--- title: "Reception 6.11.26" url: "https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-06-12-55-reception-6-11-26" 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 6.11.26 6 November 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) Welcome back! We hope everyone had a lovely half term. We've had a fab first week back in Reception, it's been wonderful seeing the children come back to school ready to learn. Phonics - We'll be recapping for the next 2 weeks to secure taught graphemes in our brilliant brains before moving onto new graphemes. This week, we have focussed on h, b, f, l, g, along with the tricky words I, is, the. Maths - This week, the children have continued to engage with activities that underline the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how many’ objects there are altogether. They are reinforcing their understanding of cardinality – that the last number in the count tells us ‘how many’ things there are altogether in a set of objects – and are further practising their 1:1 correspondence skill, by counting numbers at the same time as moving or tagging objects. A key focus this week has been deepening the chilldrens understanding of 5 as a quantity by linking the number itself to the 5 fingers on one hand. The children are also beginning to explore ways to represent numbers to 5 using both their fingers and the Hungarian number pattern. These key representations will help to underline the ‘fiveness’ of 5 and provide structures that will support later exploration of its composition and its relationships with other numbers. Topic - We've kicked off our topic of 'What is all around me?' by exploring space. We read the brilliant story 'Meet the Planets' and we had lovely discussions describing our experiences of looking into space. Notices - Tapestry observations have been uploaded, please make sure you have registered your account (an email was sent before half term) as the activation link expires. Have a lovely weekend! [ Year One Weekly Blog - WC 19.10.26](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-10-23-21-11-year-one-weekly-blog-wc-19-10-26) [Nursery blog Autumn B week 1 ](https://www.strathmore.herts.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-06-13-08-nursery-blog-autumn-b-week-1) ![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/)