This week in Reception we have been exploring the composition of 7 and challenging ourselves to see how many different ways it can be made. We used a variety of concrete resources to support us including numicon, blocks and of course our fingers! Today we will...
Reception class went on a visit to The Discovery Centre this week to have an interactive story experience. They visited the 100 Story Hotel and worked together to solve a mystery. The children loved exploring the different areas and the interactive opportunities. ...
An important part of the Reception curriculum is learning about different celebrations. This week we had lots of fun getting familiar with Chinese New Year. We used chopsticks, tried some new foods and made pretend dumplings and noodles in our home corner. Our favourite part...
This week in reception, we have started to explore capacity and the concepts of full, empty and half full. We did experiments to see how much was needed in different size objects to be completely full and had lots of fun continuing the experiments independently...
This week in Reception it was hard to choose just one highlights. We loved the pantomime performance of The Snow Queen, singing for our families at church and making and wrapping our own presents for the people we love. Best of all, though was exploring...
Understanding the changing seasons and how it effects our weather is an important part of the Reception curriculum. We were inspired by the sudden cold and the official change to winter which is coming on the 20th of December to paint a tree with all...
This week in Reception we have been looking closely at the story of the Nativity. This is the culmination of our RE topic this half term where we have been exploring how we prepare for Christmas. We used figures to act out the story and...
This week in Reception we have been looking at time and sequencing. We've learned about the importance of doing some things in order like following instructions. We practised these skills by following a sequence to make our own jam sandwiches! [gallery ids="10923,10924"]...
This week in Reception we have been strengthening our fine motor skills in lots of different ways. We built on our learning with Stanley's Stick to make fancy stick wands with lots of small pieces. We built on our learning about the changing seasion to improve our scissor...
This week in reception we have developed our observational skills and learned to use water colour more effectively. We built on what we learned about the painter Kandinsky and also used seasonal pumpkins and squash to inspire us. [gallery ids="10738,10740"]...