Yet again, the children have had a magnificent week of learning. We are so happy to see a love of learning. In Phonics this week we have learnt the following: In addition to these sounds, we have learnt the tricky words I, no and go. For spelling we have orally segmented words using our newest sounds. Maths has been amazing this week, the children have really grasped the concept of a collection of 3 well. They have been spotting them in the environment and also playing 3 or not 3. Some of the children could even spot collections of 3 that the adults had not thought of.  The children had fun in PE as we used the scooter boards. It was not as easy as it looked and took great core strength and control to navigate space.   Our Rhyme Time has been Dingle Dangle Scarecrow to fit in with Harvest and our book focus was Rosie's Walk.  Just a reminder that we have sent home the Phonics Books today. Please try and help you child with this as much as possible but remember to se...

 This afternoon, we were lucky to have had Safer Essex visit us to talk about road safety. The children learnt the green cross code of STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. THINK! We also learnt a song, here is the link. https://youtu.be/HXCN8V5u0Fg?si=ln_4At1He2NGe15W  We appreciate the parents who joined us in support of this workshop. Please find attached the information that was given.

 Thank you to those who were able to attend our reading meeting this afternoon, we hope you found it a useful insight into how we teach reading at Kelvedon. Please find a copy of our slides below (They have uploaded in reverse!).  We have also included an image of the actions you may see the children using. Thank you for your continued support.

 Just a quick reminder that class water bottles should not contain juice or squash, Unfortunately, when this spills it leaves a sticky mess on the carpet to clean after snack. Please provide water for refreshment, if your child has a home packed lunch, please have a lunch box juice/squash bottle if you wish and a class water bottle in addition. We thank you for your continued support with this. EYFS Team

 The children are settling in extremely well to the school routines and it is great to see their confidence growing each day. We have had a busy week that included a visit to St Mary's Church for Harvest Festival. Well done to RB and RW for their first visit. In other areas, the children have learnt more new sounds in Phonics and 2 new tricky words! Ask your child which ones as a talking point. Counting principles have been the focus in our Maths Mastery sessions. The children have been remembering to touch count and move objects for accuracy. We know that the number we stop on is the amount we have. The children learnt that we can still count things that cannot be moved but we need to use a different strategy to ensure accuracy. Our Rhyme Time has been "Tommy Thumb", both RW and RB performed it to an impressed Miss Johnston today. "Brown Bear, Brown Bear , what do you see?" has been our focus text this week. In class, we made our own version of the story which ...

 This week has been very busy for the children! In Maths, we have begun the mastery approach using our subitising skills. The children used the stem sentence "No need to count, I know the amount" when looking at dotty plates of 1,2 or 3.   We have learnt new sounds in Phonics and begun to orally segment to spell. The children were excited to learn spelling! For our story focus, we have been reading The Enormous Turnip. Pretending to heave the turnip to make it budge was funny.  In other areas, please take a look at our photos below. Have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday. EYFS Team.