Category Archives: Reception 2019-2020

Outdoor Kitchen Role Play

Some of us have come back to school over the last two weeks.

We are enjoying seeing our friends, talking to our teachers and learning lots of fun new things.

 

Here we are planting and looking after our tomatoes!

 

Cutting and cooking our carrots in the outdoor kitchen. We make very good chefs!

It’s hard work…..

Soup anyone?

 

Keep checking back for more updates of our school learning.

See you soon!

Love Reception class xxx

Friday 15th May 2020

It’s Friday …

Good morning Reception. I hope you are all well and enjoyed the sunshine yesterday. It has been wonderful receiving your e-mails. Please keep them coming !

 

PE day ! Time to get active.

Remember you can always follow Joe Wicks if you prefer his PE sessions.

Phonics 

Quick recap from yesterday :

Read the words :    tight, light , tight , night , fight

Let’s learn the tricky words no , me and this and  the oa sound. Click on the image below.

Challenge 1

Read and draw :

  • a goat in a red coat
  •  soap and a tap
  •  a dog on a road

Challenge 2  

Complete the sentences by choosing the correct word :

This coat is ……….. ( fight / tight ).

We sail at ……… ( night/ might) in a ………. ( boat/ goat).

 Extra Tricky Challenge 

Use the words foam and soap to write or tell a grown up about how we should wash our hands.

 

Maths 

Home Learning Packs 

Recap  doubles and halves from yesterday. Have a go at the doubling activities in your packs.

 

Please click on the image and follow Day 5 – The Very Busy Spider

Today the learning is all about positional language.

There is a lovely activity at the end of the video and you will need to get moving again !

 

 

 

 

Do you like to wriggle ? Let’s  finish with some  wormy wriggling – wriggle your shoulders and wriggle your toes …

You deserve a rest now !

Bookworm Time !

Click on the image to read the book below.

 

Explore more free e-books by Oxford Owl. See Home Learning pack information sheet or click pupil zone tab on school website homepage and click on Oxford Owl.
Username: stvincentrec
Password: reading

 

Have a lovely weekend.

Look after each other and all God’s creatures big or small.

Ms Chopra-Morris

Thursday 14th May 2020

Good Morning Reception        

 

Wake up with a song and move along.

How many watermelons did cheeky Herman eat ?

 

Phonics

Revise the igh trigraph and tricky words. Click on the image below and listen carefully. Join in just like you would in the classroom.

Challenge 1

Write out the words in your best handwriting :

light             night            high 

Challenge 2

Complete the sentences below . Choose from these words:

light             high      night        fright 

I go to sleep at ………..,

The  bat gave me a ……….. !

I saw a fox under the ……..   of the moon.

We went to see the fox ……..up in the tree .

Tricky extra challenge:

Make up your own rhyming sentences using igh words .

(sight , light , might , fight , right etc )

E.g. I had a fright in the middle of the night.

Maths 

Click on the image below and follow day 4.

Quick extra activity :

How many worms altogether ?

One worm wriggled away . Now how many worms ?

 

Home Learning Pack 

You will have a brown envelope labelled  ‘Yukky Worms’ like the picture below. Inside you find a pipe cleaner and a small pom-pom.

Get those fingers working wormologists !

Can you make a:

  • curly worm ?
  • straight worm ?
  • wriggly worm ?
    cheeky worm ?

Now , ask a grown up to help you and cut the pipe cleaner into three worms . Can you order them from shortest to longest ?

 

Now label your worms and give them a face if you like! Use the words longest and shortest.

Challenge 

If you have a ruler at home, ask a grown up to help you measure your worms in centimetres (cm).

Book worm time 

Revisit our theme book Yukky Worms.

Find out more  about your sunflowers from Mrs. O’Brien …

Enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you for your e-mails and keep them coming !

Tomorrow is Friday and that means …  Yes P.E. Get ready to move !

Take care,

Ms Chopra-Morris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 7th May 2020

Good Morning Reception!

Hello,  I hope you are well. It has been lovely talking to you and your parents this week on the phone. We are glad that you enjoyed your little treat and are enjoying playing with the balloons (even though some have burst) .

Thank you to Misan for sharing your super work ! You really are a little learning star !

Tomorrow is a bank holiday  (VE day) so we will do our P.E. today.
Let’s get moving.

 Phonics Time

Time to look at the phoneme ee and revise some tricky words.

Challenge:

Can you write a sentence using  both  words ? Say the sentence first then write it down.

  1.  king        feet                          (e.g  The King had smelly feet.)
  2.  see      man
  3.  feel      happy
  4.   to   meet

Home learning pack activities:

You will find these activities in your  home learning packs .

Put the pictures in the right order.

Share the story with somebody you love over the weekend.

 

Hungry Caterpillar Maths

Please continue to follow the White Rose Maths activities .
There is an activity for each day linked to our story, The Hungry Caterpillar.
Click on the image below for Summer Term Week 3 Activity 4.

You can work through the activity together after you have watched the slide show. It is all about sharing.

Challenge:

How many bears can you count ?  If you shared these bears with your mummy, how many bears would you each have ? ( You might like to use your own toys to help you  share equally)

Extra  Tricky Challenge:

Rae and Kulsum  have some bears to share.

Which numbers of bears can they share equally so that there are none left over?

Can they share one bear equally?  Can they share two bears equally?  Three bears?  Four bears…?

What do you notice about the numbers they can share fairly? It might help to look at a number line and mark the numbers that do share fairly onto it. Do you notice a pattern?

Home learning pack activities:

You will find these activities in your packs to complete over the weekend.

Time to relax with a story

 

Have you planted your sunflower seed ? I wonder how tall it will grow?

What do plants need to grow ? How do you feel when you look at a sunflower ?

Who made them ?  How can we look after the trees and flowers around us ?

“God our Father, teach us to love all that you have created and to care for the earth as your gift and our home.”

 

 

Have a lovely long weekend.

Take care.

Ms Chopra-Morris