Reception

Email to contact Mrs Medley, Mrs Morris and Mrs Mason directly: yr@scarcroft.southbank.academy

Please send us photos or videos of what you've been up to, ask us any questions or just say hello!

As we are using technology more now than before, remember to use our online safety pack:

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/jessie-and-friends/

Reading Books Visit Oxford Owl for free ebooks to read at home. You will need to register for free to access these resources.

Phonics Play Visit Phonics Play for fun and familiar games to play. There are many free games for the children to choose from and practise phonic patterns.

Phonics Bloom A variety of interactive phonics games

Fine Motor

Fine motor skills are small muscle movements of the fingers in coordination with the eyes. We need to develop the strength and dexterity of these small muscles to enable your child to hold a pencil confidently, manipulate a computer or tablet or even play a musical instrument.

You can encourage your child to develop these skills through your everyday activities, such as, doing buttons and zips when getting dressed, setting the table and pouring juice.

Fine motor skills can also be developed through play. Here are some suggestions for learning through play at home:

Playdough

Playdough is great for developing fine motor skills. You can roll, smooth, pat, pound and squeeze. Tools like lollysticks, stamps, rolling pins, extruders and cutters.

Threading and lacing

Threading is a good way to develop hand-eye coordination.

Why not thread buttons, beads or even penne pasta onto pipe cleaners, string, shoe laces, dried spaghetti, ribbon, wool. Can you make a repeating pattern?
If you don't have any beads you could make salt dough beads (just make sure that you make a large hole in them before cooking) or you could make different animals/numbers/letters/something decorative for the house: http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Salt-Dough-Recipe.html
Use wool, string, ribbon or string which you have painted/coloured yourself to wind around a shape/letter/number outline.

Colander threading - thread pipe cleaners, wool, etc. into an upturned colander.

Pegs

To practise a tripod (3-finger) grip for writing, pegs are great.

Could your child help you peg the washing out?
Or they could use these in their play ‘washing’ and pegging out doll clothes (or even their own socks!).

Recognise and Order Numbers

Caterpillar Ordering: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

Helicopter Rescue: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

Coconut Ordering: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering

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