1. Focus of the Week
Reception
September 19th – 23rd
Literacy Objectives:
• To further develop fine motor skills such as painting, cutting, threading
and glueing
• To develop listening skills and awareness of sounds in the environment
• To work towards using the correct pencil grip
• To write own name using the school font (Nelson font)
• To record pictures for some of our classroom agreements/rules
Maths Objectives:
• To continue to practise writing numbers 1 – 10 and beyond (starting to form them
from the correct starting point)
• To represent numbers using concrete materials Our photos are THIS week –
Eg. Number 7 – 7 trains, Number 10 – 10 circles Thursday and Friday. Please send
• To follow a set pattern using different materials (eg. beads, buttons, shapes) the students in the correct
• To create own repeating patterns
uniform – especially black school
Putonghua: shoes and white socks.
• To learn numbers to 10 (No sports shoes this Thursday.)
• To start to recognise Chinese characters
Reminders
• Leap Van: In the last couple of weeks, both Reception classes have visited the Leap Van.
This week, we will continue with some activities on the importance of eating a variety of
healthy foods every day.
• Please send in a hat for your child to use at school. The hats should come into school
on Monday and are sent home for washing on Friday.