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Date: 10/11/2026
Team: Reception E
Teachers: Teacher Sean, Teacher Betty, Teacher Niki, Teacher Pan
Subjects of the Day: Early Sound Systems, Logical Exploration
Specialist Lesson: STEM
🌟 Building Words and Exploring 3D Shapes! 🌟
We’ve had another lovely day of learning in Reception E! Today, we continued developing our phonics and spelling skills in ESS before stepping into the exciting world of 3D shapes in Logical Exploration. From building words with sounds to discovering shapes in everyday objects, it’s been a busy and productive day! 😊🌈
🔤 Early Sound Systems (ESS) – Let’s Build Some Words!
In ESS today, we began by reviewing our newest digraph, /ai/, alongside all our previously learned sounds and tricky words. Regular revision helps the children strengthen their sound recognition and build confidence with their growing phonics knowledge. 📖🌟
We then turned our attention to spelling and word building! The children explored how individual sounds can be put together to form words, carefully choosing the correct sounds to build our spelling words.
Once the words were complete, we practised sounding them out and blending the sounds together to read them. ✏📚
This was a wonderful opportunity to reinforce the important relationship between reading and spelling. By thinking carefully about the sounds in words and how they are represented by letters, the children are developing essential skills for becoming more confident and independent readers and writers! 💛👏
🔢 Logical Exploration – Welcome to the World of 3D Shapes!
Today in Logical Exploration, we began an exciting new topic: 3D shapes! 🌟
We started by exploring the difference between 2D and 3D shapes. We learned that 2D shapes are flat, with length and width, while 3D shapes also have depth, making them solid shapes that take up space.
We then introduced four important 3D shapes:
🎲 Cube – A solid shape with six square faces.
🥁 Cylinder – A shape with two circular flat faces and one curved surface.
🍦 Cone – A shape with a circular base and a pointed top.
⚽ Sphere – A completely round shape, like a ball!
After exploring these new shapes, the children began creating their very own 3D Shapes Books! 📖✏
They practised writing the names of each shape before matching them to familiar real-life objects. This helped the children make connections between the mathematical shapes we learn about in class and the objects we see and use every day.
It was a lovely introduction to our new topic, combining shape recognition, vocabulary, handwriting and logical thinking in one activity! 🌈👏
It’s been a wonderful day of building on familiar skills while introducing some exciting new mathematical ideas. We’re looking forward to continuing our exploration of 3D shapes over the coming lessons!
Have a lovely evening, everyone! 💛😊✨
亲爱的家长朋友们：大家好🌹
🌟今日我们从《三字经》切入，一起品读经典故事——孟母三迁。
课堂上孩子们了解到，年幼的孟轲很容易受到周遭环境的影响，看见身边人的行为便会去模仿；直到迁居学堂附近之后，他开始效仿勤学的同伴，跟随老师认真求学，最终学有所成。
特别惊喜的是，宝贝们能够主动思考、迁移感悟，有孩子分享道：我们要多观察小伙伴做得好的地方，向好的行为学习，自己也会越来越优秀✨
老师顺势帮孩子们提炼核心道理：眼睛看见他人的长处，愿意学习这份优点，优点便会慢慢成为自己的品质；反之若是总盯着别人的不足，不好的行为习惯也容易潜移默化影响自己。引导孩子们懂得多看他人优点，择善而从。
📖亲子小任务：今晚可以请宝贝把《孟母三迁》的故事复述给爸爸妈妈听，聆听孩子独有的理解与感悟😊
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