This week is British Science week. The focus this year is ‘Time’. We will be tying this in with the beginning of our Spring work. In Reception we will be looking at the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk. We will learn the story, act it out and talk about alternative stories. During the week we will be planting our own bean to grow a beanstalk in our own greenhouses. We will monitor how the beans grow over time and will record this information. We will then take our beanstalks home to replant and look after and hopefully they will grow some beans. This would be an excellent opportunity for you to talk to your child about plants and what they need and you could even plant some seeds of your own. Don’t forget to send in any pictures of your planting so that we can share them with the class.
All of the children are now taking home a reading book or ditty sheets as their reading homework. Please try to get into the habit of hearing your child read every night. This is a lovely time to share together and gets your child into a good habit for moving through school. Most of the children will also have work set online on Oxford Owl. Please use your log in details (on the front of the diary) to do the activities set. To redo the book just click on Fred Frog. Children do not need to read their online book and their book bag book every night. Chose one to focus on rather than making them do too much which may put them off reading. Don’t forget to sign the diary each time you do a reading activity. You do not need to sign the diary when you read the library book with your child.
This week we are looking at time. This will tie in with our Science week. We will be looking at periods of time such as the week, using the language of time and will be seeing what activities we can do in a certain period of time. We will also look at the clock and will be learning about o’clock. We will finish the week playing what’s the time Mr Wolf looking at the o’clock time. Can your child identify the days of the week? Do they know what day comes after Wednesday? What day comes before Saturday? Do they understand what the term weekend means?
Although we have entered the season of Spring it has been very cold this week. Please make sure your child continues to come to school in a warm waterproof coat. It is better that their coat stays on their peg if the day warms up rather than them having no coat or only a thin coat when the weather is colder. The children all spend lunchtime outside and have access to the outside area throughout the day.
This years Red Nose Day is March the 15th. Children can come into school in non-uniform and crazy hair for a donation of £1.
Have a lovely week
The Reception Team