Reception -Aqua Class and Midnight Class

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Thank you

Mrs Saeed

This week we have been learning ck, e, u, r. Why not play some phonic games over the weekend?
How many items around your house can you find that have the ck (c, k or both), e, u or r sound in them?
I can find a few …
rug
egg cup
coat
umbrella
mug
cat flap

I’m sure you can find many more at home.
I would love to hear what you have found – add a comment in the comments box below.

This morning we received a letter from the Little Red Hen asking us to help her to bake some bread. She said that she was very tired from planting, watering, cutting, carrying and grinding the corn and none of her friends on the farm would help her. So we spent the morning mixing, squeezing and kneading the dough and Mrs Nicholls baked the bread over lunchtime.

I will!

I will!

I will!

The classroom smelt of freshly basked bread all afternoon and we hope the Little Red Hen and the children enjoyed their bread at home. There was even enough bread to share with all of the teachers too. Big thank you Mrs Nicholls for helping the children to bake the bread.

Who knew a cardboard tube and a brick could be so much fun. Here are just some of the ways they were played with today.

A golf club

A window cleaning brush

A weight lifter’s bar

The word I

A double headed hammer

As well as a horse and a normal hammer to hammer nails into the logs. Can you think of any more ideas?

Following on from our Tall Yellow Giraffe story, we have been off on our adventures exploring the jungle. Some of us went giraffe spotting, making sure we had sufficient supplies for the trip.

We spotted a giraffe or two…

and even the odd zebra and leopard!

First Weeks Fun on PhotoPeach

In class we have been retelling the story of the Little Red Hen using actions in the style of Pie Corbett. Some of us have been brave enough to stand up and retell the story to the whole class.
We had a visit from a very friendly hen called Cluck Cluck and although she wasn’t very red or very little, we were able to look closely at her legs, feet, beak and feathers.

We have had a go at making dough, just like the little red hen.

This week we have decided to rewrite the story using a new main character, the tall yellow giraffe. I wonder how many of you can remember the words and actions?
This is how it goes.

Once upon a time there was a tall yellow giraffe who lived in the jungle. Early one morning, she woke up and went outside. There she found some banana seeds.
“Who will help me plant the banana seeds?” said the tall yellow giraffe.
“Not I” said the cheetah.
“Not I” said the elephant.
“Not I” said the monkey.
“Oh very well I’ll do it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.

“Who will help me water the banana seeds?” said the tall yellow giraffe.
“Not I” said the cheetah.
“Not I” said the elephant.
“Not I” said the monkey.
“Oh very well I’ll do it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.

“Who will help me pick the bananas?” said the tall yellow giraffe.
“Not I” said the cheetah.
“Not I” said the elephant.
“Not I” said the monkey.
“Oh very well I’ll do it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.

“Who will help me carry the bananas to the bakers?” said the tall yellow giraffe.
“Not I” said the cheetah.
“Not I” said the elephant.
“Not I” said the monkey.
“Oh very well I’ll do it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.

“Who will help me mash the bananas with a fork?” said the tall yellow giraffe.
“Not I” said the cheetah.
“Not I” said the elephant.
“Not I” said the monkey.
“Oh very well I’ll do it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.

“Who will help me mix the bananas with the butter, flour and sugar?” said the tall yellow giraffe.
“Not I” said the cheetah.
“Not I” said the elephant.
“Not I” said the monkey.
“Oh very well I’ll do it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.

“Who will help me bake the banana cake?” said the tall yellow giraffe.
“Not I” said the cheetah.
“Not I” said the elephant.
“Not I” said the monkey.
“Oh very well I’ll do it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.

“Who will help me eat the banana cake?”
“I will” said the cheetah.
“I will” said the elephant.
“I will” said the monkey.
“Oh no you won’t, I’ll eat it myself” said the tall yellow giraffe, and so she did.
Four leaf clover, my story’s over.

Thank you everyone who came along to our reading and phonics session this afternoon. As promised, here is a list of useful websites that support what we are doing at school. I have also added a link to the sites on the sidebar.

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

www.jollylearning.co.uk

www.letters-and-sounds.com

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Well we are now at the end of week 3 and the children are all settling into the new routines in class. We started letters and sounds this week and the children have learnt the phonemes s, a, t and p. We have learnt the action and song to go with the sound and even had a go at writing the letters using our cursive writing style. I have been very impressed with how well all the children sat, listened, joined in and had a go. Apologies if your child came home with pen on them. They are still getting used to using a whiteboard and pen. Lucy wrote some excellent cursive t’s on her legs today! Well done everyone for working so hard.
Please check the reading folders and practise the four sounds over the weekend.
See you all on Monday for day 1 of full days!
Mrs Saeed

Wow, what a fantastic first week we have had in school. Mrs Saeed and Mrs Nicholls have been very impressed with how quickly the children are settling in, playing nicely together, listening well and enjoying their first days in Aqua Class. We have been playing inside with horses, train track, duplo, lego and buying and selling in our class shop. Lots of us like to draw and I am sure some pictures have been coming home in book bags. We all have lots of energy and outside we have been building, running, playing with balls and hoops and playing in the house. Yesterday we played on the tyres on the school field and it was lots of fun.
Well done everyone and see you on Monday.