Week commencing 9th February 

This week the children have been learning about Luna New Year, and they have had a fabulous time.  We have built models of dragons and acted out the story of The Great Race which is the story that underpins the Luna New Year.  We have even made our own paper lanterns.   

Towards the end of the week, we will be celebrating Safer Internet Day and deepening children’s understanding of devices such as Alexa.  It has been a real pleasure to see the home learning the children did as part of last week’s talking task and seeing their technological inventions.  Well done everyone! 

In maths, we have been developing the children’s understanding of 9 and 10 and looking at the different numbers which add together to build these numbers.  With your child, can you add two different groups of objects and count how many there are altogether? 

We hope you enjoy the Half Term break and we look forward to seeing you back at school on 23rd February.  Please remember to bring in mud suits and PE kits.  Please also ensure children have spare underwear in their book bags.  We also ask that any school story books or RWInc books which you may have at home are returned as they are needed to recirculate to others. 

This week’s talking task:  

In the first week back after half term, we will be looking at seeds as part of our learning about growing.  Have you ever grown anything?  Do you have plants in your house?  What do plants inside or outside need to grow?  Maybe you could design your dream garden or draw your favourite plant?  Could you even sow some seeds and see what happens?  

To enable children to develop their language skills, we have used AI to translate this into other languages spoken in our school community. 

This week in Thames Class...

The children are encouraged to use the toilets and drink water throughout the day and are allowed to go to the toilet whenever they need.

The Reception timetable evolves as the children settle into the routine of school.  This is what we are hoping the timetable will be by the end of term.

During Adventure Time, the children are free to use and explore the resources and activities in the indoor and outdoor classrooms.  During this time, the Reception adults lead activities or work with individuals or small groups on a particular task or skill.  Waterproofs and wellies are used everyday during these sessions, so these stay in school.