Reception Class Friday 17th July
To the Parents and children of Reception Class. Please can you look on your Hwb account as Mrs Evans has sent you a note on Just2easy messages.
Well what a few months this has been. Who could have imagined this scenario a year ago? I am sure we have all had different experiences of "Lockdown" and hopefully we can all take some positives from this time. I also realise there are lots of families out there that have had to continue working in very challenging circumstances. So from the bottom of my heart I thank you for all that you have done.
"Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else."
Sydney Gurewitz Clemens
Literacy
Action Poem
I am going to do something a little different today. Every term we have created a class poem relating to a particular season. It is also a chance to develop children's vocabulary. We have then created actions to accompany the poem. In school, we did an Autumn and Winter poem. So perhaps you could create a Summer poem together.
So start with recording your child's thoughts about summer-
Birds, sun, flowers, weather, holidays, trees, butterflies, blossom, bees etc.
Then think about using some words to describe these words. Your child might need support with this. This is an example-
Birds singing in the elegant trees
Glistening sun shining like gold.
Flowers bursting with colour.
Butterflies fluttering in the colourful flowers.
I love the summer.
You only need about 4 sentences and if you repeat it several times over the holidays, your child will remember the poem and will have developed some interesting vocabulary. Don't forget to use some actions for each sentence to help your child remember the words.
Numeracy
Over the holidays just keep some practical maths on the boil- number formation to 20, counting to 50 and beyond, adding and subtraction to 20.
Also using language such as more than, less than, in-between, bigger than, smaller than. Number games are also a good family way of improving number.
Topic/Creative-over the week.
Create a Hungry Caterpillar.
This is just an idea but feel free to do your own thing. Make some circles out of card or paper. Or you could use paper plates. Make sure you make a circle for the caterpillars head, the cocoon and the butterfly. Try to use different shades of green for your caterpillar. On the reverse of the caterpillar, you can draw/paint what the caterpillar eat each day. When you have finished, you can hang it in your bedroom or the garden. Remember to write the days of the week and include the caterpillar's legs.
My email address is- MilesD8@hwbmail.net if you need to contact me.
Thank you and keep yourselves safe.
Mrs Miles