--- title: "Reception 22.5.26" url: "https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-05-18-13-28-reception-22-5-26" school: "Strathmore Infant and Nursery School" --- Reception and Nursery Tours for 2027 Admissions Now Open - Please go to our Admissions page to book a space # Reception 22.5.26 18 May 2026 [Alice Bartle](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/author/abartle) [Reception Weekly Blogs](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/category/reception-weekly-blogs) Phonics - A very busy week in phonics! We have continued reading and writing words with 2 digraphs this week, including finger, cheep, and wooden. We have also recapped compound words (words that are made up of 2 root words such as rooftop, popcorn & farmyard). In addition to this, we have also explored words ending in -ing, such as zooming, winking, and chatting. We have practiced chunking these words to begin with by splitting the words in two zoom/ing, wink/ing, chatt/ing, roof/top, pop/corn, farm/yard, before reading the words with more fluency. Maths - This weeks focus has been deepening the children's understanding of the counting system. Activities this week include: - Counting each object in groups to 10, understanding that the last number counted is the total in the set (cardinal principle). - Counting up to 10 things that can't be seen, such as jumps, hops, sounds. - Understanding that the quantity remains the same when objects (up to 10) are counted in a different order. - Developing strategies to keep track of what has and has not been counted, such as rearranging objects into a line, moving objects as they're counted) Topic - To finish off our lovely topic of What grows around us? The children have created their own fact files on an animal or plant of their choice. A range of non-fiction books were on offer, and the children had the opportunity to choose an animal and write/label pictures - lots of brilliant books were made! Wishing you all a lovely half term, enjoy the sunshine and we look forward to seeing you in June for our final half term! [ Year One Weekly Blog - WC. 11.05.26](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-05-15-21-47-year-one-weekly-blog-wc-11-05-26) [Year 2, Weekly Blog, Summer A, Week 6 ](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-05-22-06-45-year-2-weekly-blog-summer-a-week-6) ![Strathmore Infant and Nursery School](https://files.schudio.com/strathmore-infant-and-nursery-school/images/logo/Strathmore_Infant_and_Nursery_-_logo_(1).png) ### Strathmore Infant and Nursery School Old Hale Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XR 01462 459558 ### Useful Links: - [Newsletters](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/news-and-events/newsletter-half-termly) - [Admissions](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/about-us/admissions) - [School Day](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/about-us/school-day) - [Safeguarding](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/key-information/safeguarding) © Copyright 2025–2026 Strathmore Infant and Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)