In Reception this week, the story ‘Naughty Bus’ by Jan and Jerry Oke was introduced. The children debated whether the bus itself was naughty or if someone else was behind it—and some quickly worked out that it wasn’t actually the bus misbehaving, but the driver, the little boy! They demonstrated their growing phonics learning by writing captions for images from the book, and everyone has been getting crafty making both 2D and 3D buses in the inside and outside spaces.
On Wednesday, the children marked Remembrance Day. They took two minutes to silently give thanks for all the things they have today due to the courageous efforts of the soldiers who fought and died for our freedoms.
In phonics, the sounds v, w, x, and y have been introduced, along with the tricky words and, has, his, and her.
In mathematics, the children have been focusing on comparison. They practised comparing the number of objects in two sets by matching them one-to-one, using the mathematical language of ‘more than’, ‘fewer than’, and ‘an equal number’ to describe how many objects were in each set.
Yellow Class also had a wonderful time at Forest School this week, developing their fine motor skills by collecting leaves, punching holes in them, and threading string through to create fantastic leaf necklaces!
