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Reception
Welcome to Reception
We are the youngest children at Kidgate Primary Academy and we all work together in Foundation Stage with
Mrs Maltman, Miss Skipworth, Miss Mee, Mrs Richardson, Miss Coppin and Miss Bach.
Keep visiting this page to see how we learn and the exciting new things we will be discovering!
We have been talking about why people choose to wear a poppy on 11th November and what Remembrance Day is. The children painted poppies in the style of the American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and made handprint poppy wreaths. We observed a two minutes silence at 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month. We talked about what it means to show our respect.
We have been talking about why and how some people choose to 'Remember, Remember...' on 5th November and what Bonfire night is. We have watched firework displays, created our own loose parts fireworks and chalked fireworks in the night sky. We talked about fire safety and how to keep ourselves safe around bonfires and fireworks.
EYFS Curriculum Newsletter Autumn 2
Maths is all around us...
We have been reading the traditional tale 'The Little Red Hen'. We learnt to tell the story from memory, using actions in the style of Pie Corbett. We have been forming letters in flour, retelling the story in the small world area, and even made our own bread rolls just like the Little Red Hen.
Clyde the therapy dog comes into EYFS each week with his owner, Mandy. We love seeing Clyde and sharing books with him.
We have been busy harvesting and planting winter vegetables in our EYFS garden.
We have been learning how Kidgate Primary Academy is on the site of an apple orchard, and that is why our school symbol is an apple. We are lucky enough to have apple trees on our school field still. We went up to harvest our apples, and used them to bake delicious apple cakes in the Kidgate Kitchen.
A taste of Lincolnshire... today was Lincolnshire Day. We know that we live in Louth which is in the county of Lincolnshire. Today we learnt about the county we live in, it's flag and some of it's famous produce. We tasted plum loaf, haslet and sausage rolls made with Lincolnshire sausages. Delicious!
We have been learning about our five school expectations and busy settling into our classroom routines and life here at Kidgate. We have been talking about ourselves and our families and have been inspired by the work of famous artists, creating self-portraits of our own. We have used our senses to explore and investigate our learning environment and the wider world around us and have enjoyed our daily Read, Write, Inc. sessions.
EYFS Autumn 1 Newsletter
Phonics and Early Reading in Early Years at Kidgate
Phonics
Here is a link to a page with helpful videos to support your child’s learning. It contains a video to help with the pronunciation of the pure sounds, top tips video and how to blend. We hope you find them helpful. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/advice-for-parents/phonics-videos
Small Talk Website
The site is designed to help you develop the confidence and skills you need to boost your child’s language skills at home. https://small-talk.org.uk/?mc_cid=a811e19887&mc_eid=258d64add4
Mathematics
Here are some helpful videos to support your child on their maths journey.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/oxford-owl-videos/maths-videos-number-place-value/#whatisnumber
Here is a website with many games to support your child’s learning
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting
More maths videos to support counting