Hedgehog Class

Our phonemes this week are: ck

Our phonemes so far: s a t i p n g o c k m d

Autumn Term Photos

Our First Day in Hedgehog Class - We read the book Harry the Helpful Hedgehog and made spiky Hedgehogs from clay and cocktail sticks.

Our topic is Superheroes!

As part of our exploring time, we have been learning how to use all the different areas within our learning environment. Each area offers unique opportunities for children to investigate, discover, create and develop their understanding of the world around them.

Our different areas of provision are a key part of supporting children's learning and development across all areas of the EYFS curriculum. Through play and exploration, children are developing their communication and language, physical development, personal, social and emotional skills, as well as building foundations in literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design.

We are encouraging the children to become confident and independent learners by making choices, following their interests and using the resources available to them. Whether they are building in the construction area, exploring numbers in maths, getting creative in the art area or developing their imagination through role play, every experience contributes to their holistic development.

We rescued the superheroes from the slime in the science area. We used pipettes to add water when the slime dried out.

We read the story of Avacado baby and looked at our own baby photos. We talked about what we had to do to be healthy and strong. We decided to take good care of the babies by giving them a bath. We observed closely and noticed what happened when we used a bath bomb!

We made sure we hung up their wet clothes. We are getting very good at using our pegs.

We practised our balancing, for climbing on the rooftops, in the physical area.

We've been learning how to join in with rules and routines....

This is how we line up for P.E. We are really good at getting changed independently.

This is how we practice our handwriting in the morning.

This is how we line up for lunchtime. We are respectful and polite to our adults.

We enjoy sharing our snack together. We have special helpers and we always make sure we say please and thank you!

Sometimes we have circle times where we might share stories and talk about our feelings or solve problems.

We love forest Fridays. Last week we picked all the vegetables that the last Hedgehog class had planted. We are looking forward to eating them!

Phonics and Early Reading Parents Information...

Please find below the early reading skills presentation for your information. We are happy to run reading workshops if you need any help with reading at home. Please do ask if you have any questions.

Best Books for Reception: Recommended Booklist for Ages 4-5

Query Box

Please do write any questions you may have (not about individual children please, these can be discussed with class teachers) and we will try and answer them on here.

Useful online links to support learning at home...

An introduction to phase 3 sounds Use this to practice the digraph and trigraph sounds for phase 3

Maths Zone A great site for links to games covering different aspects of Maths. We recommend 100 square hunt, Funky Mummy and Save the whale!

Top Marks Links to various educational games, search by subject and age. Very good for Maths and some good phonics games too!

ICT games A reallky good range of games to practice learning at home. We recommend letters and sounds bingo and tell a T-Rex - Suitable for Foundation Stage and Year 1.

Phonics Play Free games to practice their spelling, reading and phonic skills, subscribe for more choice!