Hello!
This week we have based our learning around The Jolly Postman stories by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. They are wonderful books ( a super Christmas present from a grandparent or similar if you need any ideas!) with real letters related to each page of the story, as the postman makes his way around the houses of all the characters from traditional fairy tales and nursery rhymes. The children really enjoyed making the links from these stories to those they had read featuring the same characters.
It’s the season of advent and we too in Reception have our advent calendar to help us mark the preparation for and celebration of the birth of Jesus
The children are becoming more and more confident and able in PE and this week enjoyed ball skills and balancing acts!
Our role play area is now a very busy post office with cards and letters being written, parcels being wrapped and mail being stamped and delivered.
We had so much mail that we had to make an extra postbox … many apologies for the children who came home covered in red paint… they do put aprons on … they just don’t seem to be that effective – I’ve added more substantial aprons to the next school order…
Our sound work has been in action with the children using their knowledge to create and read these word puzzles…
We always enjoy numbers and this week used the multi-link cubes to make porridge for the 3 bears ( featured in our Jolly Postman stories) How many cubes for baby bear? How many more for Mummy Bear, Daddy Bear? etc. Lots of lovely learning from a simple activity.
The children also particularly enjoyed ‘ pass the number around the circle game’ where we simply said the next number to the person next to us .. we managed to count all the way to 100!
We always need some fine motor activities to help strengthen the muscles in our forearms and hands for writing, doing up buttons and other such fiddly work. This week the children made pictures using the tap and pin shapes. They all enjoyed hammering in the pins!
Independent sound practice has the children choosing, reading and writing sounds and even blending them for words.
Our junk modelling table has become a hive of activity with present wrapping – we are certainly getting organised for Christmas!
Christmas card writing all underway…
and stamping the parcels has probably been this weeks favourite activity!
The children have been dressing up as the characters from the Jolly Postman books – mainly Cinderella!!
Retelling the story of Little Red Riding hood …
and doing plenty of singing practice for Christmas.
Here are the children’s skeletons from our Light and Dark week.
Hope you have all enjoyed a good week.
We will be having a Reception Christmas Party on Tuesday 15th December. The children are welcome to bring party clothes in a NAMED bag to get changed into . Since we are not allowed to share party food this year, please could you make up a little party disposable snack box for your child and bring it in on that day. (NO NUTS PLEASE!)
Thank you
Erin Bibby