Hello!

This week in Understanding the World we have been talking about the transition to Year 1. We have explored how changes make us feel and we read a story about a caterpillar who was a bit nervous and worried about turning into a butterfly, however when she did change she found it was really fun being a butterfly. We talked about the fact that it is absolutely ok to have lots of different feelings and that talking about our feelings helps us to make sense of them. We have thought about the things we enjoy doing, what we are good at and what we’d like to improve at and also our hopes and wishes for the future.

This week in maths we have been solving problems. We have been finding missing numbers and combining amounts to find a total. We took inspiration from the book ‘How many legs?’ by Kes Gray and the children have been creating their own problems using different animals to see how many legs they have altogether. How many legs are there if a hippo, a snake and a penguin walked into the room? (4 + 0 + 2) Maybe you could gather some toys and characters at home and pose some questions to each other.

Next week in maths we will be counting on and back and showing more and fewer as well as recapping previous learning.

Next week is of course our last week in school and it is a very busy week too! The theme of the week is Health Week and we will be learning about a variety of different ways to be healthy including looking after our teeth, how to eat healthily, washing hands and talking about different feelings. We will be making fruit smoothies and taking part in a dance session. On Tuesday we will take part in a Sports Gala and on Wednesday we have Fun Morning which should be lots of fun! Let’s keep our fingers crossed for dry weather. On Friday your child can bring a toy to school to play with. No electronics please. A busy and fun week to finish off a wonderful year in reception.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,
The Reception Team