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Have a lovely summer!

What a year it’s been! We congratulate RY for a great year. The boys have come so far and achieved so much this year.

The boys enjoyed our picnic on Wednesday.

This week the boys enjoyed craft activities.

We would like to thank you for all your support and for your thoughtful words and generous gifts you have given us, it is certainly overwhelming! We wish all of you health and happiness for the summer holidays. We look forward to seeing you all when you start Year 1.

Have a wonderful summer!

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

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Green Meadows

On Wednesday, the boys were happy to spend time completing Year 1 activities during their induction visit. he boys are excited to meet their new teachers in September!

In Maths we looked at doubling and halving numbers.

For the Math’s activity this week, you can play this halving game.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

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Sports Day

It was lovely to have parents watch their boys’ during Sports Day. They had an incredible time and showed great sportsmanship.

The games began with a running race.

The boys liked the egg and spoon race.

The boys showed their skills during the triple jump.

Well done, boys!

In Maths, we have been continuing to learn about doubling this week.

Here is a game to play:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

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International Day

The boys did a fantastic job with their Reception concert. You should feel very proud of yourselves!

The boys enjoyed a fun filled day to celebrate International Day. The boys looked incredible!

A lovely parent from RY talked to the boys about France. The boys enjoyed learning many facts and making their own French flag.

The boys then enjoyed a visit from another lovely parent from RY to talk about Sri Lanka. The boys enjoyed making an elephant using paint and sequins.

The boys enjoyed plate painting to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Lovely parents talked about Russian folk art. The boys liked decorating their very own Dymkovo horse with plenty of colour and patterns.

We ended International Day eating Semolina cake made from a lovely parent in RY.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all parents involved with International Day. We all loved the presentations and activities!

This week we have been doubling numbers. Play this game in pairs. Give each pair 10 objects (could be cubes, cars, etc), a mirror and a set of 1–5 digit cards. One person selects a digit card. Ask the other to place that number of objects in front of the mirror. How many objects can they see now? Swap around and repeat the activity.

‘Show and Tell’, our topic ‘Transport’, please bring in a picture of your chosen transport with 3 facts:

Monday: William

Tuesday: Xander

Wishing you a great weekend.

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

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RAF Museum

The boys thoroughly enjoyed their trip to the RAF Museum. They enjoyed learning different facts about planes!

We hope you enjoys these pictures.

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

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Welly Time!

This week in Literacy we have been looking at instruction writing. The boys followed instructions to make their own paper plane and enjoyed flying their planes outside.

During Welly Time, the boys listened to the story, Superworm and then used natural materials to make a bug hotel. The boys loved collecting many bugs!

We spent more time with our lovely chicks.

The boys enjoyed a visit from a parent from RG. He taught the boys the different parts of a guitar and the boys had a chance to play.

The Math activity this week:

Play in pairs. Each group starts with 20 counters — count these out together to start. In turns, children can take away 1, 2 or 3 counters. The loser is the person who takes the last counter. Support children by asking questions to prompt counting back or other subtraction strategies at each stage of the game.

For Show and Tell, please bring in a picture of your favourite mode of transport and share three facts with the class.

Monday: Sebastian

Tuesday: No Show and Tell

Wednesday: Teddy

Thursday: Vinal

Friday: No Show and Tell

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

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Chicks!

During Understanding the World, the boys learnt about the life cycle of a chicken. The boys were able to identify the different parts of the life cycle and enjoyed ordering the life cycle pictures. Our lesson was brought to life as our cute chicks have hatched! The boys absolutely loved observing them.

In Literacy, the boys were learning about list writing. They wrote lists about different types of transport they have travelled in. They also wrote sentences about their favourite types of transport.

In Maths, the boys have been learning to count forwards and backwards in order to solve addition and subtraction problems.

This week we have been working on finding one more and one less. Here is a game you can play at home:

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/beeMoreOrLess/

After half term our topic will be ‘Transport’, please bring in a picture of your chosen transport with 3 facts.

Monday: Kaan

Tuesday: Kerem

Wednesday: Lysander

Thursday: Niall

Friday: Noah

I hope you have a lovely weekend in the sunshine!

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

 

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Have a lovely half term!

It is hard to believe another half term has flown by and next half term will be the final term in Reception for our boys. The boys have worked incredibly hard this half term and we are very proud of them!

In Literacy, the boys have been busy writing sentences. They included a capital letter, full stop and finger spaces.

During Maths, we have been using a ‘counting on strategy’ to find the answer to addition sums.

For the Math challenge this week, can you write your own addition number sentences and count on to find the answers?

For example:

5+3= count on 3 more from 5.

The boys enjoyed the parachute outside.

After half term our topic will be ‘Transport’, please bring in a picture of your chosen transport with 3 facts.

Monday: George

Tuesday: Isaac

Wednesday: Jacob

Thursday: Jett- Louis

Friday: Joshan

Have a wonderful half term break!

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

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Mental Health Week

We celebrated Mental Health Week this week. We talked about the importance of our mental health and discussed ways we could keep our minds healthy.

In Maths, we have been learning to recognise 3D shapes such as a, cube, cuboid, cylinder, sphere and pyramid. The boys were challenged to recall the properties of these shapes.

This week we have been learning about 3D shapes. Over the weekend, please go on a shape hunt! See if you can find real life examples of: Cubes, Spheres, Cuboids, Cylinders and Cones. Once you have found the different shapes, please count the corners and edges and identify the faces. Happy shape hunting!

During Literacy, we listened to the story, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and made our own caterpillar diary. We wrote what the hungry caterpillar ate each day and the caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly.

This week lovely parents from RY did a cooking session with the boys. The boys made a delicious Ritz Cracker Cookie!

After half term our topic will be ‘Transport’, please bring in a picture of your chosen transport with 3 facts.

Monday: Aleksei

Tuesday: Aryan

Wednesday: Edward

Thursday: Finn

Friday: Gabriel

Have a great weekend!

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge

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Stickman!

This week in Maths, we have been focusing on 2D shapes. We looked at different shapes such as a square, rectangle, triangle, pentagon, hexagon and octagon. The boys enjoyed describing their properties and making lots of shapes and pictures using 2D shapes.

For the Maths activity this week, have a go at these shape games:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/carroll-diagrams/2d-shapes

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters

During Understanding the world, the boys have been learning about planting. We discussed parts of a plant and what is needed for a plant to grow healthy and strong. The boys then labelled parts of a daffodil flower.

In Welly Time, a lovely parent from RG, read the boys a story called ‘Stickman’. The boys thoroughly enjoyed creating their own stickmen using natural materials such as sticks and leaves.

During Literacy, we continue to recap digraphs by spelling words and writing short sentences.

The theme for Show and Tell is ‘Growing’. Please bring in a picture of you as a baby. The Show and Tell boys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Sebastian

Tuesday: Teddy

Wednesday: Vinal

Thursday: William

Friday: Xander

Have a great weekend!

Miss Yiacoulas and Mrs Aldridge