General News – Reception -Aqua Class and Midnight Class

Cursive writing

Reading in Reception is coming along well. Mrs Saeed and Mrs Bugg are impressed with the progress the children are making and the effort that everyone is putting in to practising the letter sounds and reading the words at home. We have almost learnt the alphabet sounds – just j,v,w,x,y,z and qu to go and inevitably some children are now ready to begin writing words, captions and sentences.

In school we use the cursive script for writing and the children will soon be taught how each letter is formed but, to get a head start, here is a video that shows you how we write each letter. Please be aware that we form x and z slightly differently in school to what you see in the video.

Enjoy!

Now we know 8 sounds

Last week we learnt i, n, m, d. We have been practising blending and are getting better and better. I hope you are all practising at home too. Can you read these words?

phase 2 set 2

Outdoor Cooking

To celebrate the end of our reception year we did some cooking on the open fire. We toasted marshmallows, made and cooked bread and ate pancakes cooked on a skillet.

We had a great day and everyone ate the food.

A big thank you to Rosa’s mummy, Ethan’s mummy and Alice.

Mr Gumpy’s Outing

Mr Gumpy’s Outing from Aqua Class on Vimeo.

Monkey See Monkey Do

Here is our retell from Term 5.

monkey see monkey do retell from Aqua Class on Vimeo.

Paintings of our grandparents and special friends

Grandparent paintings, 2016 from Aqua Class on Vimeo.

Grandparent’s Tea Party

Grandparents Day 2016 from Aqua Class on Vimeo.

Our trip to the zoo

What a fabulous day we have had at the zoo! We saw lots of animals, eg lions, gorillas, crocodiles, penguins and lots of monkeys. We all behaved really well and our teachers are very proud of us. We held a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach, toyched a giant stuck insect and stroked a snake. Thank you for all of our helpers.

Growing in the garden

Last week we were very busy in the garden.
First we dug the vegetable beds and removed all of the weeds.
Then we raked the soil and made holes and trenches in the soil.
After that we planted the seeds in neat rows.
Next we covered each seed with soil.
Finally we watered the seeds.

We planted onions, snap peas, potatoes, carrots, garlic, shallots, beetroot, butternut squash and pumpkin. Let’s hope they all grow!!!
We have water monitors and weed monitors to look after the plants every day.

Independent Writing

Look at a sample of different independent writing we have been doing this week.

Independent writing April 21, 2016 from Aqua Class on Vimeo.