We have had a lovely week in Reception. We have continued our learning about different celebrations, this week we have focused on Weddings. We used the book: ‘When Willy went to the Wedding’ to support our learning of what is a wedding? and why do people get married? During playful learning, we have been making tiered cakes using play dough and writing the ingredients to make a wedding cake. The children have created wonderful wedding venue buildings using both the small and large construction; some children have created churches, castles, rocket ships and temples using the wooden blocks, crates and polydrons. A super week for the Sunflowers, Pumpkins and Acorns. 
Next Week: We are continuing to learn about different Festivals by looking more in depth about the Nativity story, this will really help us to get ready for our upcoming shows! We are really impressing our teachers so far by being courageous in our singing, narrating and performing dances.
Key Things to know…
Book Focus: The Nativity Story
Group Time Focus: this week we will be working on our performance skills as actors, dancers or narrators.
Maths: Adding one more
Phonics Focus: sounds h, b, f and l
Rainbow Challenges (independent, open-ended provision)
Red Challenge – To make a Nativity character puppet
Blue Challenge – To order Christmas puddings or stockings by size (smallest to biggest).
Yellow Challenge – To write the names of different Nativity characters/props for our box office role play areas.
Green Challenge – To try our best in our Nativity rehearsals.
Important announcements/Upcoming Events
Please remember to book your Nativity tickets on wise pay if you wish to attend your child’s performance.
Family Friday on Friday 6th December, an opportunity to see the progress all children have made in their learning since October.
FOCUS Winterfest Friday 6th December after school 3:30pm – 4:30pm