This week: 28th September - 2nd October

This week, we have:

• Been learning about how to keep healthy and look after ourselves
• Talked about keeping clean and good handwashing and practised this in groups
• Learnt more about healthy eating and tried some healthy snacks with a humus dip
• Talked about keeping our hearts healthy by exercising and tested which exercise increased our heart rate the most
• Also discussed cleaning our teeth properly, getting enough sleep and what we can do to make ourselves feel better when we feel sad, whilst also understanding that sometimes we are sad and that this is a normal emotion to experience
• Learnt our next 4 sounds: g, o, c & k
• Recapped on good counting methods in Maths
• Started reading worded books which have started being sent home this week - please look out for the reading letter being  sent home in book bags
• Started daily reading of our key/tricky words and have covered the, to, no, go, I, and, into so far - please go over these at home with your child

Next week:

• It is Life Skills week - so we will be talking about what life skills are and why these are important - we will introduce the word 'independent' and learn a song about being more independent
• As part of Life Skills week, we will have a child-friendly mental health workshop, a visit from the police, practise using a knife and a fork correctly & practise fastening up our coats ready for winter
• We have ABC Portraits coming in to take class pictures that will feature in the Lancashire Evening Post (School Starters feature) - this is on Tuesday the 6th October
• We will learn the next 4 sounds - ck, e, u, r
• We will learn the next 3 key/tricky words: is, it & her

Have a great weekend everyone - don't forget to check out the weekly gallery!

The Reception Team

This week: 21^st – 25^th September

This week, we have:

• Been having fun playing in the provision especially in our water play area outside.
• Learnt our next 4 sounds – I, n, m and d
• Continued with our wordless books to use our skills to retell the story
• We learnt all about ourselves and talked about our families, we are encouraging the children to talk in full sentences to build our language and confidence.
• We started to subitise in maths (say without counting) up to 3.

Your children have done really well over the last two weeks with our wordless books, please continue to retell the story at home and write in the school reading diary to keep us updated on the progress at home.

Next week:

• We will learn the next 4 sounds – g, o, c, k
• We will learn about the story ‘The Leaf Thief’ and start to find some initial sounds
• In maths we are using our skills to count objects accurately.

Have a great weekend everyone.  Don't forget to check out some pictures from our week in the Weekly Gallery!

The Reception Team

Free parent webinars from the School Health Team

Please see below for information on new parent webinars for school-aged children, delivered by the School Health Team.  They are free to attend and cover 4 different topics:

• Sleep
• Continence
• Healthy Lifestyles
• Emotional Health & Behaviour

If you would like to attend, all you need to do is book your place by following the QR code on the poster.  For more information on what is covered in each webinar, please click the link: /_site/data/files/users/18/files/6C62366D5C28EDFAB1F8E9F75A6BF2F5.pdf

This week: 14th - 18th September

This week, we have:

• Continued to establish our school and class routines and the children are doing really well in picking these up
• Been having fun playing in the provision - especially in the water and craft areas
• Continued to establish new friendships amongst our new classmates
• Started phonics and learnt our first 4 sounds - s, a, t & p
• Had our first group reading session with a wordless book, so we can talk about the story
• Started going into assembly and sitting with the other children
• Started our daily calendar, so we know the day, the number date, the month and the season
• Completed our first full week!

Your children have settled in so well and we are proud of them.  There is so much to take in, in the first few weeks of Reception, and whilst it is exciting, it can also be exhausting - so if you have a tired, grumpy or tearful child on your hands, please do not

worry - this is perfectly normal.  It's change, it's all new in so many ways and it is more than they were ever used to in pre-school or nursery.  So, our children may need some time and space to adjust, and some children more than others because they are all different.  All they need is lots of love, patience, encouragement and....rest!  They will need rest and downtime at the weekends in these first few weeks.

Next week:

• We will learn the next 4 sounds - i, n, m & d
• We will send home another wordless reading book for you to discuss the storyline together (this will change the week after when we have learnt the first 8 sounds, and we will begin sending home books with words)
• We will begin our learning routines, with an English & Maths session in the morning and a topic session in the afternoon.

Have a great weekend everyone.  Don't forget to check out some pictures from our week in the Weekly Gallery!

The Reception Team

Families

In the next couple of weeks, the children will begin to share with the class about their families.  With this in mind, if you would like to email a family picture to reception@lostockhallcps.co.uk, this will really help the children when sharing with the class about their family as we can display it on the board when they are talking.

Thank you

The Reception Team

Curriculum Meeting

Thank you to parents that were able to join us last Wednesday evening for the Curriculum meeting.  Unfortunately, we are unable to upload the powerpoint onto the website due to the size.  If you have any queries, please just come and see us.

The Reception Team

This week: 7th - 11th September