Year: Reception

Week beginning: 

16.6.25

Literacy 

We are continuing to develop our knowledge of non-fiction texts and will be looking at non-fiction texts about minibeasts. 

We will be learning facts about snails and then writing about them. 

Our focus is holding a sentence, segmenting for spelling (i.e. saying a word out loud, splitting it into individual sounds and writing these with the correct grapheme) and enjoying new vocabulary. We are also focusing on spelling tricky words and extending our sentences. 

Phonics

We will be revising all of the strategies that we have learnt to date including reading longer and compound words, blending in our heads and reading words with fluency.

This week we are revisiting:

Long vowel sounds - igh, oa, ai, 

We will also be developing our dictation skills by being able to hold a sentence and write it e.g. “ soap that goat”.

We are also going over all of the tricky words we have learnt to date and learning to read and write them. 

put, pull, full, push, my,by, like,  some, come, love, do

Please see the Little Wandle website for further help on supporting your child in phonics: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Maths

We will be continuing to develop our understanding of number bonds to 5 and 10 and knowing which 2 numbers make a total of 5 or 10. We will be writing full number sentences for example 1 + 4 = 5 and 2 + 8 = 10. 

Understanding the World

In R.E. lessons, we are learning about the idea that some places are special. We will be thinking about what makes a place special to them and exploring how certain rooms and the items within them can hold special meaning.

In understanding the world we are thinking about minibeasts and linking this to our visits to the Forest school over the next few weeks. 

In Art we will be exploring using different mediums to make a sculpture including using clay. 

In our PSHE lessons, we are exploring the theme of growing up and how we change over time. We will be thinking about the ways they have grown and developed since they were babies, and how they will continue to learn and change as they move towards adulthood.

Home Learning

Home learning: We will be sending home activities related to the graphemes that we have been looking at in phonics this week.

Reminders

Please make sure all your child's belongings are labelled this includes all forest school clothing.
Please check Tapestry for updates on your child’s learning. We love to see what you are up to at home so please feel free to send photographs on this platform. 

Library Books We  will be sending home a ‘Love of Reading’ book that your child has selected from the library every Friday.

Please enjoy reading this book to your child and talking around the content and the illustrations.

Your child is not expected to read this book to you. We will be sending home reading books that have been carefully matched to their stage in phonics later in the term.  

Please return your child’s yellow reading diary on a Monday each week. Many thanks for your comments and updates. 

PE Days

PE takes place on these days for both classes:   

• Tuesday:  outdoor PE 
• Thursday: indoor PE

Please send your child in wearing their PE kit on these days. 

Dates for your diary and requests

Hoglets Treat Sale: Friday 27th June

Owlets Treat Sale: Friday 4th July

There will be a trip to Richmond park. The date and time will be confirmed soon. 

Class wishlists

Each class has an Amazon wishlist of resources/books that would enhance the children's learning. If you would like to buy something for your class, please use the links below. It is important to emphasise that this is entirely an optional donation and parents should not feel obliged to provide anything.

Hoglets wishlist

Owlets wishlist