Learning in Reception
Week beginning 11.09.23
This week we have been settling in to Reception, making new friends, learning new routines and having fun. Take a look at some of the different things we have been doing.
Skip to be fit! Friday 22nd September
Today we have been learning all about how to stay fit and healthy through skipping!
Harvest festival Tuesday 3rd October
we have been practicing our harvest song dingle dangle scarecrow. We sung so well in church!
Dingle dangle scarecrow
Hello yellow - Monday 9th October
Today we have been learning all about why it is important to take care of our bodies and minds. We wore yellow to celebrate this day!
Outside learning in October
We love to play in our Early Years Garden. Have a look at some of the things we have been getting up to.
Week beginning 16th October
We have been very busy in reception this week. In our topic we have been learning all about Autumn. We explored different autumn objects and vegetables. We really liked drawing, washing and cutting open all of the autumn vegetables. We got to see what was inside and we made lots of mess.
In our Maths this week we have been looking at patterns and numbers to 10. We used the cubes to make different patterns and see how we can show all of the numbers we know.
Outside we got to build tall towers and see if we could make a tower taller than ourselves. We also loved building our own obstacle course to see how we can travel across the apparatus.
Tuesday 7th November - Visit from the Nurse
Today we had a visit from the School Nurses. They told us all about hand washing and why it is really important to keep the germs away. Then we got to practice brushing some teeth to make sure they were all clean.
Tuesday 14th November - Pudsey Visit!
Today we had a very special visitor telling us all about the special events that will be taking place on Friday. Can you tell who he is?
Diwali Celebrations - Week beginning 13.11.23
This week we have been learning all about Diwali. We made Rangoli patterns, explored Bollywood Dancing, created our own Divas and celebrated with a Diwali afternoon. Have a look at some of the wonderful learning we have done!
Winter festival Wednesday 22nd November
Today we got to complete lots of great Christmas crafts with our families. Look at some of the things we have been able to make.
Friday 24th November - Letter to Santa!
This week we have been writing our own letters to Santa. We trusted Mrs Vale to put our special letters in the postbox. Hopefully we will get a reply!
Wednesday 6th December
Over the last few weeks, we have been practicing our songs and learning our lines for our Christmas Nativity. Today we got to perform it for our families and we were amazing! Don't we all look amazing in our costumes!
Spring term
We have been very busy this spring term! Have a look at some of the wonderful things we have been doing.
Planting and growing
We have been exploring plants. We planted our cress seeds, watered them and watched them grow.
Chinese New Year
Today we celebrated Chinese New Year and we made our own paper lanterns.
Role play
We have enjoyed pretending we were Police Officers this term, investigating crime and arresting our friends!
Red Nose Day
Today we talked all about charity and why it is important to help and support others.
World Book Day
We have loved coming to school dressed as our favourite characters for World Book Day. We even got to spend some time with our families this morning reading our favourite books.
Easter Bonnets
We have been able to work with our families to make our Easter Bonnets and then we took part in a parade around the playground.
Summer term
The Animal People - Thursday 11th April
Today we had a visit from the Animal Lady. She came in and shared lots of lovely animals with us. We got to touch them, hold them and ask lots of questions.
Friday 28th June
Twycross Zoo! Today we went on our first school trip to Twycross Zoo. We had a wonderful day and got to see some really interesting animals.
Friday 5th July - Ambulance visit
Today we had a visit form the ambulance service. They showed us all around their Ambulance and demonstrated the important jobs that they need to do to help people.