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Read Aloud Books for Kids | Sully the Seahorse: A Story About Self-Esteem & Resilience |Read For Fun

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Billy's Bucket

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This week we have been investigating repeating patterns and creating patterns using rules. We have also developed our understanding of positional language and described the postions in a pattern using vocabulary:

next to / in between / above / below / in the middle of / left / right

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Summer 2 - Maths Focus - Months of the Year

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Summer 2 - Maths Focus - Months of the Year

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We help children learn the months of the year in Reception because it supports their early understanding of time, routines, seasons, and important events like birthdays, helping them make sense of the world around them. Please encourage your child to learn them at home and also know when their birthday is.

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Monday 29th June - Fives Spires 10th Anniversary

Friday 3rd July - Summer Fayre

Thursday 9th July - Adventure Farm trip (all volunteers places filled - thank you )

Pirate Beach Day - Monday 13th July (all day - please don't buy costumes, homemade are always the best)

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Grace & Enya loving their new balloon sea creatures! 

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Grace & Enya loving their new balloon sea creatures! 

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11th June A big thank you to Vanessa (Y5) who made all the Reception children an under the sea balloon creature 

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11th June A big thank you to Vanessa (Y5) who made all the Reception children an under the sea balloon creature 

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At the Beach - Postcards From Crabby Spit by Roland Harvey. Read-Aloud

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Well done Maia excellent cutting skills using a knife to chop your banana fruit boat.

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This week we will be talking about how to stay safe in the sun.

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This week we will be talking about how to stay safe near water.

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Reece really enjoyed making and eating his banana boat.

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Can your child count to 20 forwards and backwards? Do they know the 'teen numbers'? Can they say which number is one more or less than any number to 20?

counting backwards:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS60rraBhz4

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Number song 1-20 for children | Counting numbers | The Singing Walrus

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The Little Mermaid Song Clip - “Under The Sea” (1989)

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NEW! Summer 2 - Knowledge Organiser & Home Learning 

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NEW! Summer 2 - Knowledge Organiser & Home Learning 

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Reception Knowledge Organiser & Home Learning - Summer 2

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Commotion in the Ocean (ANIMATED Read Aloud) -  Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz

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Sketching Skills - Art - Fine Motor Skills

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Sketching Skills - Art - Fine Motor Skills

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We are continuing to develop the children's fine motor, drawing/sketching skills. Look at the detail on Toby's under the sea drawing. Well done!

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Great predictions everyone!

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We have been practising our red words / common exception words / tricky words spellings.

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WC 1st June Maths Partner Learning - Grouping

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WC 1st June Maths Partner Learning - Grouping

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Reece and Henry are great maths partners, they take turns, listen to each other and explain their understanding of concepts being taught - well done! This week we learnt about 'grouping'.

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Tate proud to show off his Italian flag. The children learnt how the colours of the flag were represented in the traditional Margherita pizza.

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WC 1st June DT Skills - Junk Model Boats

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WC 1st June DT Skills - Junk Model Boats

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We enjoyed making different types of boats using recycling. Well done Maia, Robyn and Jess for your excellent models.

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We help children learn the days of the week so they can talk confidently about their routines, understand what happens on different days, and begin to develop early time awareness.

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Days of the Week clap clap!       to the tune of the Addams Family

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WC 1st June Maths - Odd and Even Numbers to 10

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WC 1st June Maths - Odd and Even Numbers to 10

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Well done to Lok Ching and Stella - great maths partner learning this week whilst learning about odd and even numbers.

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The children all loved making their own Italian Venetian mask.

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International Day - Flight to Rome, Italy "All Aboard"

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International Day - Flight to Rome, Italy "All Aboard"

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Birthdays in Class - Please share a book with your friends

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Birthdays in Class - Please share a book with your friends

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We warmly welcome children to bring in a Birthday Book to share with their friends when it's their birthday (instead of sweet treats). All children will receive a birthday card and sticker from me too!

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What do you think we found in the school pond?

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The children loved creating circuits!

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What a great day we had!

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Thank you to Pippa's mum in Nursery - the children all had fun during this free session.

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Well done Tate and Ouen, great skills.

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LOOK UP | Nathan Bryon | Read aloud #storyoftheweek

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Kids Read Aloud: Naughty Bus - ALIVE Story Time with Miss Ferreira (Learn at Home Read Aloud)

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Great pretend play and what an amazing plane Chloe, Robyn and Esme.

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Wow - how amazing is Ben's painting of a hot air balloon for the story The Journey.

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Summer 1 - knowledge organiser and home learning 

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Summer 1 - knowledge organiser and home learning 

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This week is all about BEES!

Bettie bee is a happy cheerful buzzy little bee until one day her favourite flowers go missing! This beautiful picture book about bees raises awareness of the importance of habitats for bees in a child friendly way.

Children's bee books encourage them to appreciate nature and shows how a small act of kindness can make a big difference!

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WC 16th March - Finding and Representing 9 and 10

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WC 16th March - Finding and Representing 9 and 10

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This week in maths we have been continuing to develop our partner work and investigating 9 and 10. How many different ways can you represent these numbers?

Vocabulary: total / altogether / whole number / part

Sentence stems: I can see / I know that

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I think Leo and Robyn enjoyed this activity! Well done.

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Well done Ben for creating a frog during this week's 'frog' topic week. You also came up with a name for your frog and wrote a label.

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Vocabulary:

Goal

Achievement

Perseverance

Celebrate

Resilience

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The Dot by Peter H Reynolds :  a wonderful story about art and creativity for kids

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Circus Day clown portraits - oil pastels

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Circus Day clown portraits - oil pastels

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HANDA'S SUPRISE by Eileen Browne | Read Aloud Stories for kids #storyoftheweek

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WC 2nd March Focus Text Jack and the Beanstalk

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WC 2nd March Focus Text Jack and the Beanstalk

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Toby really enjoyed tasting different pancake toppings.

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Reece really enjoyed trying all these foods today and he was an expert at using the chop sticks. Thanks for showing us how to use them correctly Reece.

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FARMYARD HULLABALOO | Giles Andreae | Read aloud #storyoftheweek

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Great story telling today Maia, Stella and Robyn.

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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 🐷🐷 🐷 Mara Alperin | Read aloud #storyoftheweek #traditionaltales

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Jules - Packington Farm Healthy Lunch Box Talk

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Jules - Packington Farm Healthy Lunch Box Talk

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This week we have been learning about numbers: 6/7/8. We enjoyed working with our Maths buddy to develop our maths skills.

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The Dragon with the Blazing Bottom - Read Aloud

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Henry you are so kind and helpful as a vet.

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WINTER - snow play - what a great find Toby!

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WINTER - snow play - what a great find Toby!

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How to care for the teeth of children aged 3-6 with Dr Ranj and Supertooth!

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IMPORTANT: Statutory Guidance on Healthy Eating & Drinking

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IMPORTANT: Statutory Guidance on Healthy Eating & Drinking

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This will be emailed to you and keep an eye open for a new policy soon.

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Alan's Big Scary Teeth - Literacy WC 19th January 

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Alan's Big Scary Teeth - Literacy WC 19th January 

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Knowledge Organiser & Home Learning SPRING 1

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Knowledge Organiser & Home Learning SPRING 1

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Reception Knowledge Organiser & Home Learning - Spring 1

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Rudolph Run in Lichfield for St Giles Fundraising

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Rudolph Run in Lichfield for St Giles Fundraising

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We used playdough, candles and other accessories to design and make birthday cakes for Mog the Cat.

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Vocabulary:

Taste

Smell

Same

Different

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BBC Philharmonic: The Musical Story of the Gingerbread Man

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A musical re-telling of a classic children’s tale by the BBC Philharmonic.

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Well done Jess and Chloe, what fabulous drawings!

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Our new mini mission is Through My Eyes.

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We loved making wedding decorations for Harry and Betty's wedding.

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Vocabulary:

Birthday

Family

Tradition

Belief

Religion

Acceptance

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The children enjoyed visiting the library, listening to a story and meeting staff, and learning how to check out a library book of their choice. Well done everyone!

Thank you to all our parent helpers!

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Jules from Packington Farm came into Reception on Tuesday 18th November to talk to the children about farming and she brought her friend Hetty the Hen in too!

The children really loved engaged with the story The Little Red Hen, which they were familiar with.