04
Feb
Comparing weights in Reception
We have been learning how to compare the weights of objects in Reception. We used scales to see which items in our classroom are heavy and which items are light....
Reception
04
Feb
Celebrating Chinese New Year in Reception
In Reception we celebrated and explored Chinese New Year! We explored what colours, symbols, animals and food were a part of the celebration and role played being in a restaurant, ordering and eating with chopsticks!...
03
Feb
Wet weather wellies? Bring shoes too!
When the weather is as changeable as it is at the moment wellies can be a great way of getting to school either to dodge puddle or to jump and splash in them!! We have one request - please send shoes too as feet get...
28
Jan
Winter writing in Reception
We have been using our creativity and imagination in Reception to use junk modelling to create and extend our ideas. We have been connecting our knowledge to Winter in our play and are continuing to develop as wonderful writers as we are using our Phonics...
28
Jan
Snack time statistics in Reception
We have been working together to count the number of fruits that we choose during snack time. We plotted the fruits into 10 frames to see how many we chose and how many more we needed to get to 10. This also helped us to...
21
Jan
All about winter in Reception
We have been enjoying exploring wintery environments this week in Reception! We used our creativity and imagination to create them using a wide range of materials. We explored textures and colours, and retold what we added in our art piece and why....
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....
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!...