WELCOME TO RECEPTION CLASS
AUTUMN TERM
Another incredible week in Pendle Class. We would never want to show off buttttt, we have started our phase 3 vowel sounds this week! I think you will see the range of books and language we use will grow exponentially now. Children have made mini booklets and multiple sentences on our strange animal templates; inspired by Patricia Cleveland-Peck. It is truly magical to see our little writers share their own ideas and apply their new phonetic knowledge. In mathematics our number knowledge continues to go and we have worked hard on our growing number bonds, subitising and how numbers are interlinked to make each other. Children have needed a keen eye for counting and an even keener one for measuring – accuracy is key! We move onto a very special part of our week, Remembrance. We have worked hard together to understanding the meaning of a Poppy, where the money goes and the sacrifice that men and women made and continue to make for us. Pendle Class created a wreath to go to church for Remembrance Day along with our friends throughout the school, well done everyone. The Nativity is in full swing and children are creating a show that we will never forget! Thank you to Pendle and Parlick Class for working so hard on positing, choreography and singing. Thank you to everyone who is working hard at home too, it is a massive help. If you need any of the songs please see the list above. Today was our very first Judo lesson with Dan. It was great to see everyone working so hard and working as a team. It was especially nice to see Pendle Class working together at the end for Coach Dan to return his mats – teamwork makes the dream work. The cherry to finish is the wonderful Mrs Luke worked with Pendle Class to create our nature portraits. Children had to work together, gather materials and embrace their natural artistic side, thank you Mrs Luke. Thank you all for a wonderful week, I hope you all have a marvelous weekend together and see you Monday.
‘That is sooooooo Yummy!’ When you hear that you know the Gruffalo crumble went down well. The children worked brilliantly together to create a delicious crumble. Children were shown how to pour, mix, knead and measure ingredients and then let loose. The team work on display was fantastic to see and having our Buddies to eat some crumble and watch the Gruffalo together was the cherry on top! Thank you to our school chef Tim for cooking and trying our crumble, he was very impressed. This week I have had the joy of meeting you all again and it sincerely was a treat celebrating all the milestones made. The children have gotten off to an incredible start and we certainly mean to carry on. We now say goodbye to Julia Donaldson and our All About Me topic and hello to Patricia Cleveland-Peck and transport. As a class we discussed what we would like to learn about and came across transport (cars, busses, race cars, tractors, diggers etc) we cannot wait. This wonderful new author is going to help us explore the topic of Wheels, Engines, Tracks and all things that go vroom. Thank you all for a wonderful half term. I have you get to spend some quality time with each other and have a safe Halloween. See you all soon!
29.9.23
Just like that we say goodbye to September and an early hello to October. We will hear sleigh bells before you know it! The children have come across a digraph for the first time and we are trying our best to spot them in a range of words we come across. This week to really showcase our writing we have tried to write our very own sentences! We have used a phoneme frame to help us segment the words and a sound mat to support our phoneme grapheme correspondence independently. We are delighted at how hard we are all working and Miss Deakin even got to have a sneaky peak at our writing. In mathematics children showcased their incredible number ability to subitise and instantaneously recognise 1-5. We are now exploring these numbers to see how they are made up for instance; did you know 4 can be made with 2 + 2 AND! 3 + 1 – who knew! Now to a personal highlight of the week of mine, the harvest assembly. What a time to celebrate harvest together. I sincerely hope you enjoyed our musical performance. I know how hard the children have tried and seeing an audience that big would make me nervous, let alone our Pendle Class team. Well done everyone, I am very proud of you! What you did was incredibly tricky and you all did your best – thank you. I need to finish on a sombre note as we say goodbye to a beloved member of St Francis – Mrs Tyrer. Thank you for everything you have done for the school and the children. I know you will be missed by everyone and we all wish you a very happy retirement. You are a truly wonderful person and an incredible friend to us all. I am sure we will see you again soon. Thank you Pendle Class for another wonderful week. I hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all Monday.
22.9.23
It’s raining, its pouring, but we are certainly not snoring. What a week it has been! I must start with the incredible phonics that is going on in this classroom. The books are a blur of letters and even CVC words – WOW! Children are trying their best to write on the line, keep our letter formation as neat as we can and most importantly be brave and try your best! In addition to that, it is incredible to see the amount of reading that is going on at home. I cannot overstate how happy it makes me to see this – thank you. In mathematics we have come across mighty number 5 and worked on our subitising skills. It certainly is tricky to instantly recognise a number and quantity; but Pendle Class are working hard to do it. We are learning about our kind and caring hands and how we can use them in our daily lives, at school and home. Pendle even made their very own creation wheels to go with the story. I would love to finish with an enormous thank you to our buddies. I have seen with my own 2 eyes how loving each buddy has been and how much your children love them. Thank you Beacon for all your love and support for our new students, they truly think the world of you. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend together and keep reading. Attached below are some wonderful pictures of buddies and wonderful mini people.
