Today we took part in our first circle time activity. Rainbows sung our Get Ready for Learning song and were excellent listeners when our friends were sharing their experiences.

First we learnt that emotions mean "how we feel" and that there are lots of different emotions. We learnt it is ok to feel all emotions and that some emotions make us feel good and some don't. 

Today we talked about feeling sad. We looked at what a sad face looks like and how our body can slump forward when we feel sad. This means we might be able to help our friends if we see they feel sad.

We shared times when we felt sad and told our friends what happened. There were lots of reasons including "when I can't go on my IPad," "When my friends are sad" and "when my mummy shouts at me."

We learnt that when we feel sad we can try and change this sadness into happiness. We will continue to talk about how we can do this over the next few weeks.

We are developing Oracy skills to help the Rainbows become effective communicators. One way to help us do this is to sing songs and learn new vocabulary. We learn the vocabulary first to help us understand the song.

We are learning two new songs at the moment to help develop oracy and also to help us develop personal skills. One song is to help us get ready for learning, and the other song helps us learn to put our coats on and do them up before the cold weather begins. Both songs are to the tune of "Here we go round the mulberry bush."

We have been continuing to learn new phonics sounds this week. We follow the Read Write Inc. programme. We have been listening carefully to a sound, saying words that begin with that sound, recognising and reading that sound and spotting it in a pack of sounds.
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We then focus on writing the sound using our “perfect pencil grip” and saying our special phrases to help us remember how to form the letter.
 
We have been orally blending to sounds by listening to "Fred the Frog" and trying to hear the word he has been segmenting, such as "d-o-g" and "m-a-t."
 
We have been playing “Fred Games” and following instructions within our daily routine. We have been “going to get our c-oa-t” and “washed our h-a-n-d-s.”
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Some of us have been learning to write words using magnetic letters. You can see some of us working hard below!

This week we went on our very first Welly Walk! This was the first visit for those children new to Park Street and we all had so much fun!

We shared our lunch with our favourite teddy bear and then went off to explore! We have been making new friends this week and this was the perfect opportunity to do this. We played lots of games with our teddy bears and went off into the woods to see what we could find. We could hear dinosaurs roaring, the Gruffalo growling and lots more!

Here we are having fun...

Every week, or fortnight, we will post photos and information about what your child has been learning during their time at school. You will be able to see all the fun things your child has been getting up to and we are sure they will love to sit with you and talk about what they have been learning and who they have been playing with!

We will post about all areas of the curriculum and any special events we have in class. We hope you enjoy looking through the blog throughout the year to see the progress your child is making during their first year at school.