Snowy Friday.

Good morning Reception, or should l say G'day!

Wow, we have another very snowy day! How exciting!

As you are not able to come to school today, here are a few activities you can do at home.

Creative/Understanding the World

This week we discovered that the Gingerbread Man is visiting Australia. 

Yesterday we looked at a real didgeridoo, and watched a video of it being played, which was a good idea as l couldn't get any sound from the one we have! Today we were going to make a didgeridoo of our own and you could do this at home too!

Decorate a piece of paper, or card with pictures or patterns, you could even do some Australian dot art like you did on your boomerangs yesterday. You could use paints, crayons, or felt tip pens. When it is decorated roll it up into a tube, and stick the edges together with tape, or glue. Can you play your didgeridoo? What 3D shape is it? I would love to see them when you come back in to school on Monday.

Maths

Next week we are going to naming, and exploring 3D shapes. Can you look around your home and find some 3D shapes? You could look for cylinders, spheres, cubes and cuboids.

Literacy

Please practise reading your RWI ditty or ditty book. For those of you that take home words to read please practise reading them, and have a go at writing them too.

Please all practise correctly writing the next two sounds in your handwriting books.

Finally you could draw, collage or paint a snowy picture! Maybe you will make a snowman and you could draw that. I would love to see any pictures that you make!

Chatterboxes that we would have looked at today will now be done next Friday.

Enjoy the snow Reception, and have lots of fun!

Stay warm and safe, and l wish all children and parents a lovely weekend.

See you on Monday, where will find out where the Gingerbread Man has travelled to next.

Miss Hatfield and the Reception Team 

Traditional Tales

Week Beginning: 30th January 2023

This week we have been learning all about

Jack and the Beanstalk

This week we couldn't believe our eyes when a beanstalk appeared in our classrooms! It was such a tall beanstalk and right at the bottom was a golden egg. We looked for clues to see who had left us the egg!

In maths we have been using the vocabulary 'tall and short' to describe height. We discovered who was the tallest and shortest in the class and we ordered the beanstalks in height order. 

We have enjoyed creating beanstalks in different ways and explored paper mache when making our own golden eggs. 

  We also challenged ourselves to climb the beanstalks in P.E.

We were so resilient!

We can't wait to see what 'Traditional Tale' we are learning about next week. 

Traditional Tales

Week Beginning: 23rd January 2023

This week we have been learning all about

The Three Little Pigs

This week we were so shocked to see that the Big Bad Wolf had been up to no good! In Starling's class he had blown our house down and in Kingfisher's class he had ran away after being very big and bad! We had to find him, so we created WANTED posters, to try and track him down. He eventually came back and said sorry. He also promises to be a very good wolf from now on!

We have also enjoyed exploring different materials. We have discussed what different objects are made from and why. What is their purpose? We have loved looking at how paper and glass are made too! 

Look at all the fun we have had this week:

Traditional Tales

Week Beginning: 16th January 2023

This week we have been learning all about

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

This week we have been designing and building. We have designed a new bridge for the goats, as their one had broken! Before we did this, we explored bridges from around the world and looked at the materials they were made from. Which material was the best to use and why? We then had a go at building the bridge from this material! Have a look at our amazing bridges. 

We also used our imaginations to build bridges from the loose parts; deciding how long our bridge needed to be, to reach the other side. 

In maths, we have focused on capacity. We have used the language full, nearly full, half full, half empty, nearly empty, empty and overflowing to describe the capacity of the containers. We have also estimated how many cups of pasta it might take to fill a measuring cylinder, and understood that different sized containers will hold a different capacity of pasta, depending on its shape and size. 

In P.E we have explored going under and over the different apparatus and we have begun a new investigation...

What does grass need to grow? 

We have also explored the celebration of Chinese New Year.

What a busy week!

   Traditional Tales

Week Beginning: 9th January 2023

This week we have been learning all about

Goldilocks and The Three Bears. 

We have been exploring weight using scales and porridge. Which bag of porridge was the lightest and which was the heaviest? We used the language 'lighter' and 'heavier' when describing and comparing. 

We couldn't believe our eyes when Goldilocks came into the three bears cottage and broke baby bears chair and ate all the porridge! What a mess! 

We have been creating bears and Goldilocks in many different ways. We have been so creative! 

We have created story maps to retell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have been so animated when retelling the story, using lots of narrative! We have loved learning all about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.