This week we have been reading the story of the Gingerbread Man. In the story, the Gingerbread Man was struggling to cross the river and was eventually eaten by the fox. The children have been challenged to build a bridge for the Gingerbread Man, to help him escape. They worked together using a variety of…
In celebration of the World Cup, Reception have been finding out about several countries: Senegal, Ghana, France and Uruguay. We found these countries on the world map then discovered that the Eiffel Tower is in France, French is spoken in Senegal, cacao beans come form Ghana and Uruguay is in South America. We can’t wait…
This week, Reception have had a fantastic time learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali. After reading the story of Rama and Sita, the children acted it out as well as making play dough diva lamps, Diwali cards and lots of rangoli patterns. We also did some Diwali yoga and Indian dancing before writing out…
Last week, the children were playing a game in PE that focussed on recognising body parts. The children did a fantastic job identifying their own arms, legs, head, knees and then enjoying a little competition with their partner of winning the cone! Great work Nursery.
This week we read a beautiful story about Remembrance Day that helped us to understand why we have this special day. We learned about why we wear poppies and who it is to remember. We made our own Remembrance cards, artwork, and play dough poppies amongst lots of other exciting activities.
This week we have been learning about bonfire night and fireworks, we have found out a little bit about Guy Fawkes and that he was not a very nice man and learned a bit of the poem ‘Remember, Remember ‘. We have been using our phonics to listen to the different sounds we might hear…
This week, Reception have been learning about the history of Bonfire Night. They were fascinated to hear how Guy Fawkes plotted to kill King James over 400 years ago. But was eventually foiled and executed! The children loved acting out the story and could remember lots of the facts of the story. We also discussed…
Over the past few weeks we have been learning about Autumn. We have completed lots of different art activities including creating our own Autumn wreaths. We thought carefully about the different colours that we can see in the Autumn and used these to design the wreaths. We think they are beautiful!
This week in PE, Reception have been focusing on developing their A, B, Cs – Agility, Balance and Coordination. They have been running, hopping, leaping, balancing and dodging. Fantastic work Reception!
This week the children we have been thinking about sorting objects. We went for a walk around the field to find some objects of different colours. When we got back to the classroom we sorted them into piles of different colours and did a fantastic job, we can’t wait to carry on sorting in different…