What’s happening in Reception – Week 4
Learning and using new vocabulary is an important part of Reception's learning. This week we enjoyed remembering all the words we've learned this year and choosing our favourites! ...
Learning and using new vocabulary is an important part of Reception's learning. This week we enjoyed remembering all the words we've learned this year and choosing our favourites! ...
We have been looking at all things 'Spiders'! Our focus text is called 'Aaaarrgghh Spider!' by Lydia Monks. We used our knowledge of spiders and what they look like and the special things they do. We drew a spider and talked about what we have...
In Reception this week we have been learning all about Jack and the Beanstalk and connecting this with what we know about what plants need to grow. We continue to tend our gardens and plant seeds every week. This week it was cress! We look...
Our core book is Errol's Garden and this week in Reception we have begun planning for our own garden. We collected ideas about what we would like in our garden and planted some seeds and seedlings for the PTA plant sale. We are so excited...
This week in Nursery we were learning about all things 'Plants', we prepared soil, planted seeds and talked about the life-cycle of a Sunflower . We began to create our own 'Spring Garden' and planted vegetable seeds and flowers. Hopefully you will see strawberries, radishes,...
In Reception this week we have enjoyed admiring all the photos that children took of nature and minibeasts over the Easter holidays. This was building on from the skills they developed in our Fruit Still Life photography project last term. Well done Reception children on being...
We have been learning about the 'Life-Cycle' of a Butterfly. Our focus text is 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle which follows the life of a Butterfly from Egg - Caterpillar - Cocoon - Butterfly. We watched a documentary and were amazed at how...
This week in Reception we have been doing a project on photography. We learnt about cameras and photos in the past and compared them to what we use now to take pictures or videos. We were inspired but painter Paul Cezanne to look closely at...
We baked Bread! We read 'The little Red Hen' and learnt about the importance of helping others and sharing. The little red hen made bread in the book so we made some bread too. We followed a recipe and took turns in measuring, pouring, stirring...
This week in Reception we continue to be immersed in our Key Text - Bog Baby. The children used their knowledge of the character and different objects to create their own Bog Babies. They improved their ICT skills by using the iPad cameras to capture...