Literacy

Last week we were looking at jobs and careers, and the things people had to do to get those jobs and careers. On Thursday the MP for Gorton, Hannah Spencer, came to visit our Reception children. She told them about her life as a child, what school was like for her, and her previous job as a plumber. Hannah answered some really lovely questions from our children, who also wanted to find out more about the job of an MP.

This week we begin reading the text Here We Are. Through this week and the next, we will be continue our learning about space, and we will begin to think about our place in the universe and in God's world. 

What do you know about our planet?

Maths

In maths this week we have been counting beyond 20. We have been learning to identify counting patterns. We have been adding more to a number and identifying how many more have been added.

Phonics

In phonics lessons this week, we have continued working on the sounds we already learnt, using them to read and write more complex words with consonant clusters e.g. land, swift. We have continued to read and write words with the -ed ending (which is used in the past simple tense of regular verbs).

Please do continue to encourage your child to complete their phonics homework.