Dear Families,

Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely break. The rain hasn't stopped our fantastic learning this week! We have started our new topic - ‘Diwali’. We have learnt about this special celebration of lights and made our own Rangoli patterns, lanterns and investigated sources of light.  We even made our own clay diyas and decorated them! In maths, we have been practising addition, finding 1 more and counting on. The children were so smart and we saw some super smiles during our school photos on Thursday! The weather is set to get wetter so please ensure the children have a rain coat and a spare change of clothes on their peg (including wellies if possible) at all times. 

This week we also sent out our reading book bags. Please practice reading with and to your child every day! We will swap book bags every Monday. Please join us for our rearranged Reception RWI & Early Reading Parent Workshop on Thursday 9th November at 9am. 

Have a lovely and hopefully dry weekend!

Best wishes from the Reception Team

Click on the picture below to listen to the story with your child, then ask them the suggested questions.

We have learnt the words below this week. Can you ask your child the suggested questions to encourage them to use the words in a sentence?

Practise the sounds we have learnt this week with your child by clicking on the pictures below. The more opportunities they have to see, hear and say the sounds, the more likely they are to stick. The videos will teach you too! Click on your child's phonics teacher.

Try out one or both of these activities with your child this weekend. Please send us any photos you take or bring your child's learning into school - we'd love to see them!