Jack and the beanstalk home learning task

This week we have been reading Jack and the Beanstalk and taking part in activities surrounding the story. It would be lovely if the children could have a go at some home learning if they would like to. Please find below some ideas of the activities they could do. It would be lovely if you could take photos and send them to the reception email address so we can share their learning with the other children.

receptionteam@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

jack and the beanstalk

Jack and the beanstalk Counting | Teaching Resources

Maths

Please find below a link about early calculation strategies that we will be using with the children in school. It talks about the reasons why and how we teach what we teach in reception.

17th September

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What a super first full week. The children are getting incredibly independent at putting their things away in the lockers every morning and they are settling into the new routines really well. Its lovely to see them coming in with big smiles on their faces.

This week, the teachers have been working with the children on their listening skills, hearing initial sounds in words,  following instructions and having fun in school.

Today, we had a very special visitor-Mr Hylton came down to play us some music and teach us a song. It was lovely to hear some live music!

We have also done our first PE in the hall. We all had a really good go at taking our socks and shoes off and enjoyed dancing to the freeze song.

Freeze song.

Our tidy up music this week was the theme from Jurassic park.

Jurassic park theme

 

Activities to try at home

Can your child retell the Goldilocks story?

Can you sing the Goldilocks song?

Can you find different sized objects and order them? Big, medium sized, and small things like the 3 bears.

Can you describe a journey you do often e.g. a walk to school, a trip to the shops. What do you see on the way.

 

Next week, we will continue talking about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and will be playing with porridge oats, making masks and telling stories.

 

Autumn Term First Half.

This half term, we will be looking at Traditional tales.

We will learn all about Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, Red Riding Hood and The 3 Little Pigs.

We will build houses, cook, make tall towers to reach the sky, disguises to fool the wolf and paint pictures from the stories.

We will also be learning about our school building and the grown ups that work here.

All are welcome

We hope you’ve enjoyed your summer and we’re looking forward to welcoming both familiar and new faces on Monday.

In Foundation stage, the adults are very excited to be meeting all the new Reception children and parents. The Reception teachers have recorded a story so that you can watch it with your children to familiarise them with our faces.

Enjoy your last few days off.

 

 

Home learning activities

Please find attached the work we have set for home learning whilst reception are isolating. We have attached revision booklets for phase 2 phonics (Mrs Croft’s letters and sounds group), phase 3 phonics (Mrs Garraway’s letters and sounds group) and phase 4 phonics (Miss Hedge’s letters and sounds group). Feel free to have a go at any of these. You will also find a maths activity booklet as well as topic activities based around our story for the week, ‘Doris the Loris’. Please find the powerpoint containing the ‘Doris the Loris’ story in reception news on the website.

Any questions please email the reception team. Stay safe and we will see you all soon!

phase 2 phonics pack

phase 3 phonics pack

phase 4 phonics pack

story sequencing doris the loris

reading challenge

Rainforest Leaf Template

rainforest leaf story craft instructions

maths pack

doris the loris home learning challenges

Mini beasts.

This week, we have been looking at mini-beasts. We have used natural resources to make pictures, used play dough to make insects (making sure we count the eyes and legs) and written about our caterpillars.

Mini-beasts

mini-beast hunt

Over the next fortnight, we will be looking at minibeasts. Here is a sheet for a hunt you can do at home.

Bring it in if you complete it-we’d love to see what you found.

Healthy eating

Reception have been very busy this week doing lots of work on healthy eating. We practised our cutting by making up lunchboxes and we used pastels to create still life pictures of fruit. We finished the week with pineapple eating-a very popular fruit with all of us!