Archived 2016-2017
Welcome to Rainbow Class. We are a Reception Class. Our Teacher is Mrs Egglestone and our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Pearson.
Please see below for information about our class, as well as updates and photographs on the work we are doing in class.
This year our topics are:
Autumn: Fabulous Food -We will share lots of stories related to food and will find out about different things we eat, including cooking and tasting foods from around the world. We are going to explore celebrations and food linked to them including Bonfire Night, birthdays, weddings and Christmas. We hope to take part in our own wedding ceremony at the local church, and have a wedding reception party when we return to school.
Spring Term: What’s the Weather? – We will explore the seasons and weather, beginning with winter. We hope to investigate freezing and melting using snow and ice. Our learning will also focus on the changes experienced in Spring, including growing and new life. We plan to read lots of related stories including Jack and the Beanstalk and may have a trip out to find out about different things that grow.
Summer term: Curious Creatures – Our children love animals and we plan to allow their interests to lead our learning. This may include dinosaurs, minibeasts, sea creatures, pets or even monsters! Our work will include lots of creative activities, often related to stories and we hope to arrange a visit to enhance our learning.
Useful Information:
- Your child will take part in a weekly PE session. Please ensure that PE kits are kept in school at all times.
- Library books can be changed every Tuesday and Thursday.
- Phonics homework is provided during the first half of the year. This consists of letter formation and letter recognition practise. Tricky words are provided regularly to be learnt at home.
- Maths homework is provided during the second half of the year. It is sent home on a Friday to be completed over the weekend and returned to school on a Monday.
- Home school learning books are provided to enable you to tell us about any interesting things your child does outside of school or how your child has been interested in extending their learning at home. You may wish to use a ‘Special Moment’ sheet. Books should be brought to school every day.
- Please ensure all items of clothing, including shoes, are clearly labelled.
September 2016 Update
Our children have settled fantastically into our school routines. We have loved reading the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, we wrote letters from Goldilocks, helped the bears with some counting and enjoyed making and eating porrridge. Here are some photographs of our first two weeks.
October 2016 Update
We have had a great first half term in school and have really enjoyed our topic of ‘Fantastic Food’ we have tasted and made lots of food including toast and a fruit yogurt. We have talked about healthy food and food you should only eat as a treat. We have also enjoyed phonics and are beginning to learn our letters and sounds, we are working very hard at this! Here are some photos from our first half term.
November 2016 Update
We have had another very busy exciting month. Some of our parents visited and took part in our ‘Phonics is Fun’ workshop. We also had a fantastic time taking part in our Wedding!
January 2017 Update
We have had a fantastic start to our spring term and are enjoying our topic ‘Whats the Weather!’ We have talked about different seasons and changes in the weather. We had a great time exploring ice, writing chilly Jack Frost Poems, and we were thrilled to see some snow! We also had our grown ups came to school and joined in with our ‘Maths is Fun’ workshops
Here are some photos of the work we have been doing.
Maths is Fun!
We had great fun playing maths games, and taking part in maths activities for the NSPCC number day recently.
February 2017 Update
We have had a fantastic visit to Sunderland Winter Gardens, where we explored the museum, and the park, looking for different animals from different parts of the world and rain-forest plants.
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March 2017 Update
We would like to say ‘Thank You’ to Wilko’s at Peterlee for their donations to our EYFS gardening area. Some children from Rainbow class visited the store recently and were made very welcome by staff.We were given a number of plants, trees, some equipment and vouchers. Our gardening area is developing and we are looking forward to growing our own vegetables very soon!
April 2017 Update
We loved taking part in our Easter Parade! Here are some of our wonderful Easter Hats!
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