Category: Reception

Hello Reception,

The end of the school year is nearly here and that means that today is the last of the daily blogs! I have had so much fun uploading and sharing some ideas with you and hopefully you have too!

Feel free to revisit the blogs at any point to revise work or use them as inspiration for some fun summer activities.

Phonics activity

Over the summer please continue to practise your phonics, revising your Phase 3 sounds and Phase 3 and 4 tricky words:

Here are the flashcards to practise your sounds:

PHONICS FLASHCARD GAME

Make sure you are reading daily with your children and encouraging them to write to allow them to apply this knowledge.

Literacy activity

Following on from yesterday, have another discussion about the superhero you designed, look at the picture they drew and discuss their various features. Once they can remember, label the superhero, writing their name, labelling any powers they have and elements of their costume. You could even write a short story that involves them or a sentence describing them. Allow your children to use their phonics and try not to correct every spelling, at this age, spelling words phonetically plausibly (when read aloud it sounds like the word) then that is fine. Encourage their efforts and take breaks if needed!

Please send me photos of your superheros to admin@sjtdprimary.org.uk

Maths activity

Please finish working throuhg the Recpeiton activities in the maths booket.

MATHS BOOKLET

Reading and sharing books

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

I hope you are having a wonderful day so far!

Phonics activity

As usual, please practise your phonics, revising your Phase 3 sounds and tricky words:

If you are confident with phase 3 sounds and tricky words, move onto Phase 4 words!

Here are the flashcards to practise your sounds:

PHONICS FLASHCARDS

Make sure you are reading daily with your children and encouraging them to write to allow them to apply this knowledge.

Literacy activity

For the next two days we are going to be designing our own superhero inspired by the story Superheroes – All sorts that we have been reading.

Today encourage your child to think of their own superhero.

You can ask them key questions like:

‘What would your superhero be called?’

‘What would their superhero power be?’

‘What makes them special?’

‘What is their superhero costume?’

Help your child to draw their superhero, adding as much detail as they can. Tomorrow we will be labelling them.

Maths activity

We are continuing to work through this weeks maths booklet, you do not need to complete the Year 1 activities unless you and your child are very confident to do it.

MATHS BOOKLET

Make believe play

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

I hope you have been enjoying the sunshine.

Phonics activity

Hello Reception, I am sure you are practising your Phonics daily, here are the sounds to help you.

If you cannot remember the sounds for some of the digraphs or trigraphs watch this video:

PHASE 3 PHONICS

Then test yourself using the flashcards:

PHONICS FLASHCARD GAME

Literacy activity

Today’s Literacy activity is a writing activity based on the story Superheroes – All sorts.

Read the story here:

SUPERHEROES – ALL SORTS

Here is the writing activity:

WRITING ACTIVITY

Maths activity

Please continue to work through the maths booklet at your own pace, move onto the Year 1 activities if you need more challenge!

MATHS BOOKLET

Pen and paper games

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

I hope you are having a wonderful day so far!

Phonics activity

Please continue to practise your phonics daily.

Watch this video to revise the sounds:

Then practise using the flashcards:

PHONICS FLASHCARD GAME

Literacy activity

Today’s activity is a listening and speaking activity based on the story Even Superheroes have bad days.

Please clock the box below to find the story link and the activities.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING ACTIVITY

Maths activity

Please continue to work through the maths booklet for this week. Work at a pace that suits you and your child, if you complete this and your child was completing these activities independently, you could support them to try some of the year one activities.

MATHS BOOKLET

Modelling using moulding materials

Have fun!

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

I hope you had a lovely weekend!

Phonics activity

Please practise phonics daily to get prepared for the return to school in September.

Watch this video to remind yourself of the sounds:

PHONICS PHASE 3

Then practise with the flashcards:

PHONICS FLASHCARDS

Literacy activity

Today’s task is a reading activity based on the stroy Superheroes – All sorts,

Read it here:

SUPERHEROES – ALL SORTS

Then complete the following activities:

READING ACTIVITY

Maths activity

This week we are using a home learning maths booklet, please start with the Reception work, spending the week working through the activities at t pace that suits you and your child.

If you complete the Reception activities and would like more challenge, have a go at the year 1 activities. Please note that children will need a lot more support to do some of these so only do them if your child is ready.

MATHS BOOKLET

Exploring and playing

Have a lovely rest of the day,

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

Happy Friday!

Phonics activity

Please practise your Phase 3 phonics:

Watch the video to learn the sounds:

PHASE 3 PHONICS

Then practise using the flashcards:

PHONICS FLASHCARDS

Literacy activity

As you have been doing such wonderful writing this week, I would like you to use today to share stories. Find some of your favourite books and enjoy them together. Grown-ups can read to children, children can read to their grown-ups.

You could use toys to act out the story, giving your characters different voices and actions.

You could even make up your own stories, use puppets or listen to stories in video or audio format.

It is important to instil a love of reading into your children and what better way to do this than sharing their favourite stories with their loved ones.

Maths activity

This is the last day of maths activities related to the story How Many Legs? .

Read/listen to it once more here:

Here are today’s activities:

MATHS ACTIVITY

Expressive arts and design

Colour mixing

This fun experiment involves combining different colours to see what colours they create.

You can use this template or just some paper you have around.

See what wonderful colours you can make. Perhaps try making predictions before you mix and then see if you are correct.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

As usual we will start by practising our phonics.

Phonics activity

Please revise the Phase 3 sounds:

Watch this video to remember the sounds:

PHASE 3 PHONICS

Then practise using the flashcards:

PHONICS FLASHCARDS

Literacy activity

Today I would like you to re-read the story of Boris and Sid are bad and create some rules for them to help them play more nicely.

You could set them out like our reception rules were, creating a list and drawing pictures for each rule.

Boris and Sid’s Rules
1. Be kind by sharing your toys.

2. Take turns to make it fair.

Maths activity

This weeks maths activities realate to the book How Many Legs, read/listen to it here:

HOW MANY LEGS (READ ALOUD)

Then complete the following activities:

MATHS ACTIVITY

Understanding the world

Today we are going to be testing paper aeroplanes.

This activities only needs paper and something to put on the ground to mark a starting point.

Start by creating some paper areoplanes, you might want to make some different designs, make some larger and some smaller, use different types of paper. This will make it more interesting when you test them.

Here are some videos of how to make a paper aeroplane:

This activities only needs paper and something to put on the ground to mark a starting point.

Start by creating some paper areoplanes, you might want to make some different designs, make some larger and some smaller, use different types of paper. This will make it more interesting when you test them.

Here are some videos of how to make a paper aeroplane:

PAPER AEROPLANE TECHNIQUE 1

You can find more here:

When you are done, mark a line on the floor so you can all start in the same place and see how far your planes fly!

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Phonics activity

Please practise your phonics everyday!

Watch this video to revise the sounds:

PHASE 3 PHONICS

Then see how well you remember them by using the flashcards:

PHONICS FLASHCARDS

Literacy activity

Today’s activity is a writing activity related to the story Boris and Sid are bad.

Read it here:

BORIS AND SID ARE BAD

Then complete the writing activities:

WRITING ACTIVITY

Maths activity

This week’s maths activities relate to the book How Many Legs

Read/listen to it here:

HOW MANY LEGS (READ ALOUD)

Complete today’s activities:

Personal Social and Emotional Development

This activity will help to prepare your child for the transition to Year 1

Start by asking your child “What good things can you remember from this year?”

Allow them to share their experiences of the school year.

Then ask “What are you looking forward to in Year 1?”

Pose the question “What targets have you achieved this year?” (you can help them relate this to reading, writing, maths or other personal targets)

Ask “What is one thing would you like to do better next year?”

You might like to create a poster or something similar with the goal for Year 1 so they can reflect on it throughout next year.

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

I hope you are having a wonderful day so far!

Phonics activity

Let’s practise our phonics!

Watch this video to remind yourself of our phase 2 phonics sounds.

PHASE 3 PHONICS

Then test yourself using the flashcards:

PHONICS FLASHCARDS

Literacy activity

Today’s literacy is based on the story Boris and Sid are bad.

Read it here:

BORIS AND SID ARE BAD

After you have read it, please complete the reading activities.

READING ACTIVITIES

Maths activities

This week’s maths activities are realted to the story How Many Legs.

Read/listen to it here:

HOW MANY LEGS (READ ALOUD)

Here are today’s activities:

MATHS ACTIVITY

Communication and Language

Communication and language area(s) of development: Turn-taking, social interaction, attention & listening

In a nutshell – A kingsize variation of the good old pair matching game. Take several paper plates and markers and write some letters if you want your little ones to practice literacy or draw shapes, animals and other items if it’s time to build their vocabulary.

What you need –

· A Dozen Paper Plates

· Marker Pens

Have fun!

Miss Roberts

Hello Reception,

Welcome to a new week! I hope you had a lovely weekend.

Phonics activity

Please continue to practise phonics everyday, especially those tricky phase 3 sounds.

This only needs to take 5 minutes but it is vital that your child learns this to allow them to succeed in their reading and writing.

Watch this video to practise, repetition is a good way to help your child to remember the sounds and be able to recall them instantly.

PHASE 3 PHONICS VIDEO

Then practise them using the quick flashcards game:

PHONICS FLASHCARD GAME

Literacy activity

This week’s literacy activites are based on the story Boris and Sid are bad.

Read it here:

BORIS AND SID ARE BAD

Today’s activity is a listening and speaking activity.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING ACTIVITY

Maths activity

This week’s maths activity uses the book How Many Legs.

Read/listen to the story before beginning the activities:

HOW MANY LEGS (READ ALOUD)

Here are today’s activities based on the story:

MATHS ACTIVITY

Understanding the world

Lemon juice secret messages

1. Add about 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of lemon juice to the cup. Fresh squeezed or bottled juice will work just fine.

2. Soak an end of the cotton swab or put the paint brush into the lemon juice. You’ll use this to write your message.

3. Write your message on the plain paper. You’ll be able to see it as long as the paper is wet so let the lemon-juice message dry completely.

There’s no rush to revealing the message but when it comes time to read it, there are several methods of heat sources. NOTE: If you choose the open flame method, make sure an adult helps out. Setting the message and/or yourself on fire are not what you want to do. Whichever method you choose, start at the bottom of the message and work your way up since heat rises.

Here are some options:

You can hold the paper over an incandescent light bulb with OK results. It may be hard to tell if the bulb is hot enough, so you may not kow whether your paper is blank or whether you just can’t see the message yet.

You can “iron” your paper but don’t use the steam setting. This may be the best method. A clean rag between the iron and the paper helps keep the iron’s hot surface clean.

Hold the paper over a hot burner on a stove. There will be some distortion of the paper as it gets hot and the message appears. Watch your fingers!

You can use a hairdryer on a hot setting.

Here is a video if you want to see how it is done:

Have fun and stay safe!

Miss Roberts