Week 5

The Gingerbread Man

This week we have enjoyed listening to and retelling the traditional tale of "The Gingerbread Man".  The children were very excited to make their own gingerbread person by following instructions, carefully measuring and mixing ingredients from a recipe. 

Equal Amounts

This week the children have been using songs and rhymes that include the counting sequence. They have been representing quantities to 10 and matching different representations.  We remembered that the 'stopping number' tells us how many we need altogether.  The children have been recognising numerals to 5 and developing their understanding of equal amounts.  

 Building Towers

Counting Carrots

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Reception class have been practising for our performance. We worked as a team to decorate our class Christmas tree.

Week 4

 Don't Hog the Hedge!

We read the story "Don't Hog the Hedge" and discussed how Hattie The Hedgehog had been very kind to the other animals, who wanted to share her cosy hedge.  She was a kind and caring friend.

The animals in the story were getting ready to hibernate for the Winter.  Reception helped Hattie write a hibernating checklist which included a nest, bed, leaves, bug snacks, toilet and friends.

Hedgehogs

The children have enjoyed exploring oil pastels and watercolour pencils this week to make observational drawings.

Stampoline Patterns for 5

Reception printed their own 5 patterns and used spatial language to describe it.

 Bushcraft Exploration

After wrapping up warm we ventured out into the bushcraft area.  We explored the mud kitchen, fairy garden, digging pits, dens, giant scales and crawling tubes.

Week 3

 Oi Frog

The children loved reading the book "Oi Frog" by Kes Gray this week.  They had a good giggle at flea's sitting on peas and dogs sitting on frogs and loved making up some of their own versions.​  We practised our rhyming skills while matching rhyming pairs.

Parts and Whole

This week the children have been learning about 'part' and 'whole.' We have looked at toys with different parts and even different body parts.  The children learnt that all the parts together make a whole.  We then moved onto making sets of 2 and 3. They learnt that 1 and 2 are parts of 3. Below is a link to the Numberblocks episode that explores 'part' and 'whole' 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08dr1l3/numberblocks-series-1-12-the-whole-of-me

As part of mastery maths this week the focus is how parts make a whole.  One of our continuous provision challenges was to complete a jigsaw, with the emphasis on how all the parts of a puzzle make a whole.

Week 2

  Equal Amounts

We helped Baby Bear share the party items, so each bear had an equal amount.  We compared groups of up to 3 objects by matching them 1:1.

 Children in Need

Thank you to all the families who have helped us to support Children in Need once again this year, by sending their children in non-uniform and giving donations to help raise £366.35 in total.  What a fab day we have had, and we raised money for a great cause at the same time!  The children enjoyed decorating their own spotty cupcakes and tried the fundraising activity 'hook a duck' from the story "Pudsey's Great Fundraiser". 

 Rosie's Walk

Our story of the week is "Rosie's Walk" by Pat Hutchins.  We took an aerial photo of our group story maps.  We used position words and the maps to retell the story in the correct order.

Theo and the Velvet Onesies

Reception were fascinated to learn children had to sleep underground during the war to stay safe in London.  We found out that the prime minister Winston Churchill's siren suit was the original onesie!  The children used loose parts to make their own poppy designs. 

 Lest We Forget

Reception observed the two minute silence on Remembrance Day.  We watched the Cbeebies animation 'Poppies' and talked about how the rabbit was feeling. 

 Diva Lamp

We used salt dough to create a diva lamp.  The children painted and decorated them with jewels.  I think you’ll agree they look amazing!

 Five

This week the children have been using the song 'Five Little Peas' when looking at the number 5.  They have been making collections of 5 using a hand template and then a die frame. The children soon realised that if you put two die frames together there are 10 in total - "5 and another 5 make 10 altogether".

Week 1

 Dipal's Diwali

Reception listened to a story about Dipal and his family celebrating the Diwali festival of light.  As part of our finger challenges this week we created jewelled pathways for Sita, rangoli patterns using loose parts and mehndi hand patterns.

 Sparks in the Sky

As the children have been celebrating Bonfire night this week, we discussed what sights, smells and sounds they could hear as the fireworks produced their lovely bright colours in our dark sky. We enjoyed reading and looking at our story of the week "Sparks in the Sky". The children were very excited to tell everyone about their own experiences. 

 Fireworks Crafts

We made our giant bonfire night picture using a range of media.  This included collage, mono prints and chalks.  Reception used the bonfire themed pattern cards and paintbrushes to mark make.

 Firework Dance

In PE we made our own dance sequence based on different types of fireworks in the night sky.  Can you spot a spinning Catherine wheel or an exploding rocket?

 Edible Sparklers

Reception made edible fireworks for snack.  We used icing sugar and sprinkles to make our designs.  They were delicious!

 Bonfire Night Writing 

Our independent brave write this week was all about bonfire night.  We used a robot 'Fred talk' voice to sound out words.  Reception described what spectacular sights they could see.