Reception have been busy developing their computing and writing skills using JIT Write!

The children have been learning how to log in independently using QR codes, navigate to JIT Write and select different templates for their writing.

Using their Fred Fingers and their growing phonics knowledge, the children have been applying the sounds they have learnt to write simple sentences, such as:

“I can run and jog and clap and skip and hop.”

Today, we celebrated Hello Yellow Day by exploring our feelings, spreading kindness and looking after our wellbeing!

We shared the story The Colour Monster and talked about the different emotions we experience and how we can express them.

We worked with our partners to complete the Kindness Balloon Challenge, keeping our yellow balloons in the air while encouraging each other with kind words!

We drew around our hands using yellow felt-tip pens and filled them with pictures of things that make us feel happy. We then used blue felt-tip pens to draw around our hands and illustrated things that make us feel sad. This helped us understand that all feelings are important and it is okay to feel different emotions.

To finish our special day, we enjoyed a relaxing spa afternoon! The children loved soaking their feet, relaxing with cucumber slices over their eyes and enjoying a delicious chocolate treat!

What a wonderful day celebrating kindness, friendship, feelings and looking after ourselves and each other!

We have been learning all about repeating patterns. Can you have a go at making your own pattern using things you can find at home or outdoors?

Remember – a repeating pattern has a part that repeats again and again.

For example:
🥄 fork, spoon, fork, spoon, fork, spoon
🍎 apple, banana, apple, banana, apple, banana
🧦 red sock, blue sock, red sock, blue sock
🍂 leaf, stone, leaf, stone, leaf, stone
🥄 spoon, spoon, fork, spoon, spoon, fork
🟠🔵🟢 orange, blue, green, orange, blue, green

Can you say your pattern aloud?
What comes next?
Can you make a trickier pattern?

📸 We would love to see photographs of the repeating patterns you create!

In phonics, Fred introduced the letter sounds m, a, s, d and t. We have been using them to read words such as mad, sad, sat, dad and at.

Please continue to practise writing the letter sounds on your Fred formation paper and watch the Read Write Inc. home learning videos.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to our phonics meeting on Monday. It was lovely to see you!

In SACRE, we have been learning that everyone is different, special and unique. The children carefully created their own self-portraits, choosing appropriate shapes and colours to represent their individual features. We also practised writing our names and learned that every child has the right to a name.