Moon Class Reception
Welcome to Moon Class
Class Teacher: Mrs Bell
TA: Ms Harriott
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
Friday
8.40- 2.15
Everyday your child needs to bring in their school bag, reading wallet and a water bottle.
Please label all their belongings!
CLICK ON THE MOON ICONS BELOW
( PHONICS AND MATHS ) TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILDS LEARNING AT HOME
For Autumn 1 we will be focussing on: |
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WEEK 1 & WEEK 2
Week commencing 2.9.24 and 9.9.24
We have enjoyed getting to know our friends, adults and the learning environment. Check out some of our learning below and some funny faces 
WEEK 3
Week commencing 16.9.24
We have been learning 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: "s" - "a" - "t" CHILD: "sat "
WEEK 4
Week commencing: 23.9.24
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...
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"
WEEK 5
Week commencing: 30.9.24
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
Scissor skills and learning about the jungle
WEEK 6
Week commencing: 7.10.24
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 WE WILL BE LEARNING THIS WEEK.
PARTYYYYYYYYY! We have been making cakes from playdough and made a real class cake. We also had a real party done dancing, party games like musical statues/ musical bumps /musical chairs. We also had party food e.g. party rings and ate our cake we made!
WEEK 7
Week commencing: 14.10.24
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!
OUR SOUNDS THIS WEEK
WEEK 8
Week commencing: 21.10.24
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- Are you dressing up for halloween? What as?
Diwali- Are you celebrating Diwali?
Signs of Autumn- leaves turning red, orange, yellow, brown, leaves falling down
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...
Making potions, making spells with our wands and our first trip to the library.
REVIEW WEEK OF OUR SOUNDS. CAN YOUR CHILD SAY EACH SOUND WE HAVE LEARNT and READ THE WORDS AT THE BOTTOM?
AUTUMN 1 NEWSLETTER
What a great first term the children have had!
Click on the PDF below to see what we have been getting up to, things to do in half term and what we will be learning about next term.
THIS OCTOBER HALF TERM
Kew Gardens are showing Room on a broom. See the link below for more information,
Adults £13 and children ( 4 years + ) £5
Children under 4 go free 
See on the newsletter above for more things to do this half term- things that are free and some that are payable.
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.
Autumn 2
WEEK 1
Week commencing:4.11.24
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
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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We have been learning about Diwali, Autumn leaves and repeating patterns. We tried some popadoms, mango chutney and chipatis! As a class we loved them :)
WEEK 2
Week commencing: 11.10.24
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
New sounds: v w x y
It's not a box its a .....................
WEEK 3
Week commencing:18.11.24
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 this week + plurals:
Learning about water freezing to ice, ice melting to turn back to water, number bonds to 10, shape hunts, making owl toast
WEEK 4
Week commencing:25.11.24
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.
Sounds we are learning this week- sh, th, ng, nk
Autumn Nature Hunt and drawing a picture to Santa of what we like
WEEK 6
Week commencing: 2.12.24
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.
Plurals - adding s
Week 7 & Week 8
Week commencing: 9.12.24
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 17th December!
Reviewing all the sounds and plurals
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. They blend words. This may be with adult support.
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 1
Week commencing: 6.1.25
Welcome Back! We hope you had a lovely Christmas/Winter Holiday,
We have been looking at the book 'Polar Bear, Polar bear what do you hear?' 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 join in with the repeated sentences. E.g. polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear?
lion, lion, what do you hear?
See if you can guess the animal before it comes up!
WEEK 2
Week commencing: 13.1.25
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! )
WEEK 3
Week commencing: 20.1.25
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.
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.
WEEK 4
Week commencing: 27.1.25
This week we have been learning about chinese new year!
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 recognise 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, drtagon dances, Chinese number writing, trying prawn crackers and try using chopsticks to pick up ' noodles'.
WEEK 5
Week commencing: 3.2.25
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.
WEEK 6
Week commencing : 10.2.25
This week is children's mental health week.
This week we have been learning about our emotions.
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.
Also why not try and have a go at doing the cosmic yoga trolls to spread happiness.