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Teaching & Learning Weekly Summary

Below you will find our weekly teaching and learning summary to find out how we develop and enrich your child's teaching and learning whilst they are with us.

 

Week ending

What we have been learning about

26/9/25 This week in Reception we have been enjoying our Power of Reading text 'The Colour Monster Goes to School' and linking the different feelings in the story to our Zones of Regulation. We have also been talking about our families and who we live with, which connects to our PSHE and History learning for the term. In Art and Geography, we explored creating self-portraits using natural materials, which the children loved experimenting with. Just a small note, adults, please remember to send in the children’s PE kits on Wednesdays. It's important that the children have the opportunity to change into their PE clothes as a part of our curriculum. Well done Reception for another very successful week! We are so proud of how well you're settling in.
12/9/25 This week in Reception has been such a lovely start, with the children settling in beautifully and already beginning to form some really positive friendships. We dove straight into our learning this week. In maths, we focused on sorting, using our key words; same, different, compare, and sort to help us organise objects in different ways. In language, we read The Colour Monster and had some wonderful discussions about feelings, talking about how they can sometimes be all mixed up and how we can begin to identify and name them. It has been a fantastic first week! Well done Reception! 
Darley Dene Primary School