Fantastic home learning from the this week!! ✨
Please keep sending the photos we love celebrating them together and growing our brains at home!
After reading Jack Frost we couldn’t believe the letter we received from him! It’s been soooo cold at school we just knew he must have been here! And it turns out he was here, and he lost his hands
We set off on a search to find Jack’s hands!
Once we found them we used some fantastic vocabulary to describe them! Ask your child if they can use some of these words to describe them to you!
We then discussed how we were going to save his hands, Class 2 came up within amazing ideas
❄️ Keep them away from fire
❄️ Keep them away from a hair dryer
❄️ Don’t put them in the sun
❄️ Put them in some freezing cold water
❄️ Send them to the arctic
❄️ Put them in the freezer
Excellent discussion and understanding
ANTI-BULLYING WEEK
This week we have focused on the power of our hands and how they can make a positive impact on others. We talked about how our hands can be used in kind or unkind ways, and we discussed the feelings these actions can create. The children reflected on how they want to use their hands to make others feel happy, safe, and loved. ❤️
️We created our own “powerful hands,” drawing pictures of the ways we will use kind hands to be gentle, caring, and helpful to others.
❤️Class 2 came up with amazing ideas and I’m sure we will see lots of kind, gentle hands, spreading kindness both in and out of school.
This week, Class 2 has been exploring Bonfire night. We’ve been learning about the events that took place over 400 years ago and the story of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.
We have
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Read the story of the Gunpowder Plot, discovering who Guy Fawkes was and what he plotted.
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Discussed the significance of Bonfire Night, including why we celebrate it today.
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Focused on safety tips for celebrating Bonfire Night safely, including the importance of staying a safe distance from fireworks and bonfires.
We also introduced key vocabulary to help us understand the history and traditions surrounding this event, such as:
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Past
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Bonfire
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A long, long time ago
Lots of Halloween fun in Class 2 this week!
Halloween wreaths
Counting the ingredients for the witch’s spells
Writing our own witch’s spell
Reading the list and pumpkin picking the graphemes to make the word
Counting the spiders legs
This week in Reception, we read Leaf Man, where we followed the journey of a leaf character through some very imaginative autumn scenes. We discussed the different leaf creatures, thinking about what might happen to Leaf Man. The children really loved talking about the changes in nature during autumn—how leaves fall, the cooler weather, and the changes in the natural world around
We then went outside for an autumn hunt where we searched for fallen leaves, twigs, and other autumn items. Class 2 used some wonderful vocabulary, such as ‘crunchy,’ ‘chilly,’ and ‘colourful,’ to describe their items.
Afterwards, we got created our own leaf creatures. The children came up with unique and imaginative stories to go along with their creatures. It was a lovely way to connect nature, creativity, and language skills in a fun way!
Phonic superstars with some fabulous letter formation of this weeks sounds. Please continue to use your letter formation sheet at home to support your child ✨
For the past two weeks our focus story has been Supertato!
We have retold key features of the story as well acted it out for our class assembly. We then designed and labelled our own super vegetable. We used our designs to create the super vegetable!
Class 2 have AMAZING understanding of numbers 1-3!
Reception has had a fantastic start to phonics this year! The children have been learning the sounds s, a, t, and p. They’ve been practising recognising and hearing these sounds at the start of a word.
In addition to listening for these sounds, the children have also been sorting objects based on their initial sounds.
These early phonics skills are helping to build confidence in their language development and laying the groundwork for future reading success.
