Reception
Half-Term: Spring 1
Theme: The Best of Julia Donaldson
In EYFS, we believe that this is the start of our journey, where we build relationships with yourselves as a family. As part of this relationship, we have provided a new ‘menu’ of suggested learning activities for your child to complete with you during this half term. These activities can be brought back into school and shared as part of our ‘show and tell’ sessions, where we encourage children to communicate in front of their peers as part of our drive to improve children’s speaking and listening at an early age. These activities are aimed at supporting your child’s learning and development in school.
In addition to the homework bingo, Children in Reception will also bring a library book each week to share at home with an adult. As you will appreciate, reading is fundamental to a child’s progress in all areas of the curriculum! Therefore, we expect all children to read with an adult a minimum three times per week. Later in the half-term, Reception children will bring a reading book home once they have learnt the first set of sounds. This will be a sound blending book and will match the sounds they have already been taught in school. Children should read this book daily to an adult at home. Once they can read this book confidently, they will move onto the next book. We can’t wait to see your work!
Let’s Make 5:
How many ways can you make the number 5? You could do 1+4 or 2+3! How could you show the different ways?
Peg on a Box:
Using your thumb and finger, how many clothes pegs can you peg onto the side of a box in 60 seconds?
Stick Man:
Can you create your own ‘Stick Man’ using twigs and sticks that you pick up from your garden?
Fabulous Phonics:
We have now learnt most of our Set 1 Phonics Sounds! Use the phonics mat below to practise your sounds. Can you draw a picture to go with some of the sounds?
Can you find objects in your house which have these sounds in them?
Label it:
Draw a picture of a toy that Father Christmas brought you. Can you label the different parts? Can you write a sentence to say what you like to do with it?
Heaviest to Lightest:
Choose 5 items from around your house. Without touching them, can you predict which will be the lightest/heaviest?
Now put them into order from heaviest to lightest. If you can, use the scales to help prove it! see them before you post them!
Show Time:
Act out a story of your choice with your family! Think about the clothes the characters wear and what they might sound like.
Winter Walk:
Whilst out on a family walk, can you spot the sings of winter? Think about the clothing people might be wearing and what the weather is like!
Children’s Choice:
Do you have your own Homework idea linked to a topic of your choice? Extra points for creativity!
