This week we have been learning about different countries. We have learnt the key words - globe, earth, ocean, land, countries and map. Please talk to your child about any countries that you/they have visited. [gallery ids="18926,18927,18928,18929,18930"]...
On Monday, we discovered a boat and some footprints. We spoke about who/what may have left the footprints. We thought about where the boat may have come from and the journeys that it may have been on. The children were challenged to find a book...
Our Reception pupils have been learning about the Christmas story, and this week performed the Nativity to family and friends. They have worked very hard to learn songs and their role on stage. It was lovely to see so many of our parents, families, and...
This week we have been working really hard to develop our fine motor skills. We have been participating in lots of activities to develop the strength and control in our fingers. We have been scrunching paper, cutting out baubles, threading and practising writing our names. [gallery...
Our big question this week is 'What happened during the first Christmas?' We learnt about the nativity story. We spoke about how we may celebrate different special holidays. We then spoke about some of the ways that people prepare for Christmas. We started to prepare...
In Reception, we have been taking part in a whole class Communication and Language programme called NELI. We have been learning to answer who, what and where questions and to order the parts of a story. We have also been learning lots of key vocabulary....
This week we have been learning about how ice is formed. Our big question was 'How can we make ice change to water?' We explored chunks of ice in the tuff trays. We used all of our senses to describe the ice. We discovered that...
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...