Welcome to the very first blog post of the new school year. The aim of the blog is to keep you up-to-date with all the exciting learning that takes place in our Reception class each week. Do check the blog regularly to find out which Spotlight Stories we have been reading, which letter sounds we have learnt and which maths concepts we have mastered!
We have been so impressed with how well the children have settled into their new classroom. In particular, they have been getting used to using their listening skills when on sitting on the carpet. To help us think about our listening skills, our Spotlight Stories have included the wonderful ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ series by Julia Donaldson. There are four books in the series and, of course, we had to read each one!
You can revisit the stories in these youtube clips:
Mrs Noble
And we read several of the Tom Percival stories which deal with a range of emotions. I would highly recommend this series. We read Ruby’s Worry, Ravi’s Roar and Milo’s Monster which deal with worries, anger and jealously respectively. You can re-read these in the videos below. We also read a lovely new one called ‘The River’, also by Tom Percival, which uses the changing flow of a river as a metaphor for our changing emotions. I couldn’t find a video of this book, but here is a picture of the front cover:
World Book Day
We hope everyone is having a lovely weekend, see you on Monday!