What can I see in my bucket? I can see… We used our knowledge of mark-making and our imagination to create our own bucket...
We have been learning about Africa and the different countries which make up the continent. We have designed and made some traditional neckpieces inspired by Ghana, using the 'Collage' technique. After exploring shapes, patterns and colours we decorated a paper plate using oil pastel for...
In Reception this week we have been amazed by the changes that our caterpillars have undergone. In just 8 days they went from being only 1 cm long to almost 5 cm and on Monday they transformed again into their chrysalides. We can't wait to...
For Literacy this week in Nursery, we have been creating our own ‘Story Map’ of our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. We are using our mark making skills to write and draw what happens ‘First’, ‘Next’ and ‘Then’ in the...
This week in Reception we have been exploring doubles and odds and evens. How can you recognise and even or an odd number? Ruben shows us here that an odd number can't be divided fairly and it always had an 'odd' one that isn't in...
This week the children in the nursery class went on a 'listening walk'. Linked to our core text story 'Anna Hibiscus Song' writtened by Atinuke and Lauren Tobin, the children were encouraged to sit quietly and still, just like the main character in the story Anna does when...
In Reception we are working on mastery of the number bonds 6, 7, 8, and 9. We use 'Number Talk' and a variety of mathematical images to support us with this. Over the last few weeks we have been using dot cards. We see the smaller groups...
For Literacy we are making ‘Happy Hands’. We are writing up to ‘5’ reasons we are happy - one for each finger! This is a link to our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. 'When grandfather opens his hand wide and says'...
Reception class were inspired by British/Nigerian artist, Yinka Shonibare, to design our own costumes using wax fabrics. We explored the different poses, styles of clothing and even accessories that he used. We then decided our own poses, took photos and used wax fabric, lace and other...
This week in Nursery we have been busy 'Junk Modelling' - we have been using our cutting, tearing, gluing, stacking, taping and mark making skills to build some great creations. Robots were in high demand! [gallery ids="9001,9002"]...