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Bonfire night!

Date: 8th Nov 2021 @ 4:34pm

Remember remember the 5th November...

On Friday we celebrated all things firework.

We looked at the shapes and noises that fireworks make in the sky and we made our very own firework pictures.

We loved watching videos of people making shapes in the dark with sparklers so we decided to make our very own sparklers and take them outside for a special Ravensbury Bonfire. We made a bonfire and did a special bonfire dance with our sparklers.

We had such a fun day learning about Bonfire night and looking at all of the bright colours that light up the dark night.

Pe/photo day 12/11/21

Date: 8th Nov 2021 @ 4:29pm

On Friday 12th November the children will be having individual and sibling photographs. Please ensure that your child is dressed in their normal school uniform and NOT PE clothes. We will still be doing PE this Friday, however, it will be in normal school clothes to allow school photos to be taken.

Many thanks,

The Reception team

 

Talking Top Tips #2!

Date: 1st Nov 2021 @ 1:27pm

Hello all! We hope you had a wonderful, restful and fun half-term break. I would like to introduce the second instalment of our blog series to help to support your child with their speaking and listening skills. This week’s TOP TIP is all about building vocabulary.

Vocabulary is key. Learning and remember new words is tricky but incredibly important. Your child should know around 1000 words by the time they are 4 years old. Your child will use these words to communicate to you what they need, explain their feelings or ask questions to deepen their knowledge. The process of building up a language or lexicon continues throughout childhood and beyond with the average adult using between 20,000 and 35,000 words!

To successfully build vocabulary your child will need to hear words repeated many, many times. Practice makes perfect! The more often a child hears a word used in the correct context, the more likely it is that they will then be able to understand and use this word themselves.

If you are walking to school with your child on a cold winter’s morning, try introducing new vocabulary! You could describe the weather (drizzling, freezing, crisp, bitter..) You could name things you see along the way (post box, van, seagulls…)

Another great way to build vocabulary is to ‘add one word’. When your child uses a word (such as asking for a tangerine) you repeat the word back to them with the addition of another word (you would like a juicy tangerine). This way of teaching language helps children to retain the word as you anchor it to a word they are already confident using.

Give one of these strategies a try this week! Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Miss Wilkinson.

Talking Top Tips!

Date: 18th Oct 2021 @ 4:50pm

Talking Top Tips! 

Hello wonderful Ravensbury families. This is the first in a series of blog posts designed to help you support your child at home in developing their speaking and listening skills. Lots of the curriculum in Nursery and Reception relies on children being able to express their thoughts clearly. There are many ways you can support this at home, but this week’s TOP TIP is about getting your child’s attention.

When you want to talk to your child, try getting down to their level before speaking. This will make it easier for the child to hear what you are saying when you begin, as well as giving them the opportunity to see the shapes your mouth makes as you talk. This will help them develop some of the trickier speech sounds that they are not yet able to make on their own. This is especially important for sounds such as th as in think, sh as in shower or ch as in choice. 

Before starting to talk to your child, say their name. Children find it difficult to listen whilst engaged in another activity. Wait for them to stop the activity or give you eye contact before speaking to give them the best chance of listening and responding.

Think carefully about the background noise when you are speaking to your child. Young children are unable to distinguish passively between noises they hear and do not ‘pick out’ the speech in noise the way adults do. If you are talking to your child near a busy road, with the TV on in the background or with the radio on in the car, they have to first decode which parts of what they have heard are speech before they are able to understand the words that have been spoken. Where possible try to spend time each day talking to your child in an environment with limited background noise.

Have a go at this over the half term and please come and see me if you have any questions or concerns!

 

Miss Wilkinson.

Challenge Fridays!

Date: 16th Oct 2021 @ 9:53am

We love challenge Fridays in reception, in fact it's our favourite day of the week! The children love challenging themselves to complete all of the challenges set.

This week we had 3 challenges linked to this weeks learning. 
The children could choose an Autumn challenge, a number challenge or a ready steady Mo maths challenge. The most popular was definitely the Autumn challenge. The children loves using the leaves that they had found to print red, orange and yellow colours onto the paper.

"look it looks like the floor on my way to school this morning!" Kadie

"the leaves feel so so squashy." Zara

"orange red leaves!" Muhammad 

Ready steady Mo!

Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 6:27pm

We have been reading the book Ready Steady Mo in class. We love the story and we especially enjoy retelling the story outside with all of the different actions. Our favourite is run with a cheetah and run with a snail.

We have been thinking about different words that we can use instead of the word run to make the story more interesting. 

"Mo can sprint!" Lainey

"Mo can dash !" Tyzae 

This week we will be writing speech bubbles for Mo so that he can tell everyone how he moves. We have been retrieving the tricky word I and have been using our knowledge of beginning sounds to help us retrieve our running words.

Don't forget to check back this week to see all of the amazing writing that we have done! 

 

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Date: 10th Sep 2021 @ 10:10am

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Home Learning

Date: 6th Jul 2021 @ 1:08pm

Hello Reception,

Here is the link to our home learning for any children who are learning at home. We miss you and we are looking forward to seeing you soon!

Have fun and be safe x

https://ravensburycommunity.padlet.org/sriley86/b11621v6sjtdn6t0

Mrs Ganner

Date: 21st May 2021 @ 2:23pm

Yesterday we read a book called, “Look at the shoots”. In the book some children performed an experiment and we thought it would be cool to do the experiment ourselves. We carried out the same experiment this morning because we like to be scientists. Scientists find out things in the world. We wanted to discover what happens when you put celery and a flower in coloured water. We think they will suck up the water and it will male the celery red and the flower buds red too. 

Snail and the Whale - what

Date: 14th May 2021 @ 3:52pm

At the start of the week we discovered something huge in the playground. It was immense and there was a speech bubble coming out of its’ mouth. Take a look at the videos to see our colossal discovery, what had been sent to us and the writing and pictures we made after. Books are so exciting, we love to learn about stories. 

Snail Challenge

Date: 14th May 2021 @ 3:37pm

Today we found out about where snails live ?.

”The fox is going to try to eat the snail. He’s going to crunch it all up.” Avaya

“Snails need a place to hide so it’s safe.” Goodness

“Our snail looks like Gary from Spongebob”, said Avaya.

The children decided what they were going to make and how they would make it. Some decided to build models, others drew and then some used resources from the creative area. We love how creative our children are.

 

 

Eid Mubarak

Date: 13th May 2021 @ 10:10am

Today lots of our friends are celebrating Eid

We watched a video and we listened to one of our friends tell us how she celebrates Eid. "We like to celebrate Eid. I help my mummy make some yummy food. My Mummy and my Daddy bring me new clothes. I will wear a yellow dress with little flowers on it. We hug everyone and say 'Eid Mubarak' "

Watch the video here: 

https://youtu.be/iUtIG3CMaYE

We have been creating pictures, drawing henna patterns on hands, dancing and celebrating by having a party with the cake! Have a great Eid everybody.

Monday 8th March

Date: 6th Mar 2021 @ 2:30pm

In case you didn't know already, this is how we're feeling about seeing you all back in school on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend. 

From Mrs Ganner, Miss Conway, Miss Rashid, Miss Riley and Miss Cogger

 

World Book Day and much more...

Date: 6th Mar 2021 @ 1:53pm

This week we have had so much fun learning together in school. It's been another busy one!

 

 

Our Amazing Home Learners

Date: 5th Mar 2021 @ 1:30pm

Well done to our amazing home learners, we have received some fantastic work this week.
You are superstars!!

We can't wait to welcome you all back to school on Monday!

Home Learning Celebration Post

Date: 26th Feb 2021 @ 2:03pm

Well done to our amazing home learners that have produced some fabulous work this week. What a briliant bunch you are!

 

 

 

 

Our Amazing Arctic Small World

Date: 13th Feb 2021 @ 2:07pm

This week the weather inspired us to create our own arctic world. It's the kind of place that our friend Noi would live in, with arctic hares, beluga whales, arctic foxes, polar bears and snowy owls on the icebergs and in the chilly sea. The children in our class are so creative. They used all of the things that they could find in and around the classroom, to create models. Thankfully it snowed so we could create a setting for the animals to play in too! Watch out for the polar bears - they will eat lots of our characters up!

 

So much to celebrate!

Date: 12th Feb 2021 @ 1:51pm

This week in school we have learned about Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year with the colour red! Red is the colour of love and a lucky colour for Chinese people too. We’ve been reading instructions to make cards, writing Chinese numbers and words, designing and making masks (Did you know there is an animal attached to the year you was born in? We are all monkeys and goats in our class) and today we made the most beautiful lanterns! 

We hope you have a fabulous half term that is full of luck and love. We can’t wait to get back to more learning after the half term break.

Take care everyone

Receptions Super home learning

Date: 10th Feb 2021 @ 8:48am

We have had so many pictures and videos sent in this week of you all doing amazing things! Take a look through the pictures and see if you can spot any of your friends! We are so proud of you all reception, you are doing such an amazing job! 

Learning about Captain Sir Tom Moore

Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 7:07pm

 UPDATE! Look at our display in the picture and video at the bottom of this post.

Over the last few days we have been learning about an amazing person, Captain Sir Tom Moore. Mrs Ganner showed us a photograph of him and we could tell by looking at him that he was very old. We discovered that on his last birthday he was 100 years old. We tallied 100 candles on the board in groups of 5 to get an idea of how much 100 is. “Wowwww, no way.” said one of the children as he looked at the picture. We were amazed to find out that Captain Sir Tom had walked around his garden 100 times to show how thankful he was to our doctors and nurses. 

In our class, lots of people in our families have been in hospital. We shared our experiences with each other and thought about how we could challenge ourselves and show that we cared for people in the NHS. We think doctors and nurses are so special. 

We decided we would draw and paint pictures and then write about what has happened to us and our families. Some of the children created Lego models of hospitals and played with the characters, reenacting how the doctors and nurses looked after their families. We also thought we would set our own 100 challenge by running around the bike track 100 times! So far we have completed 40 laps, 20 from the children our class and 20 children from Miss Riley’s class. Watch this space to see the display we are going to make with our work and how we are counting our laps with tally marks. 

It is important to us to show we care. 

We are really proud of the painting and writing we have made. 

 

Home learning from this week

Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 9:32am

We've had such an amazing week this week with lots of fun and lots of learning! It was been so lovely to see all of your pictures and to see that lots of you have been reading and playing games on active learn! Keep up the great work Reception, we are very proud of you!

Tuesdays amazing home learning

Date: 3rd Feb 2021 @ 8:52am

Here are our amazing home learning photos from Tuesday! We had so much learning sent in, it was lovely to look through all of your hard work! Well done to you all! Can you spot your learning on the photos below? Or can you see a friend from school?

Mondays amazing home learners!

Date: 2nd Feb 2021 @ 9:09am

Wow what a day we had yesterday, full of home learning and challenges to help our brains stay healthy and strong!

We've had some amazing story mountains sent in as well as some children practising their tricky words (I think your becoming experts!). We have loved seeing your jolly snowmen maths learning and the designs for  the waterproof warm coat are just brilliant!

Well done Reception! 

Keep up the good work!

Fridays Superstar home learners!

Date: 1st Feb 2021 @ 10:15am

Well done Reception! We have had a brilliant week of home learning. Lot's of you have sent in some amazing learning! We love seeing you practising your writing and maths and most of all having fun with your learning! We hope you enjoyed making your dens on Friday, We certainly enjoyed seeing them!

Well done Reception, we are very proud of you!

Wednesdays home learning superstars!

Date: 28th Jan 2021 @ 9:30am

Well done to all of the children and grown ups who are sending in their home learning! You have been so busy! Look at the children practicing their writing and completing their maths and phonics challenges! Wow! I especially like all of the questions for the Box Dwellers, I'll be sure to send them to them! Keep up the hard work Reception!

 

If you are having trouble sending it in through school spider, don't worry just send it to our email address, receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

 

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