Reception - Bluebell

Welcome back Bluebells

I hope you have had a lovely break and look forward to seeing you in Tuesday 16th April to continue your learning in the first part of the Summer term.

Our next topic will be Creep, Crawl and Wiggle. We will be looking closely at insects and minibeasts, their features, habitats and the life cycle of a butterfly. If you are out and about with your child see what insects and minibeast you can spot and talk about what colours they are and what they might be doing. I'll look forward to hearing about it all next week.

Enjoy the rest of your break!

Email address Bluebell@balliolschool.co.uk

Kind reminder.

Hopefully the weather will be warming up now. Please can we ask that children have sun cream applied on the warmer days. Hats, water bottles at school everyday and all your child's belongings are labelled.

This will ensure the items are returned to the correct child.

Meet the Staff in Reception

Mrs Neal - Bluebell Class Teachers

Mrs Juziuk - Buttercup Class Teacher

Mrs Robson - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Dix - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Hussain - Teaching Assistant

Mr Pardeep - Teaching Assistant

We made stain glass hearts using different coloured tissue paper. We had so much fun making these.

For world book day we made wishing star necklaces. First we threaded coloured straws onto some string. Then we made a wish and wrote it on the star to add to our necklace. It was lovely hearing the children's wishes and sharing what we had made.

The Farm

We are excited to tell you the farm is coming to visit on Wednesday 24th April. This is a great opportunity for the children to learn all about the animals and to meet them.

Please let us know of any allergies before.

Please also check the weather on the day and send children in appropriate footwear as we will be outside

Please if you have any questions regarding the farm visit please email Bluebell@balliolschool.co.uk

More Support Material

We made emoji craft using air dry clay and paper plates. This was all linked to E-Safety day 6/2/2024

Parent information.

Dear Parent/Carer

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school after the Christmas break. They have been very busy getting used to new routines and learning new skills.

We just have a couple of reminders:

The school day starts at 8:45am and finishes at 3:30pm

P.E. - will be on a Monday so children need to come to school in their P.E. kits.

P.E. kits consist of:

White t-shirt and black or navy blue shorts/ leotard
Plimsoles/trainers
Tracksuits for colder weather
Please remove ear piercings for all PE lesson

Please remember to bring a water bottle to school every day; it is separate from their lunch juice and contains only water.

Please remember to name all items of clothing, bags, water bottles, lunch bags, hats

Please continue to support your child in holding and using cutlery when eating.

Please also support your child in recognising and writing their name.

Many Thanks

Reception Team

Ways to help support your children's learning.

Phonics

Watch the tricky word songs on YouTube for phase 2 and 3

Then practice writing your tricky words

Phase 2 Tricky Words and Sight Words Song - YouTube

Phase 3 Phase 3 Tricky Words Song Say Hello To - YouTube

Literacy/Maths

Share the stories with your child.

Talk about the pictures.

Encourage your child to share what they think will happen next.

Can you count things around you?

What two numbers make 5 and 10?

Match objects to numerals.

Many Thanks

Reception Team

Spring term

We had so much fun learning our topic Ready, steady, grow this spring term. I hope the sunflowers we planted are growing stronger and taller everyday.