As part of our 'Animal Adventure' topic, we will be learning about how animals are different to each other. This week we explored different habitats. We spoke about which animals live in the sea and which animals live on the land. We sorted the animals...
When we returned to school on Monday, we discovered a large tank of water filled with rocks and coral. There was water sprinkled around the water tank. We spoke about which animals may have been inside the water tank and what may have made the...
This week we painted our gingerbread men. We followed our designs that we drew to create our finished product. We were very proud of our work. After the half term break, we are going to display our work in the corridor for everyone to enjoy! [gallery...
This week we have been learning to make salt dough. We followed the instructions to make our dough and then we used a playdough cutter to create our own gingerbread man. We then baked our gingerbread men in the oven. Now we are going to...
In the ARP we have completed our first week together. We have been getting to know each other and our environment. As you can see there has been lots of learning and fun both in the classroom and the garden. [gallery ids="17588,17587,17586,17585"] ...
This week, Reception have been designing their own gingerbread men. They took time to observe the shapes and features they would need and chose their own colours for their design too. Next week we will be making salt-dough and baking our very own gingerbread men....
[gallery ids="17356,17357,17358,17359"] This week we have started to write in our very special English books. This is where we will do the work about all the stories that we are learning this year. We were very excited to draw and label our favourite character from The...
Imagine our surprise when we walked in the classrooms on Monday…. someone had been in our classes and made a terrible mess! It was a mystery! We looked for clues and made some traps to try to find out who or what, made the mess....
We started our Little Wandle Phonics lessons this week. We have have been learning to link phonemes (sounds) to graphemes (letters). We have been learning to hear the initial phoneme in a word. We have also been learning to write the letters. Inside your child's...
We have really enjoyed our first full week in Reception! We have been exploring all the different areas in the classroom and outside. We have been creating hedgehogs and badgers for our classroom displays. We have been using different techniques to decorate some of the...