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Feb 11
This Week in Reception
We have had a very busy week in Reception this week. Mindfulness Mondays – we have practised our fine motor skills over this half term. The children have learned to , “Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently,” (Development Matters 2021). We have …
Feb 09
Safer Internet Day
Yesterday we were thinking about how to stay safe when using the internet. We spoke to the children about only using the internet when they are with an adult and the children drew pictures of adults at home and at school that can help them. We spoke about the importance of not sharing personal information …
Feb 04
This Week In Reception
We had a very exciting morning on Monday. In each classroom a mysterious letter had been left. We read them out then went outside for our exercise. We could not belive what we had found! It was Greg the dinosaur hatching from his egg! This week we have learned the story of …
Feb 04
Nursery Rhymes
As a school we focus on boosting communication and language in our daily lessons. We also look for ingenious ways to ‘drip-feed’ snippets of useful knowledge and continous learning opportunitities. One of the ways we are doing this is through the use of Nursery Rhymes. Nursery Rhymes are not just for babies and toddlers. They …
Jan 28
This Week in Reception
This week in Reception we have been trying to excavate dinosaurs from Plaster of Paris in our Dinosaur Museum. We have perservered for a long time and are still only able to see one side of the dinosaurs that a buried. Using our reading skills we used the fact cards on the wall in the …
Jan 28
Help me help myself!
There are many ways to help build up independence and confidence in everyday life. At Merry Hill, we promote a positive ‘can do’ attitude towards learning. This can be seen in many different ways – changing independently for school or PE lessons, using cutlery to cut up food, making their bed in the morning, having …
Jan 21
This week in Reception
We have had a very busy time in Reception this week. We started the week with mindful Monday. The children are learning a range of art skills and practising them by creating dinosaur art. We have used watercolours, pastels, chalks and scissors. We are good at blending two colours to make new ones. It has …
Jan 21
Encouraging the use of three-word sentences
As previously mentioned, this year as a school we are working on supporting pupils ability to communicate effectively with one another. One of the ways in which we are addressing this is through the use of the Wellcomm® Screening Tool. This tool provides us with useful teaching strategies and tips for scaffolding pupil talk, language …
Jan 14
Maths – subitising
We are continuing to learn to subitise (Development Matters 2021.) The children have already had lots of experience with perceptual subitising (seeing the quantity without counting) and with making collections of small amounts. This week, the children have been encouraged to continue representing quantities in different ways, including by showing amounts on 1 hand ‘all …
Jan 14
This week in Reception
This week we have been learning a Talk for Writing version of Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs. We have been learning to sequence pictures from the story in order and labelling key words in the text. We are working very hard to, ‘Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with …