This week in Reception, we have been immersing ourselves in the fantastic art of Yinka Shonibare. Yinks Shonibare is a Nigerian British textile artist, who creates beautiful and fascinating costumes using colourful wax fabrics. We studied his pieces, planned our poses for photos and then...
This week in Reception we have finished our core text Jack and the Beanstalk by demonstrating fantastic story writing skills. We identified the key parts of the story and particularly worked on finger spaces and full stops. Well done to Etienne for his fantastic work! ...
This week in Reception, we have immersed ourselves even further in understanding and caring for plants. Our focus text Jack and the Beanstalk was an inspiring link, as we watched our own runner beans grow in class and learned about the magical beans growing in...
As Reception class has become more confident as writers, we have enjoyed using different implements to write and draw. This week we enjoyed writing spy messages to each other using invisible pens. The messages were revealed when we shone a light on them. We also...
This week in Reception, we began our topic on planting and growing. The children worked to write instructions on how to grow seeds and then planted their own. They used runner beans that they had already sprouted and put them in bags to grow on...
This week in Reception our highlight has been improving our photography skills. We looked at what cameras and photos were like a long time ago and compared them to what we have now. We were surprised to see that people didn't smile in old photos...
This week in Reception we have been focusing on repeating patterns. We learned that repeating patterns can be actions, sounds, objects and more. We challenged ourselves to recognise more difficult patterns and recreate them using concrete objects. Children enjoyed the game of swapping pieces in...
Reception's highlight this week was going on a Nature Walk in our local area. We challenged ourselves to find as many different wild creatures as we could in the park and church gardens near our schools. We were surprised by how much there was to...
In Reception this week for Maths we have been learning to sort by 'more' 'fewer' and 'the same'. We used our combining skills to work out how many dots there were all together on dominos and then decide whether they were more, fewer or the same...
This week in Reception we have begun a exciting journey using our core text The Train Ride. We experimented with different ways to paint using trains. We also used story maps to support our writing and understanding of the story. We were lucky to have...