What a lovely autumnal week we have had in reception! Children have been learning about autumn and the changes that occur over the season and making their very own autumnal treat. The Active Ants and Busy Bees have been peeling, chopping, crumbling and baking their own Apple Crumbles; making sure, they were keeping safe whilst doing so. Children washed their fruit and hands, wore an apron and made sure they were careful with the knives and peelers. It was great to see children baking so safely. All the hard work paid off as the children enjoyed sitting around together eating their crumbles at the end of the day- delicious!
This week in phonics, we have learnt the ‘b’, ‘f’ and ‘l’ sounds. The children enjoyed learning these new sounds, the actions to go with it and practising writing the letter on their whiteboards. For the ‘f’ sound, children wrote the letter with chalk, using black paper and enjoyed rubbing the chalk to create an ‘f f foggy’ effect.
In Maths this week, we have focused on number, recognising numbers and adding some numbers together. Children have been using counters to practice careful counting and have been introduced to Numicon. Numicon is a maths resource that we use in reception to make numbers real. Children are able to touch and fit the different pieces together to make an amount and count the holes to double check their knowledge.
In the creative area this week, Miss Parsons and Miss Kitchen have put out recycled soap bottles and filled them with paint. Children have had fun exploring by mixing two different colours together, experimenting exactly what happens when the colours are mixed together. Children have been using the colour mixing posters to help them make their desired colour for their painting.
Next week, Miss Parsons and Miss Kitchen are going to be uploading a daily video onto Tapestry to support the reception children with their maths and phonics knowledge. It would be great if you could sit down with your child and watch these together, encouraging your child to join in and interact with the videos. Keep your eyes peeled! Please let us know if you find these helpful and we can upload some more for some super home learning.