21
Jan
Blue penguin collage in Reception
We have been reading the Blue Penguin in Reception. To help immerse ourselves in the story we made a large Blue Penguin collage together for our display....
Reception
14
Jan
Creating new nursery rhymes in Reception
As part of our learning in Expressive Arts and Design we have been exploring ways to change some of our favourite songs and rhymes! First we shared and named lots of them, then we had a go at changing some words in the song! Some...
14
Jan
Fishing for numbers in Reception
We have been learning how to compare numbers and quantities. Here we are, collecting fish and ducks, grouping them by different characteristics and comparing the size of these groups....
07
Jan
Exploring Winter animals in Reception
We are excited to explore the topic of Winter and Animals this term! We will be immersing ourselves in our core texts of ‘Blue Penguin’ by Petr Horácek, ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson and ‘The Great Race’. Day 1 and the fun has already begun!...
07
Jan
Zookeepers in Reception
We have been learning all about the different animals that live on the planet. We have set up a zoo in our classroom and we have been learning all about the similarities and differences between animals....
17
Dec
Christmas creativity in Reception
We have been enjoying lots of Christmas activities this week! We worked together to make a Christmas tree by taking turns and sharing ideas of how to build it! We added our own baubles and tinsel on it too. We wrote a letter to Santa...
10
Dec
Budding astronauts in Reception
We have been enjoying exploring Space this week! We have been making lots of pieces of art and working on cutting, ripping, rolling, folding, and joining materials together. We made telescopes, space mobiles and astronaut helmets to help us explore the galaxy. We have been...
10
Dec
Comparison in Reception
We have been learning to compare the size of groups using key mathematical language such as more, greater than, less, fewer and same. In this picture, we were playing a hidden card game that helped us to identify which group had more and which group...
03
Dec
Tower building in Reception
We have been working in teams to either make the longest or tallest tower. We had to ensure that we took it in turns to build the tower. We spoke about how we could make our towers taller by turning the blocks a different way,...
03
Dec
Making spaceships in Reception
We have been reading Astro Girl in Reception. To immerse ourselves in the story, we have been creating spaceships using a range of creative materials and tools. This activity has helped us strengthen not only our fine motor skills but also our ability to learn...