This half term we have started our exciting topic of ‘People Who Help Us’. We have learned all about the great work Doctors and Nurses do and how Vets look after animals. We will be continuing our topic with a focus on Police, Dentists and Firefighters too. We have been very intrigued by the different medical equipment, emergency vehicles and safety equipment used by each professional and have impressed the adults in Reception with our retention of new vocabulary. We have enjoyed taking on the role as a Doctor, Nurse, Vet or patient and have showcased our caring abilities and fantastic imaginations, along with learning the parts of the body and how we can stay healthy. We have also learned about germs and how quickly they can spread, then completed a germ hunt in class and learned how we can prevent passing germs on.

We are working hard in our Read Write Inc groups and have been learning a lot of new sounds and have been blending sounds to read words. We use our magnetic boards each week to help us with our segmenting and blending, along with completing other Literacy based activities.

In Maths, we have started our topic ‘Alive in 5’, which we will be building on across the term, until we are confident with applying new mathematical concepts to numbers up to 10. We have been enjoying using different concrete and pictorial resources to support our learning and have acquired a lot of new mathematical language. We will then be developing our knowledge and skills on mass and capacity, length, height and time and 3D shapes.

We have also been enjoying the crisp, cold weather outdoors and our waterproofs and wellies have been very useful! We have been building on our team work and communication skills and have enjoyed developing our fine and gross motor skills, with lots of climbing, ball games and building. We have spent time digging in the sand pit, using our outside small world resources and have been writing chalk messages to our friends.