Dear Families,

Welcome back to our new term and Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break. We have had a great first few days settling the children back into school routines and welcome Ms Dickinson to the team! We started a new topic: Contrasting Countries. We have been learning about the country of Jamaica and finding out how it is similar or different to where we live in the UK. We did research to find out what the capital of each country is, the language spoken, money used there, weather, food eaten and what the towns and houses are like. We enjoyed playing in the small world, a Jamaican beach scene and working together to fish out water pollution from the sea just like our new story "Clean Up". We even had a taste of some exotic fruit and described what it was like. In maths, we looked at counting on and back within 10 on a number line. We practised finding one more and one less. Have a lovely 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! Then practise learning to blend with Fred talk.

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!