• First Day Smiles
• Circle Time
• New Climbing Frame
• Cricket
• Junk Modelling
• Diwali
• Counting Taps
• More or Fewer?
• Christmas Performance
• Christmas Dinner

We can't believe that it's our last week together already!  We have loved being your teachers for your first year at school and we are going to miss you very much.  We hope you all have a lovely summer holiday and we can't wait to see you and hear your news when you come back as big Year 1's in September.

Mrs Adams, Mrs Barnett & the Reception Team.

Routines, Reminders & Messages

• PE is changing to Friday for the next term (Summer). Children should wear PE kit to school and pumps / trainers (no laces please)
• Show and Tell is changing this term.  Please check your email for the new timetable.
• Phonics Reading Books - your child will bring home 2 x 'Phonics' reading books that match the sounds learned in phonics lessons. It is important for the children to re-read the books (at least 3 times) at home to help them become more fluent, begin to recognise words and to feel successful as a reader. We encourage the children to read once to sound out and blend all of the words, a second time to remember and begin to read a little more confidently and a third time to help their understanding of the book and be able to talk about it.  Please ensure all books and the reading diary are kept in your child's book bag and brought in to school every day as we also read them in class. Books will be changed every Monday - we have very limited supplies of books so please ensure they are in school and availiable to be passed on to the next child.
• 'Reading for Pleasure' books -  These are lovely books for you to share with your child at home - your child is not expected to be able to read these for themselves but they are wonderful as a bedtime story or snuggling up on the sofa to read together. These books are also changed every Monday.
• Reading Diary - Please record in the diary each time you read with your child.  We will make a note of when we have read in school too.  You can use the diary to pass notes to us but please remember that they are not checked daily.  If your message is urgent or very important then please telephone or email the school office instead.
• Home Learning is sent home every Friday.  Please ensure it is completed and returned by the following Wednesday, when we will collect in the home learning books. We do not send any home learning to be completed over the holidays.
• Tapestry - we use this to share some of your child's learning.  If your child attended our Pre-School then your existing login details are still valid.  If you are new to Rode Heath then please look out for an email with instructions on how to get started. As always, please let us know if you have any problems.

We continue to focus on making sure that children are happy, safe and secure in school.  We follow our Hearts and Minds curriculum to ensure the children's personal, social and emotional development is central to our practice.  More information about our Hearts and Minds curriculum and the weekly Hearts and Mind planning can be found using this link: Hearts and Minds. 

To find year group expectations for Maths, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

For year group expectations for English, please click here, scroll down and click on the overview. 

The expectations for Science and the Foundation subjects can be found by selecting the relevant heading from here.

Our Learning Journey: Monday 15th July 2024

Phonics:

We are continuing with Phase 4 and will be learning more about words with adjacent consonants. We will be focusing on blending the adjacent consonants to read these words and stretching the words to hear the adjacent consonants for writing. We will be using our phonic knowledge to read and write simple captions and short sentences. 

We are also learning the new tricky words 'out' and 'what' as well as recapping reading and writing our Phase 2 and Phase 3 tricky words.  We refer to these words as 'tricky' because we can't sound them out - we just have to learn what they look like!  

Phase 2 Tricky Words - I  no  go  to  the  into

Phase 3 Tricky Words - he  she  we  me  be  was  you  they  all  are  my  her

Phase 4 Tricky Words - said  so  have  like  some  come  were  there  little  one  out  what

Pure Sounds - We teach the children to use 'pure' sounds (the sounds that letters make in words)  Click on the pictures below to hear the 'pure' sounds for Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonics.

Literacy:

This week we are using our phonic knowledge to plan and write our own simple sentences that start with a capital letter, have a finger space between each word and end with a full stop.  We are writing letters to our buddies this week.

Letter Formation - Click on the pictures below to see the correct formation for each letter of the alphabet.

  Maths:

We are recapping some of the key skills we have learned this year.  This week we will revisit addition, subtraction and finding the total through practical challenges.

   Personal, Social & Emotional Development:

This week we are finding out why it is important to be kind when we are playing online games or connecting with people on the internet.

   Understanding the World

This week we are completing our work on our visit to Blue Planet aquarium.

  Physical Development:

This week we are learning to use a range of skills and follow a set of simple instructions for a team game. 

   Expressive Arts & Design:

We are finishing our work for the front covers of our journals.

Engineering:

Don't forget to visit our Think Like an Engineer website regularly to see what we're all busy doing: 

https://thinklikeanengineerproject.com

Our door is always open, please come and see us with any concerns, no matter how small you feel they may be. 

If you are worried about how to keep your child safe online, please follow the following link:.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/keeping-your-under-five-safe-online