Here are some supporting documents to help you with your child’s reading journey at St Mary’s. Further information about the Read, Write, Inc scheme used in school can be found on the English section of the website.
We have loved our daily story times in Reception…
We often choose to read the story again during continuous provision time. We sometimes choose to read on our own or pretend to be a teacher and read to our friends!
We have been learning all about ourselves and the different emotions we might feel.
This week, we read the 'Huge Bag of Worries' story and discussed in groups what things might make us feel worried and what we could do to help. We then had the chance to make our own 'worry monsters' in class to take home! [gallery type="rectangular"...
In Maths, we enjoyed playing a group game using dice.
We matched the number of dots to the numeral and then gave a 'Simon Says' style instruction to our class that many times. We clapped 5 times, waved 6 times and even sang 'Happy Birthday' 3 times! Some children then decided to set this game up again independently in...
We are loving our Tuesday afternoon sessions with our Year 3 ‘Reading Buddies’!
We find a cosy place to sit and enjoy some of our favourite books together. It's a fantastic opportunity for both classes and we're already looking forward to next week.
The Great Reception Bake Off!
Throughout all of next week (November 22nd – 26th) Reception will be hosting a ‘Bake Off’ competition. All Reception children will be bringing in their bakes to sell at lunchtimes in the Reception classroom and our outdoor area after school. Bakes will be sold for 50p...
colour Monsters help us out…
To support children in developing their emotion vocabulary and to support them with asking for help if worried or anxious about anything we have worry boxes in all key stage 2 classrooms. In Reception and key stage 1 classrooms, we use the monsters from the Colour...
Traditional Tales
For our topic of Traditional Tales this week our story focus was The Gingerbread Man. We designed our Gingerbread Men and used our Phonics knowledge to write our shopping list of the ingredients we would need. We then all had a go at weighing, mixing and cutting out...
We learnt all about Diwali in Reception this term
We made Diva lamps using clay to celebrate the Festival of Lights. We listened very carefully to the story of Rama and Sita to find out more about the history of the celebration and looked at some similarities and differences between cultures. We experimented with...
We got messy outside investigating inside a pumpkin.
They had been in our mud kitchen throughout the week when one started to crack, this lead to some fantastic child initiated learning. We used magnifying glasses to have a closer look at the seeds and decided to plant them in our small world area. Some of us used books...
We love learning outdoors just as much as inside!
Reception were doing lots of role playing using resources to pretend they were working in a shop so we made one outside. It has been a fantastic addition to promote communication and language, people and communities and social development. Our shopkeepers have also...
We enjoyed using our outdoor space for learning and went on a search to find materials to make our own stick men.
As we finished our topic Leaf Man, a lot of us made links to the story of Stick Man. Wherever possible we follow children's interests to choose our topics so we changed our plans to fit Stick Man in! In Maths, we looked at ordering the stick family by length and...
Phonics and Dough Disco
We are always working hard at practising our writing and fine motor skills in Reception. We enjoy our daily Phonics sessions along with dough disco and writing challenges indoors and outside. This year we have introduced our 'Big Write' on a Friday where we all write...
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