Announcement: Early Sounds Review Book 📚
We have now come to the end of Unit 1 and are excited to begin Unit 2: Materials! 🎉 In Phonics, we will explore digraphs, trigraphs and sentence writing in greater depth.
Today, the children will bring home their Unit 2 Early Sounds Review Book. This is an optional resource for home practice, giving children an opportunity to revisit the sounds and skills introduced in class and build confidence at their own pace.
Thank you for your continued support! 💛
亲爱的家长朋友们，大家好🌹🌹
🌟今天的数学课堂，我们开启了3D立体图形——长方体与正方体的探究学习。
孩子们在动手搭建长方体、正方体模型的过程中，直观感知、自主探索，发现二者共同的特征：都拥有8个顶点、12条棱与6个面。
同时大家也观察总结出两者的区别：正方体的六个面全部是正方形；长方体则至少有2个面为长方形。
知识来源于生活，我们一起在身边寻找立体图形：孩子们踊跃分享，积木、骰子都是正方体，还有宝贝特别提到妈妈曾把西瓜切出正方体的样子；饼干盒、房门、桌面等，都是生活里随处可见的长方体✨
🌟🌟阅读板块，我们今天开启了分级阅读第4本的学习。课堂上老师和孩子们分享了识字小技巧：用手指点读文字，借助手眼配合，帮助记忆汉字。我们不只聚焦知识点的习得，更重视引导孩子掌握适合自己的学习方法。
🌟🌟🌟随着年龄增长，孩子们内心的责任意识正在慢慢萌发，十分享受服务集体带来的成就感。现阶段班级班委岗位已经有序运转，小朋友们都认真投入，很好地承担起班级管理的小任务👍
在此老师推荐两项家庭实践活动，邀请宝贝成为家庭小主人，把课堂所学延伸到日常生活：
✅ ①鞋柜管理员
请宝贝负责管理家里的鞋柜，温馨提醒家人进门后将鞋子摆放整齐，在小事中建立责任感。
✅ ②纸巾盘点员（融合数学思维）
准备收纳箱存放纸巾，请宝贝清点纸巾包数总数量，家人取用纸巾时向宝贝登记领取。在一次次数量变化之中，孩子可以直观感受减法的实际意义，做到学以致用。
通知📢：明天我们有学院聚会活动，邀请小朋友穿校服参加，校服的款式让小朋友自己决定哦
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Date: 09/11/2026
Team: Reception E
Teachers: Teacher Sean, Teacher Betty, Teacher Niki, Teacher Pan
Subjects of the Day: Early Sound Systems, English PBL
Specialist Lesson: PE
🌟 Cheeky Snails and a Visit from the Big Bad Wolf! 🌟
What an exciting start to the week we’ve had in Reception E! Today, we introduced a brand new phonics sound before beginning Unit 2: Materials with a rather mysterious visitor to our classroom! From cheeky snails to enormous footprints, there’s certainly been plenty of excitement! 😊🌈
🔤 Early Sound Systems (ESS) – /ai/ and the Cheeky Snails!
In ESS today, we introduced our new digraph, /ai/! We began by reading a lovely story about some very cheeky snails who were leaving silvery trails all over Mum and Dad’s garden, even munching on their beautiful flowers! 🐌🌸
We learned the /ai/ sound and its corresponding action before exploring vocabulary containing our new digraph. The naughty snails had even left words written in their silvery trails, which we practised reading together! 📖🌟
To finish, we enjoyed singing a fun song about the cheeky snails, helping the children remember our new sound through music and repetition. Please practise the /ai/ sound at home this week! 🎵💛
🍎 English PBL – Unit 2: Materials and The Three Little Pigs!
Today marked the beginning of our exciting new Unit, Materials, and what an introduction it was! 🐷🏠
When we returned from PE, we discovered something very strange… enormous footprints leading towards our classroom! 👣
Inside, three mysterious houses had appeared: one made of straw, one of sticks and one of bricks! Even more surprisingly, a big sign on our board announced that THE BIG BAD WOLF WAS HERE! 🐺
We began investigating our mysterious visitor, asking lots of questions. Where did the footprints come from? Who built these houses? Why were they here? And what did the Big Bad Wolf want?
With our curiosity well and truly sparked, we settled down to read The Three Little Pigs! 📖🐷
As we explored the story, we introduced three important storytelling concepts:
📖 Setting – Where the story takes place, including the three little pigs’ houses.
🐷 Characters – The three little pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.
🌟 Plot – What happens in the story! The wolf blows down the straw and stick houses before climbing onto the brick house’s roof, heading down the chimney and falling into a pot!
This was a fantastic introduction to our new Unit, helping the children develop their storytelling vocabulary while introducing the different building materials we’ll be investigating over the coming weeks. 🏠
It’s been a wonderfully exciting start to Unit 2! We’re looking forward to exploring more about materials, their properties and why some are better suited to building than others.
Have a lovely evening, everyone! 💛😊✨
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