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Re-opening of School for Reception Children

If you have any questions please contact the school office regarding your child returning to school.

Staggered Timings:

Drop off 8.35 am - 9.00 am

Pick up 3.10 pm - 3.30 pm

Curriculum Overview

Monday 6th July 2020

Welcome to Reception’s blog!

We wanted to provide some links and tasks for the children who have not returned to school.

Updated Phonics Information

You can continue to use the Read, Write Inc lessons on the Ruth Miskin website. https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/

In school, we will be consolidating the sounds that the children have already been taught, depending on where the children are at with their learning.

Miss Brown’s phonics group- Set 1 sounds:

m, a, s, d, t, i, n, g, o, c, k, u, b, f, e, l, h, sh, ck, r, j, v, y, w, th, z, ch, qu, x, ng, nk

Mrs Davis’ phonics group- Set 1 sounds (as above) plus Set 2 sounds:

ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo, ar, or, air, ir, ou oy

Miss Johnson’s phonics group- Set 1 & Set 2 sounds (as above)

Practise reading these trick ‘red words’ – words that are not always decodable so we just need to know them!

I, the, you, to, my, was, he, she, me, be, we, said, are, all, they

Phonics Play is a great website and will allow the children to practice their phonics skills while playing a variety of games. Phonics Play have provided free subscription during this time. Log in details can be found on their page- https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Story Time

Children may be experiencing worries and anxieties at the moment. Here is a list of picture books to read to children in that introduce these themes.

Here are some ideas of stories that explore worry and fear. I’ve attached some links found on YouTube – I’m sure there are many more. Just search the title.

The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FGMHKaxjrQ

The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDq3GCBkJQA
The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYV_o9Uj2jc

Silly Billy by Anthony Browne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6RDfQa_Mo4

If All the World Were by Joseph Coelho
There's a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins
Loved to Bits by Teresa Heapy
Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
Tough Guys Have Feelings Too by Keith Negley
Perfectly Norman by Tom Percival
Ravis’ Roar by Tom Percival
Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival
How Big Are Your Worries Little Bear? By Jayneen Sanders

This book helps talk about germs and hygiene:

Germs are Not for Sharing by Elizabeth Verdick

Chitra Soundar, an Indian-born British author and storyteller based in London, writes

‘Young children don’t consciously know they need representation in books. But if every primary school classroom had a bookshelf full of diversity, and every reading list was inclusive, every child in the class would experience the joy of seeing themselves represented in the books they read’.

Here is a list of representative picture books for children. Again, search YouTube for online versions of these stories:

Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdcaI5KS__A
Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke
My Pet Star by Corrinne Averiss
The Extraordinary Gardener by Sam Boughton
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
The New Small Person by Lauren Child
The Name Jar by Yansook Choi
So Much! by Trish Cooke
Ready Steady Mo! by Mo Farah
Chapatti Moon by Pippa Goodhart
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
The Big Bed by Bunmi Laditan
Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The Garden of Hope by Isabel Otter
Number 7 Evergreen Street by Julia Patton
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival
I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max

Creative Curriculum

This week in school, we will be reading and learning from the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,’ by Michael Rosen. You can see the author perform his story here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gyI6ykDwds

Learning ideas for this story:

Cosmic Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAT5NiWHFIU
Sequence the story.
Role-play the story using homemade masks.
Map out the story using pictures and words.
Learn about bears- what do they look like, where do they live, what do they eat e.tc
Move in different ways according to the setting of the story – mud, snow, river etc.
Explore sounds that the different settings make – perhaps make your own instruments to create sounds to represent a setting.
Re-write the story – changing characters and/or settings.

The ‘Young Writers’ website are running poetry competitions as a fun activity to use for home learning. You can use the downloadable worksheet, or children can write / type their poem instead. There is an engaging video that can be used for support.

EYFS- Reception and Nursery- ‘My First Riddle’-

https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/eyfs/mfr2020

They are offering prizes, depending on the age of the child, and the deadline for entry is Friday 24^th July 2020.

Maths

This week in school, we will be going over some things that we have already learnt in Reception.

This includes:

Counting up to 30 and ordering and writing these numbers.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting

Naming 2D and 3D shapes and talking about their properties.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/shape-position-and-movement

There is a video clip for parents called ‘Nurturing a love of Maths from the start.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UvbbYeQUeE&region=uk

Also, ‘Five ways to improve maths home-learning’ may be able to assist you:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/blog/five-ways-to-improve-maths-home-learning/?region=uk

The Oxford Owl website has a great section to advice parents on how to teach maths at home:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/maths/?region=uk

Celebrations, Festivals and National Events

Plastic Free July

Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste. Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics?

Plastic Free July provides resources and ideas to help you (and millions of others around the world) reduce single-use plastic waste every day at home, work and school.

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search

Asalha Puja Day

Asalha Puja Day is a Buddhist festival that occurs on the full moon of the eighth lunar month, which is usually in July. The festival pays homage to the Buddha and commemorates the Buddha's first sermon and the founding of the Buddha's Sangha - four noble truths. The day is observed by donating offerings to temples and listening to sermons.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search

http://www.ichild.co.uk/tags/browse/227/Asalha-Puja-Dharma-Day

Please also check the ‘Sports News’ section on our school website for some ideas of fun activities that you can try at home.

https://www.phoenix-pri.essex.sch.uk/sports-news/

Please continue to use the Oak Academy Online Classroom as this has new lessons every day.

https://www.thenational.academy/

ELG (Early Learning Goals)

Each area of the EYFS curriculum has an Early Learning Goal, which is the standard that a child is expected to achieve by the end of their reception year.