We had a special delivery on Monday…eggs! We pondered over what could be inside, perhaps a turtle, snake or even a crocodile?! On Tuesday, out hatched a duckling! We now have 2 new fluffy additions to Early Years, with hopefully more to come!

This week we have been reading the story Croc and Bird. After hatching from their eggs, Croc and Bird think they are brothers and have a wonderful adventure together before being reunited with their own kind. We have been super busy building nests, exploring eggs and learning interesting facts about birds and crocodiles.

In maths we have been exploring odd and even numbers. We learnt a rhyme to help us remember them:

“0,2,4,6,8 even numbers they are great!”

“1,3,5,7,9 odd numbers they are fine!”

Perhaps you could look out for some odd and even numbers over the weekend. Can you spot an odd/even number on your front door? The front of a bus? At the shops?

Phonics

Now we have learnt all the sounds in phase 3, we have moved onto phase 4. Phase 4 revisits and reviews all sounds taught so far as well as learning lots of new high frequency words and tricky words.

All sounds learnt:

s a t p i n m d g o c ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear er air ure

Tricky words learnt:

I    no    go    into   the  to  she     he    we     me     be     we   are   was  you  my  said  so  have  like   were   little

Tricky words of the week:

have   like   come   some

High frequency words of the week:

went    from    it’s    just

Read them, write them, put them into a sentence.

Reminders:

• It is bank holiday on Monday 2^nd May so we will see you on Tuesday.
• On Thursday 5^th May, our Early Years space will be used as a polling station. School will be closed for Nursery and Reception. We look forward to seeing you at Gladstone Park for an adventure morning. Please see letter sent via Parent Mail for more info. 
• Guided reading books are to be returned every Monday. Your child will receive a new book on a Wednesday.
• P.E is now every Wednesday and Friday. Please ensure your child has the correct kit in school.

Have a great weekend

Eid Mubarak!

The Reception Team