Hello RTH & RLY Families,

Welcome back to a new term of reception! We hope you all had a lovely break!

Literacy:

This week we reviewed some of our graphemes and phonemes from last term. These were ‘Ss’, ‘Aa’, ‘Tt’, ‘Pp’, ‘Ii’, ‘Nn’, ‘Mm’, ‘Oo’, ‘Pp’, ‘Cc’, ‘Bb’ & ‘Uu’. We used these letters to make CVC words and have been using them in the construction of sentences. We introduced a new high frequency word: ‘he’ and have been reviewing last terms words of: ‘and’, ‘I’, ‘the’, ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘that’, ‘this’, ‘and’ & ‘to’. We also introduced the author Mo Willems to both of the classes and looked at some of the books he has written/illustrated and have been implementing some ideas into our own books.

Numeracy/Art:

We began the week with a quick reflection on numbers and shapes from last term. We then moved on to our new focus of patterns. Students were taught what ‘AB’ and ‘ABC patterns are and have had time to make patterns both inside and outside of the classroom. We used our ideas of ABC patterns to relate to one of our texts, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and then created our own caterpillar with an ‘ABC’ pattern.

Play Inquiry:

Students engaged in play inquiry each morning, with a strong focus on our literacy work. This supported students’ relationships in the classroom and connected with the focus on CVC words, our graphemes and phonemes of the week and building a love of reading through the use of books.

Technologies:

We continued our work with iPads in technologies this term but have begun to focus on specific apps. This week we used ‘sketchesschool’ and created drawings with different tools to draw, erase, save and write on this new app.

HaSS:

This week we looked at who is important to individual students. We discussed different relationships such as family, friends, and acquaintances, focusing on why some people are important to someone. We then communicated why specific individuals are important to us.

Science:

This week in science we looked at movement and compared how different objects move, such as: balls, blocks, toys, and craft objects. This allowed for students to see different ways objects move and compare why and how certain objects move the way they do.

Health:

We looked at the differences in needs and wants. As a class we were able to discuss the difference between needs and wants, then creating a checklist of things an animal would need, rather than want. Students were then able to draw their ideas down.

Religion:

This week we focused on why church is important and what the details they can remember about church. We were able to relate love, relationships, the Bible, and various other things with church. Once this was established students drew a church and then what church consists of next to the church.

We had a great first week back and can’t wait for another week of fun filled learning!

Next week we will be sending home an ‘at home’ learning package, this will be completely optional and provides opportunities for further learning if your child would like to do so.

Ms. Tiana & Ms. Yeend