What an exciting week we have had!  The children performed their “Christmas Recipe” show not once, not twice, but three times this week! Many thanks to all the parents, carers and other family members who came along to support the children (…I wonder if you received an invitation in the post by any chance?!).  The Reception staff are all very proud of just how hard the children worked to make the show such a success!

Here are some of the photos taken backstage before the second (of the three) performances:

Despite such a busy and exciting week, we also found time to learn the final two sounds on the phase 2 sound mat.  They are the digraphs ‘ll’ and ‘ss’.  Actually, we have already learnt the sounds that these digraphs make, as they are exactly the same as the sounds made by ‘l’ and ‘s’.  The actions are also the same (licking a lolly for ‘ll’ and moving a hand like a snake for ‘ss’) and, don’t forget, we like to use our digraph action (linking our hands together with our thumbs) to show we have spotted a digraph (in other words, two letters that hold hands to make one sound).

As we have now learnt all of the phase 2 sounds, please find some time to have a look at the phase 2 sound mat with your child.  This was sent home at parents’ evening but if you need another copy please just ask!  Encourage your child to tell you the sounds and actions they know and practise the ones they are not so sure about.  Thank you.

In our maths lessons this week, we thought about the idea of ‘one more’.  Benji and Sam, who are our class pets, love to gobble up delicious dog biscuits but however many we gave Sam (the little brother), he always wanted ‘one more’!

Finally, we have a particularly special area in our classroom at the moment.  Inspired by the ending of our ‘Christmas Recipe’ show, our cosy book corner has become a stable for baby Jesus who is happily sleeping in his manger.  It looks like the three kings may have visited too!