Hello!

This week we put on our production ‘Whoops – a – Daisy Angel’. We were so proud of the children in their first school show. They did brilliantly in remembering lines and learning songs and actions.

We have had a fun and busy week with the production, making cards and calendars and enjoying our Christmas party!  The children are definitely ready for a break and we hope you have lots of fun together this Christmas.

In maths this week we have been continuing consolidating knowledge of number to 5. We have been solving problems involving adding, subtracting and sharing. At home over the holidays you might count up Christmas presents or how many sprouts you have on your plate for Christmas dinner. You might like to share out Christmas sweeties equally or unequally and discuss how your child knows which amounts are equal and how they know.

In Understanding the World, we have been learning about how Christians celebrate Christmas. The children have learnt about the Christian story of Christmas and thought about what gifts were brought to Jesus and compared them to gifts that we would buy new born babies now. We have talked about what life was like in the past when Jesus was born and how this compares to now.

When we return after the holidays we will be learning about where our rubbish goes, how and what to recycle and about pollution in our topic ‘Looking after Farsley’.

We will be developing the skill of conceptual subitising in maths, seeing smaller amounts within a larger amount. Dice games are a good way to consolidate the dice patterns to 6. Over the Christmas holidays you might like to play some dice games together. How quickly can your child recognise the number from the die?

Thank you for all the gifts, vouchers and cards you have sent in this week. As always, we don’t expect anything at all but we really do appreciate it.

We hope you have a lovely Christmas.

The Reception team