Moon Class Reception
Welcome to Moon Class
Class Teacher: Ms Hedington
TA: Ms Martin
Moon Class email address: moon@kafed.org.uk
MONDAY - SWIMMING
IN A SEPERATE BAG-
swimming trunks/ costume, towel, swimming cap
Please wear black leggings/ joggers/ white polo/ jumper/ socks and shoes.
NO TIGHTS under leggings or LACES
Monday - Thursday
8.40 - 3.15
Thurs- gymnastics- please wear PE kit.
Please wear black leggings/ joggers/ white polo/ jumper/ socks and trainers
NO TIGHTS under leggings or LACES ( if possible)
Friday
8.40- 2.15
Everyday you child needs to bring in their school bag / reading wallet and a water bottle.
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( PHONICS AND MATHS ) TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILDS LEARNING AT HOME
Summer 1
In Summer 1 we will be focusing on
- We will continue learning about spring and what changes this brings e.g. planting, lifecyle/parts of a flower, insects, lifecycle of a butterfly.
- We shall continue learning about celebrations such as through learning about Ramadan.
- We will be continuing our learning in phonics- to blend sounds to read words and sentences as well as to write.
- Children shall continue to recognize numerals, count amounts and use mathematical language in play to; order, describe, categorise objects.
- Children will continue to develop their addition, subtraction, subitising skills. They shall continue to challenge themselves in their big Maths challenges.
- Children shall continue to develop more control over their fine and gross motor skills through practicing different activities and PE lessons with a coach on Thursday. ( Learning Athletics )
- Children will show problem solving in different situations and solve conflicts between themselves.
- Children will spend more quality time; designing and making their models
- Continuing following children’s interests and building a curriculum around this.
Week 3
Week commencing: 29.4.24
We have been looking at the books 'The very busy spider ' and ' The bad tempered ladybird' this week.
Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says
The Very Busy Spider
The noises the animal makes e.g. "“oink” “ baa!” etc… and
'The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.'
The Bad Tempered Ladybird
“hey you want a fight?” |
See if they can read it with expression.
Also talk about time- what do you do at different times of the day e.g. morning/ lunch/dinner. Why not try and play a time game below and continue learning about o'clock and half past.
Phonics HW
Week 2
Week commencing: 22.4.24
We have been looking at the book 'The hungry caterpillar ' this week and ' The crunching munching caterpillar. We have been learning the life cycle of a butterfly. First it is an egg-caterpillar- chrysalis- butterfly and children have been acted this out as a form of dancing. We have also got our very own real caterpillars that we are looking after and will observe them over time.
Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says
The crunching munching caterpillar
"munch crunch"
"well you can't" - in a strong demanding voice
"I guess so" - in a glum voice/ sigh
See if they can read it with expression.
The hungry caterpillar
...' but he was still hungry'
Talk about the days of the week and healthy/unhealthy foods.
Phonics HW
Our butterfly interest- we made symmetrical butterfly wings, added 6 legs and 2 antennae's to us and went on a flower and friend hunt!
WEEK 1
Week commencing: 15.4.24
We will be looking at the book 'Ramadan Moon' this week and learning about the religion Islam. We will be learning about Muslims and how the celebrate Ramadan and Eid. We will learn about the Crescent moon, how Muslims give to the poor/charity, how they try to be kind, caring and polite and not get angry, how they fast ( don't eat in the day), how they pray, where they pray ( at home or in a mosque). When Eid comes they have a party, have hennas, have sweets, wear new clothes, have haircuts and have family members/ friends/visitors come over.
We will be making our own mosques from the blocks or from drawing, making our own henna patterns. We will have a go at drawing the moon and star (symbol for Islam). We also will make our own crescent moon from tin foil in our art lesson.
Eid Mubark!
Phonics
Life skills
We have also learnt about personal hygiene and how we can look after our bodies.
We learnt how to blow/ wipe our noses, clean our bodies by washing the babies with soap and a sponge and how to dry them after, wash our hands ( watch the clip also below to learn the correct way to wash them- become a germ buster !) we also looked at our school washing machine where we washed items of clothing.
Why not try and help do the washing at home with your parent/carer e.g. putting the clothes in the washing machine, or taking them out, putting the clothes out to dry or pairing up the socks, or putting the clothes back in your cupboard/drawers. ?
In Spring 2 we will be focussing on
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See below for our Spring 1 newsletter- to see an overview of what we got up to this term and what will be happening in Spring 2.
See below for more weekly updates of what we got up to in Spring 2 :)
Week 6
Week commencing: 25.3.24
We are on our last week of our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales. Thankyou to everyone who bought in their fairy tale boxes. We enjoyed listening to the children retelling their fairy tale story using their box.
Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.
We have been looking at the book 'Princess and the Pea' and 'Hansel and Gretal' this week and children have been introduced to speech bubbles to also show someone is talking.
Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories.
Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books:
Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?
Who is the baddie?
Did you like the story? Why?
How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( love) (magic)
PHONICS HW
OUR FANTASTIC STORY TELLERS AND THEIR FAIRYTALE BOXES!
Princess and Knights Interest
Spring activities - Easter egg hunt, blossom crafts and Easter Nest cooking
Week 5
Week commencing: 18.3.24
We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.
Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.
We have been looking at the book 'Cinderella' 'Rapunzel' and 'Snow White' this week and children have been introduced to speech bubbles to also show someone is talking.
Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories.
Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books:
Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?
Who is the baddie?
Did you like the story? Why?
How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals) ( love) ( magic)
Phonics HW
Learning about signs of Spring, 3D shapes and continuing our learning on fairy tales. This has led to us learning goodies vs baddies, princesses and superheros/ knights.
Week 4
Week commencing: 11.3.24
We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.
Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.
We have been looking at the book Jack and the beanstalk and 'The enormous turnip' this week and children have been joining in with the stories and adding expressions.
From Jack and the beanstalk- "FEE FI FO FUM"
From The enormous turnip- " ...but the turnip didn't budge"
Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories.
Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books:
Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?
Who is the baddie?
Did you like the story? Why?
How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals)
Phonics HW
WEEK 3
Week commencing: 4.3.24
BOOK WEEK-
Remember to design a toilet rolls e.g. as fairy tale character, superhero, princess, book character or as supertato!
Dress up as your favourite book character- WEDS 6th MARCH
Masked reader competition
We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.
Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.
We have been looking at the book Three Little Pigs' and 'Three Billy Goats Gruff' this week and children have been joining in with the stories and adding expressions.
From Three Little Pigs- "little pig little pig, let me come in" " not by the hairs of my chinny chin chin"
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down"
From Three Billy Goats Gruff- " trip trap trip trap" " whose that trip trapping over my bridge" " Its me....... don't eat me eat my bigger brother"
Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories.
Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books:
Who are the characters in the story?
Can you describe the characters? What do they look like?
Who is the baddie? ( wolf ) ( troll)
Did you like the story? Why?
How do you know they are fairy tales- What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals power of three)
Phonics HW
BOOK WEEK! CAN YOU GUESS WHICH CHARACTER WE ARE?
We will be looking at oral health!
children will learn how to brush their teeth correctly ( in circles, up and down, and the back and our tongues).
KEY POINTS
We should brush them 2 times a day, morning and night for 2 minutes.
We should only put on a pea size amount of toothpaste and we should spit don't rinse.
Don't wash your mouth out after brushing as this gets rid of the fluoride which protects our teeth.
If we eat too much sugar we will get cavities ( holes).
We learnt all about looking after our teeth. We each got our own toothbrush and toothpaste and brushed our teeth in school! HAPPY BRUSHING AT HOME :)
Week 2
Week commencing 26.02.24
We are still continuing our learning on fairy tales/traditional tales.
Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time. They may include themes of love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3.
We have been looking at the book 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The gingerbread man' this week and children have been joining in with the stories and adding expressions.
From Little Red Riding Hood - " Oh Grandma, what big....... you have"
From Gingerbread man- " run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread man'
Why not try and watch the clips below and have a go at joining in with the stories.
Questions/discussion points to ask with your child about the books:
Who are the characters in the story?
Who is the baddie? ( wolf and the fox)
Did you like the story? Why?
What themes are in the story? ( good vs bad) ( talking animals)
Where was the story set? ( deep dark forest and the cottage)
Learning about Superhero's and measuring using non standard units!
Week 1
Week commencing 19.2.24
This half term we will be looking at fairy tales/traditional tales.
Fairy tales, or otherwise known as traditional tales, are stories that have been told for a long long time.
Themes: love, talking animals, magic, good vs bad, power of 3
Setting: castle, forest
Talk about the characters.
We have been looking at the book 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Ghanian Goldilocks' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
"mmm just right " or " whose been eating/sitting/sleeping....... my porridge/chair/bed"
Why not try and watch the clip below and have a go at joining in with the story.
What is similar and different about these books?
Do they remind you of another book we read last term? answer- Goldylucks and the three pandas.
What a busy first week back. We have been learning to order sizes and compare. We done this by ordering different size bowls, spoons, chairs, beds from the story Goldilocks. We also went digging for worms and compared the different sizes and drew round them. We also made porridge using oats, milk, honey and bananas. We roleplayed Goldilocks and the 3 bears and we drew a simple house!
We also learnt how to keep ourselves healthy! By making a healthy plate up where we had to choose healthy things to cut out and stick on our plate. We understood that eating crisps, chocolate, sweets, chips, biscuits, is OK to eat SOMETIMES but not everyday!
In Spring 1 we will be focussing on
Children begin using knowledge from their life skill sessions in their free play to impart knowledge.
Children talk about signs of winter.
Children begin to write labels, captions and simple sentences using their sounds. This may be with adult support. They blend cvc words and read words with diagraphs.
Children will start to record data independently in free flow and begin to answer number sums.
See below for our Autumn 2 newsletter- what we got up to this term and what will be happening in Spring 1.
Thanks for all your support this term 
Week 5
week commencing 5.2.24
This week is children's mental health week. The theme is ' my voice matters'
This week we have been learning about our emotions and our voice.
We have been looking at the book 'Ruby's Worry' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
" ENORMOUS "
' could it be a worry?'
Why not try and watch the clip below and have a go at joining in with the story.
We have been talking about who helps us grow and if you have a worry the best thing to do is talk to someone e.g. mum/ dad/ cousins/ grandparents/ sisters/ brothers/ friends/ teachers.
We have also been talking about how colours link to feelings - watch the clips below of the colour monster and inside out.
We have also been talking about what we like and to speak out.
Also why not try and have a go at doing the cosmic yoga trolls to spread happiness.
Week 4
Week commencing: 29.1.24
This week we have been learning about chinese new year, in preparation for Chinese new year being celebrated on Saturday 10th Feb.
We have been looking at the book 'Goldylucks and the three pandas' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
" mmm just right "
Do you recongise this book? Does it remind you of another story?
How are they similar to Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
How are they different?
Watch the clip below to learn more about chinese new year
We will be making red envelopes with money inside, lanterns, dragon masks, dragon dances, Chinese number writing, trying prawn crackers, prawn crackers and try using chopsticks to pick up ' noodles'.
Phonic sounds this week
Busy week learning about chinese new year; we have learnt about money and used this in in our McDonalds/supermaket/chinese takeaway shop, made red envelopes, dragon masks, red lanterns ......
We went to the chinese shop, we paid for either chopsticks, lantern or decoration. We did a dragon dance. We ate some spring rolls and prawn crackers. We also got a fortune cookie- remember to crack them when you get home!
Gymnastics- different rolls- pencil, tuck, forward
Week 3
Week commencing: 22.1.23
We are been looking at the book 'Handa's Surpise and baby goes to market' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
From Baby goes to market- " TAXI" shouts mama.
Baby loves bananas so much....
and
from Handa's surprise - " TANGERINES! " " That is a surprise!"
Why not watch the clips below, together with your child and talk about the book.
How are they similar? e.g. both have baskets/bananas
How are they different? one has a taxi, one has animals etc..
We have also been talking about heavy and light in our maths lessons and comparing how the basket will feel when the animals kept taking the fruit and when the baby keeps adding food to the basket.
Challenge:
Try picking up some items at home and see if it is heavy or light. Why not try comparing the different items and see what is heavier or lighter.
Can try and make some cakes using cooking scales- to measure the ingredients.
Talk about being healthy/ unhealthy.
New sounds this week - ur, ow, oi, ear
Gymnastics ( jumping off from a height) , supermarket and McDonald's drive thru to encourage recognising and making amounts. Experimenting heavy and light
Food tasting exotic fruits :)
WEEK 2
Week commencing: 15.1.24
We have been looking at the book 'Lost and found' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and talk about the book and feelings/emotions from the penguin and the boy.
Talk about the Antarctica and the Arctic and what animals live there.
Polar bears / seals/ walrus- Arctic- North
Penguins / seals - Antarctica- South
Talk about the weather in these places.
What would you wear?
If you were going on an adventure to the Antarctica or Arctic what would you bring?
We have made boats this week and talked about floating and sinking and the different materials that float and sink.
Challenge:
Why not try and draw a penguin by following step by step youtube instructions below.
We had a go in class :)
Run a bath, or fill your sink up with water and get your child to find toys/materials/objects at home and see if each item floats or sinks.
Sounds we are learning this week
Learning about winter animals/ Arctic/ Antarctica. Making boats and experimenting to see if it floats or sinks. We made polar bears as a healthy snack. Also learning one more and one less
We enjoyed learning how to be safe on the roads! zebra crossings, pelican crossing/ red/ green man, lollipop person, holding a grown ups hand, stop, look, listen, think- is it safe before crossing, wear a helmet on a bike/ scooter and get off it when crossing the road wear a seat belt in the car
Practising our balancing skills in Gymnastics
WEEK 1
Week commencing: 8.1.24
We have been looking at the book 'A bear snores on' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says
' but the bear snores on'
The children know the action.
See if they can read it with expression.
Talk to the children about the book and ask these questions:
What is hibernation? ( animals collect their food in Autumn and sleep for a lot of winter, to save their energy)
Who hibernates in the story? ( the brown bear)
Where does he hibernate? ( in the cave)
What is the difference to a brown bear and a polar bear? ( polar bears live in a cold place called the arctic and they have white fur. Brown bears have brown fur and hibernate. Polar Bears do not hibernate)
Can children think of any other animals that hibernate? ( hedgehogs, squirrels, a mouse)
Challenge:
can they draw a picture of a brown bear and polar bear. Can they try and write brown bear/ polar bear using their phonics sounds ( Remember this shouldn't be spelt correctly! )
New diagraphs this week we are learning - ai ee igh oa
We are learning about how to be safe online ( e.g. on phones/ tablets- ipads/ playstations/ nintendo's) this week. Click on the powerpoint below to continue the learning on this at home :)
Please make sure your child is using youtube kids ( download it as a separate app - IT IS FREE
Please make sure your child is watching things that are suitable for their are
In Autumn 2 we will be focussing on:
- Majority of children stay at school full time. Children know and understand the classroom routines and boundaries.
- Children establish their friendships groups.
- Children independently use resources available in the learning environment.
- Children improve gross and fine motor skills e.g. through pencil practice, scissor practice, dressing and undressing in our swimming lessons and through practising ball skills outdoors.
- Children begin to use their imagination and think about what they want to create.
- Children will begin to see themselves as writers- they will be ascribing to the marks they make.
- Children talk about signs of autumn, winter and celebrations.
AUT 1 NEWSLETTER. CLICK ON IT TO SEE OUR LEARNING AND WHAT WE WILL BE LEARNING NEXT TERM. THERE IS ALSO HALFD TERM IDEAS :)
Week 8
Week commencing: 18.12.23
Winter celebrations :)
Week 7
Week commencing: 11.12.23
Nativity
Next week children will be learning about the Christmas Story. We will be talking about their understanding and what this story means to Christians around the world. Have a look at the story below with your child.
Key characters:
Mary and Joseph
Baby Jesus
3 Kings
Angel Gabriel
Shepherds
Remember our Nativity Performance is on TUESDAY 12th at 9.30am and 2.15pm.
We did a great job performing The Nativity! Our first ever performance :) WELLDONE MOON CLASS!
WEEK 6
Week commencing: 4.12.23
We have been looking at the book 'The Gruffalo's child' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says
"I'm not scared" - in a brave voice
"you're not the mouse" - in a confused voice
"the big bad mouse" - in a yelling/shouting/scared voice
See if they can read it with expression.
Reviewing all the sounds and plurals
We went to the post box to post our letters. We wrote a letter to Santa saying what we like. Why not take a look at what we wrote?
Busy week learning about shadows and money. We set up our own toy shop and snack table and been learning the different coins and making amounts!
WEEK 5
Week commencing: 27.11.23
We have been looking at the book 'The Stickman' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says
"I'm Stickman, I'm Stickman, IM STICKMAN that's me"
See if they can read it with expression.
Plurals - adding s
OUR TRIP TO BECKENHAM PLACE PARK! Alfred the bear joined us! We continued our learning on Autumn and began to teach signs of Winter. We had lots of fun!
What a busy week- we have enjoyed exploring ways of making 10 using numicon, writing cvc words, using our nature hunt to make different creative pictures and learning what happens when water freezes/melts
WEEK 4
Week commencing: 20.11.23
We have been looking at the book 'The Gruffalo' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below, together with your child and see if they can join in when it says
' A gruffalo, what's a gruffalo?'
See if they can read it with expression.
As a challenge why not try and find the rhyming words in the story?
rhyming words are words that sound similar e.g. cat/hat big/ pig
Can you find the rhyming words to match with
wood? mouse? rocks? Stream? lake? claws? toes? rumble?
You or your adult can write them down and come and show me!
Sounds we are learning this week- sh, th, ng, nk
We made owl toast and we went on our first school trip to the library! Welldone Moon Class!
WEEK 3
Week commencing: 13.11.23
We have been looking at 3 books this week- 'Stanley Stick' 'its not a stick ' and 'its not a box'.
Children have been thinking of ideas of what their stick and box could turn into to support language and imagination.
Why not watch the clip below together with your child and talk to them about what their stick or box could be
e.g.
its not a stick its a..... broom/ spoon, skipping rope
its not a box its a..... dog/robot/car
Children have enjoyed making their box turn into things and been using our junk modelling materials to make a fantastic creation by using their imagination.
We have also continued our learning on shape and been finding different shapes in the environment.
Why not try and find some shapes in the environment and ask your child about the properties e.g.
square- 4 sides the same- equal
rectangle- 2 long sides, 2 short sides
circle- 1 curved side
triangle- 3 sides
Sounds this week + plurals:
LOOK at our PORTRAITS that we have painted of ourselves. Also we used our imagination! Its not a box....... it's a .......
WEEK 2
Week commencing: 6.11.23
We have been looking at the book 'We're going on a LEAF HUNT' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in when it says 'we're going on a leaf hunt, we're going right away, lets fine colourful leaves' and ... its a wonderful day!”
See if they can read it with expression.
Does this book remind you of another story we have read?
The book is about children going on an leaf hunt and finding lots of colourful leaves in the season Autumn. We have also been talking about what happens in Autumn in class.
Why not talk about this at home
the leaves change colour- red/orange/yellow/brown
the leaves fall down
the climate/weather gets cooler
What should we wear in autumn?- trousers/ jumpers/trainers/boots/ jackets
New sounds: v w x y
What a BUSY week! Learning about Diwali, Remembrance day, Fireworks and Repeating Patterns :)
Autumn 2
WEEK 1
Week commencing: 30.10.23
We have been looking at the book 'Room on the Broom' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in when it says 'yes' and ' down cried the witch and ... is there room on a broom for a ……. like me?”
See if they can read it with expression.
We have also been talking about what happens in Autumn e.g.
Halloween- Did you dress up for Halloween? What did you go as? Why?
Fireworks- watch a youtube video of the fireworks or look outside your window or visit a firework display this weekend- talk about what you see/hear. Describe them- we have been learning adjectives in class with actions e.g. boom, pop, bang, crackle, explode, pretty, colourful, glittery etc...
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WEEK 7
Week commencing: 16.10.23
We have been looking at the book 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' this week and children have been joining in with the story and adding expressions.
Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in with the story when it says "We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day, we're not scared"
See if they can read/ sing it with expression and add the actions to it.
We will be discussing what we would be bring on a bear hunt and talking about brown bears e.g. how they hibernate in cave like dens.
We will be trying to make a bear from healthy snacks.
Why not try the above at home and try and draw a brown bear in a cave!
REVIEW WEEK OF OUR SOUNDS. CAN YOUR CHILD SAY EACH SOUND WE HAVE LEARNT and READ THE WORDS AT THE BOTTOM?
WEEK 6
Week commencing: 9.10.23
We have been looking at the book 'So Much' this week and children have been joining in with the story and add expressions.
Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in when it says 'DING DONG' and 'SO MUCH'.
See if they can read it with expression.
We have also been talking about what our family members do with us.
E.g. My nan bakes with me. My Dad reads me a story. My Mum plays with me.
Discuss with eachother what each family member does at home.
You can also talk about a birthday party- what would you bring to a party/ see at a party as we will be doing writing on this :)
Why not try and make a cake - put all the ingredients - 4 eggs, 225g self raising flour, 225g caster sugar, 225g margarine into a bowl- mix it altogether and cook at 160 degrees for 40 - 50 mins) TAAA- DAAAA a YUMMY CAKE !
OUR SOUNDS THIS WEEK
We had a PARTY!!!!!
WEEK 5
Week commencing: 2.10.23
We have been looking at the book 'Monkey Puzzle' this week and children have been learning to join in with the story and add expressions.
Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in when the monkey says "no no no"
See if they can read it with expression- a fed up/ angry expression as the monkey is getting annoyed that the butterfly keeps getting it wrong and is not finding his mum.
We have also been talking about how to describe a family member too.
e.g. My dad is tall. My dad has freckles. My mum has black hair. My nan has blue eyes.
Have a go at home and see if you can describe each other?
OUR SOUNDS WE WILL BE LEARNING THIS WEEK.
WEEK 4
Week commencing: 25.9.23
We have been looking at the book 'Owl Babies' this week and children have been learning to join in with the story and add expressions.
Why not watch the clip below together with your child and see if they can join in when Bill says
"I want my mummy"
See if they can read it with expression!
We have also been talking about who is in our families too and drawing them.
We have been making owls from playdough and other arts and crafts e.g. feathers, sticks, googly eyes etc...
OUR SOUNDS WE WILL BE LEARNING THIS WEEK
WEEK 3
Week commencing 18.9.23
We have learnt our classroom rules this week-
Classroom rules:
good listening
good sitting
good looking
good waiting in free play/ good waiting on the carpet ( hands up)
good talking / kind words
We have also been learning Zones of Regulations-
this is to do with our emotions and how we are feeling.
We looked at the emotions and their colours to represent them
sad/happy/worried/angry.
Its ok to feel all these emotions.... its how we self regulate ourselves ( bring ourselves back to calmness) which is most important in our development.
Some things we can do to help us:
feeling sad- have a hug/ talk to someone/ play with someone
feeling worried- talk to someone- teddy bear/ person
feeling angry- deep breaths/ timers/ sensory toys/ mindfulness colouring
feeling happy- JUST BE YOURSELF!
Watch the clip below too and see if you can guess the emotions.
THIS WEEKS PHONEMES. ADULT: segment the words using the sounds CHILD: has to orally blend the word e.g. ADULT: "n" - "a" - "p" CHILD: "nap"
Can you guess our classroom rules and feelings from the pictures?
WEEK 2
Week commencing 11.9. 23
We have started our phonics and maths carpet sessions
THIS WEEKS PHONEMES. ADULT: segment the words using the sounds CHILD: has to orally blend the word e.g. ADULT: "s" - "a" - "t" CHILD: "sat "
Our second week and what a busy one it has been! We have been confident to make new friends and explore the learning environment
WEEK 1
Getting to know our new learning environment
