Reception - Buttercup

Dear Buttercup Class,

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5. A week by week class diary

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Love from Miss Jennings

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Our Class Diary 2024-2025:

2^nd September 2024

We had our first week in Buttercup class. We had fun getting to know all of our new class friends and learning lots of new things.

9^th September 2024

This week in literacy, we focused on two books: The squirrels who squabbled by Rachel Bright and Frederick by Leo Lionni. We explored how we could use actions and story maps to help us remember the stories. In maths, we worked on our counting to 10 skills. We also explored subitising to 3. In phonics, we started to learn the letters s, a, t and p. We explored how to write them correctly and how to build words with them. In the afternoons, we started to learn all about autumn. We made a class autumn tree, did some collages and also painted buttercup pictures to decorate our new classroom.

16^th September 2024

In literacy, we focused on the same books as last week. We explored how we could change small details to make new stories. For example, it could be the cats who squabbled or the dogs that dug. In maths, we learned all about matching and sorting. We explored using numicon, counters and even a pumpkin! In the afternoons, we did some observational sketches of squirrels, learned how to take photos on an ipad, went on a tour of the school and exploring mashing and chopping food.

23^rd September 2024

In literacy, we read a book called ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ by Michael Rosen. We plotted the story onto a story map to help us to retell the story. In handwriting and phonics, we learned all about i, d, n and m. In maths, we learned all about sorting and grouping. For example, we grouped ourselves into jumpers and no jumpers, 4 year olds and 5 year olds etc. In the afternoons, we learned all about maps. We explored what they were for and how to use them. We had a go at drawing our own bear hunt map. We also explored mark making on large paper and making transient art with carrots.

30^th September 2024

In literacy, we carried on working on the book ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ by Michael Rosen. We acted out the story and then thought about which details we could change to make it into a new story. For example, does it have to be a bear? What about a dinosaur or a cat? In phonics, we reviewed the letters s, a, t, p, n, m, i, d and then started to learn about g, o, c and k. We also worked on phase 2 tricky words: I, no, go, the, to, is. In maths we learned about the value of different numbers. We explored comparing number values to see which was more and which was less. We then moved onto learning about measure. We learned how to compare objects to see which was heaviest, lightest, longest, shortest etc. We explored size, mass and capacity. In the afternoons, we learned more about autumn. We went on an autumn walk to collect leaves. We noticed the colours changing on some of them. We used the leaves to make leaf people pictures and explore leaf threading. We also explored making houses using different materials.

7^th October 2024

In literacy, we read a new book called ‘The gigantic turnip’. We worked together to make a class story map and then used it to retell the story. In phonics, we worked on the letters e, r, u and the digraph ck. We also worked on the keywords he, she, we, me and be. In maths, we explored making and continuing repeating patterns. In the afternoons, we learned more about autumn. We collected conkers and used them to roll in paint and make animals. We learned all about harvest. We listened to music inspired by autumn including Vivaldi’s four seasons. We also explored threading, wrapping and weaving. On Thursday, we learned about mental health since it was mental health day.

14th October 2024

In literacy, we focused on ‘The gigantic turnip’ again. We worked together to change details to make a new story. We thought about what else could grow really big under the ground and who would come to help. We also listened to the ‘Enormous Turnip’. We compared both stories to see what was the same and different. In maths, we focused on 1, 2 and 3. We explored how to represent these values in different ways. In phonics, we learned about the letters h, b, f and also the digraphs ff, ll and ss. In the afternoons, we learned more about autumn. We explored which autumn objects floated and sunk. We worked on our cutting skills to make autumn wreaths. We did some autumn observational sketches. We also explored rolling conkers.

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