Reception Iveson Blog

This week in Phonics we are learning the trigraph ‘ure’ as in the word ‘pure’ and the digraph ‘er’ as in the word ‘flower’. We continue to encourage the children to write in all areas of their learning.  In maths, 12 is still our number of the week. We continue to build our reasoning skills to ask questions and enquire about our learning.  In literacy, we are moving onto the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Invite your child to retell the story through actions that we have learnt In school. 

This week in Robin class we will be focusing on the trigraphs ‘ear’ as in dear and ‘air’ as in hair. We will be challenging the children to read two-syllable words and write sentences including the word ‘they’. Click on the link below to learn more: https://youtu.be/dHe3Ripnt08 We will also be focusing on the number 12 this week and investigating ways to represent it. Challenge your child to explore this number including halving, doubling and sharing.

The children applied their phonics skills last week and read clues for our Easter egg hunt!

We are very impressed with the children’s brilliant  half term homework . They were very eager to talk about the insect they had made and the other children listened intently. We can’t wait to make a display with all the fabulous insects, pictures and writing.

We cant wait to see the children back in Robin class. This half term will be an exciting one focusing on the natural world we live in. We will begin by reading and retelling the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We will even watch real caterpillars growing and transforming into butterfiles before our eyes in our class!   Click here to listen to the story read aloud by the author Eric Carle In phonics we will begin by revisiting the digraphs (two letters which make one sound)  ai, ee, oa, oo, ar or ur, ow oi and trigraph (three letters which make one souund) igh. We will practise reading and writing words that contain these sounds. Remember to sing along to the Jolly Phonics song - they really help the children to remember them. Click here to sing the Jolly Phonics songs Our Maths focus for this half term will be on ordering numbers to twenty, problem solving, reasoning. We will be making use of our fanatastic outdoor space to challenge the children to apply the mathematic