This week in Reception we have been reading The Jolly Postman. We have done drawings of our own character and setting from the story. We have also written our own secret codes for our pictures using cvc words. In maths we have been looking at the composition of numbers 1-4. We have used paint to stamp different compositions of numbers. We have been practicing our nativity songs and words!

Phonics: 
Digraphs sh (shell) th (thumb) ng (sing) nk (pink)
Tricky words: into she push he of

In Reception we have been reading the new story ‘My Granny went to Market’ this week. We have enjoyed designing our own magic carpets and writing about them in the drawing club. In Maths, we have started to look at our Part Part Whole models to support our addition skills. The children then used this to write their own equations. In our creative area we have been drawing our own portraits ready for our display. 
Phonics: 
qu, sh, ch, z
Words: queen, ship, chip, zig-zag 

This week in Reception we have been reading Funnybones! We have been writing about which animals the skeletons saw at the zoo. We listened to the sounds that we could hear in the words and practised using a sound mat to write them down. In maths, we have learnt to recognise and name some 2D shapes. We looked at how many sides each shape has and whether the sides were straight or curved. In playful learning, we have been using shapes to make pictures. We have also been learning our nativity songs this week. 
Phonics: In phonics this week we have learnt some digraphs. A digraph is where two graphemes make one sound. We have learnt ff (puff) ll (bell) ss (mess) and j (jellyfish)
Tricky word: Put, pull, full and as. 

This week in Reception we have been learning all about Autumn. Through our exploration of season change we have been looking out for signs of Autumn, and went for an autumn walk in Forest School, where we used our senses to explore our ever changing local environment. We have been furthering our subitising skills during maths and have explored the relation between numbers when making 4. 
Phonics: We have been consolidating our knowledge of all of our sounds, as well as recapping our tricky words: is, I, the. 

In reception this week we have been reading about the colour monster. His emotions are all muddled up! We have been talking about different emotions and what could make us feel that way. We have also started to think about what we could do if we are feeling angry or worried. We have created pictures of our own colour monsters and tried using some of the sounds we have learnt so far in our writing. In maths we have continued to learn our numbers to 5. We have also been looking at groups of objects and thinking about which has ‘more.’
Phonics: g, o, c, k

In Reception the children have been enjoying writing letters to the friendly dinosaur. They have been telling the dinosaurs all about their new school and the different things they love to do. In Maths, we have been focusing on number recognition to 5. They have been learning to count amounts and match the numbers to the correct amounts. In addition we have been making our own dinosaur eggs on the creative table. 
Phonics: i, n, d 
Words: sat, pin, tap, nip, sit