2025/26
This term we will be welcoming our new class into reception with a smile and awaiting chances for learning and new adventures to be had. Our first book of the term is 'Each Peach Pear Plum' book which is linked to PSHE. Over the next two weeks we will be covering 'One Family' linked to Art and History. Then we will be covering 'Meesha and Friends' linked to PSHE. We will then be covering 'Funny Bones' linked to Science and PSHE. Our final book is 'Pumpkin Soup' linked to DT and we will be going on our first school trip to collect pumpkins. We also will be starting our phonics curriculum which we follow Phonics Shed. We will be starting on recapping Chapter 1 for the first week. Then for the rest of the term we will be starting Chapter 2 sets 1-4 meeting all of the new characters linked to the letters. Week 3 of the term we will be starting our Whiterose maths journey by looking at matching and sorting objects, looking at measurements and patterns and 1,2,3.
Funny Bones (Science & PSHE)
Over the past two weeks we have looked at 'Funny Bones'. We have created our own skeletons, looked at what things look like in the dark and we have also looked at other skeletons and how we are all different. We also looked at how we keep healthy looking at food, how we keep our bodies clean including our teeth. We had a visit from a dentist who supported our knowledge of looking after our teeth. Our phonics this week we looked at our first diagraph 'ck,k,e,u,r'. We continue to create CVC words using all of the letters we know. Also continued to blend sounds together to make CVC words using our phonics worksheets. Our Whiterose maths over the last two weeks we looked at big and small objects using boxes and objects to investigate what could fit in different size boxes. We also started to look at AB patterns and creating our own.
Phonics Workshop
We had our Phonics Workshop afternoon where we welcomed parents into the classroom to experience what activities we have available for children to access during our phonics lessons and how parents can support their children at home.
Garry Parsons our illustrator visit
We had the lovely Garry Parson visit us to show us what an illustrator does and what books he has drawn for. We had the chance to draw our own monster from one of his books under his guidance.
Dentist Visit
We had two dental nurses come to visit to extend our knowledge on keeping our teeth healthy and clean. We had the chance to look at teeth and experiment with toothbrushes to show us how we need the clean our teeth.
Phonics
Whiterose Maths
Meesha Makes Friends (PSHE)
This week we looked at the book 'Meesha makes friends'. We looked at what a good friend is, how we can be a good friend and we created our own friends using leaves. We also took photos of our friends using iPads and created recycled friends with different materials. During this week we also started looking at how the season is starting to change. Our Whiterose maths this week we sorted animals into coloured groups and we looked at more and fewer of different liquids. In Phonics we continued to meet new characters, new sounds and new actions. The new sounds we learn this week are 'g,o,c/k,k/k'.
Whiterose Maths
Phonics
One Family (Art & History)
Week two and three we have looked at the book 'One Family'. During these two weeks we have looked at family portraits, self-portraits and different types of families. While looking at self-portraits, we have explored different emotions while using mirrors. We have also started our Whiterose maths which involved creating matching sets, sorting and developing rules. We have also started our phonics following Phonics Shed scheme looking at chapters 1 and 2. Our sounds we have learnt are 's,a,t,p,i,n,m,d'.
Whiterose Maths
Phonics
Each Peach Pear Plum
The first week of reception has been about learning the routine, boundaries and expectations. We have settled in with our adult input sessions, child initiated learning time and our lunch time. We also explored the book with creating pies, making ingredient lists and talking about our favourite fruits.
Our New Garden
