Ahoy there mi' hearties! In Reception this week we have started a new  topic of pirates. We have had an exciting start to the topic; turning our role play area into a pirate ship. We have looked at lots of books and stories about pirates in order to find out about them. Looking closely  at pirates, we labelled the features of pirates including eye patches, wooden legs and a parrot on their shoulder! Some children threaded pasta onto string and paintied it gold to make some necklaces that we could use as treasure. The children have shown a keen interest in the topic and have lots of questions that they would like to find out about the subject.

 

 

 

Also I would like to say a big thank you for completing the children's first homework. These were exceptional and the children all enjoyed sharing what they had done with the class.

 

Thanks!

 

Miss G

Kings and Queens

In Reception we have had a great time introducing the topic of Kings and Queens. We have brainstormed what we know already about the topic and what we would like to find out. The children were all interested in Castles and we have started to turn the role play area into our own Castle. We have worked together to create the castle walls, the turret and the throne. We have also been making castles in the creative area and outside area, using the large blocks. It has been great fun making crowns using shiny card and sequins, so that we can all be princes and princesses. The highlight of the week has to be when we recieved a letter from one of the Queen's corgis, who sent us some photos of the Queen and the Palace!

March 2013

Something fishy was going on in Reception this week!

As a class, we made up a story called 'Goldy's Adventure' about the exciting journey of a pet fish. The children had to decide what was going to happen, who the characters were and try to use exciting story language. We then put actions to our story so that we could retell it orally to our friends. Lots of the children did a really good job at remembering it. Next we made story maps, showing the story using pictures and words. Some children even attempted to re-write the whole story! We have really enjoyed working on a story together and look forward to the next one.

 

This follows on from the work we did last week on the Rainbow Fish, which we are in the process of making a fantastic display of.

December 2012

In Reception this week we have been busy preparing for Christmas. We have been making cards, calendars and decorations. On Tuesday we walked to church; this was very exciting and even a little tiring! The children all sat beautifully and listened well to the service. It was our first time at a school disco this week and we all had lots of fun! There are some great dancers in our class! 

 

 

Good Luck to Lewis and Reagan!

 

We are sorry to be saying goodbye to Lewis today as he moves to a new school in Australia. We wish him the best of luck for the future. We also wish Reagan luck as she has now moved too.

 

 

Miss Greenwood x

This week we have had lots of opportunities to develop our speaking and listening skills by practising the Christmas play. We are really good at singing the songs now. Ask your child what they do in the play and if they have any lines.

We have also read the story of The Billy Goats Gruff. We thought about the Trolls bridge and how much weight it would hold. This led us to dicuss weight and the language associated with it, such as heavier and lighter. We have read a range of stories featuring goats and trolls!

Also this week we have done a lot of work in Maths using the Numicon. This will really become a strength and help us throughout school.

Zak was pretending to be the teacher and asking the children to identify different pieces of Numicon!

Thomas was reading the story of the Billy Goats Gruff and looking under the flaps. He tried to guess what was underneath.

Goldilocks.

This week has been a fantastic week in Reception. We have been concentrating on the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Alll of the children know the story really well and can join in with parts. This has meant that they could act out the story for a puppet show. We also turned the home corner into the Three Bear's house. The children made a list of everything we would need to do this and had lots of fun in our bear ears acting out the story. We also made some porridge and tried both a sweet and an original version, discussing how to be safe when cooking and looking at how the porridge changed.
 The children have also made loads of pictures and books telling the story. There are some fabulous words and sentences up around the classroom. Some children even collaged a bear mask to wear.

Doing a Puppet Show.

Drawing the Three Bears. 

Pictures that tell the story.

Wilma the Hedgehog photos.

'Wilma' the Hedgehog in the doorway.

The Hedgehog in the box waiting to be picked up.

The Lady from Hedgehog Care came to look at it.

She checked to see if it was hurt.

Miss McVeigh carrying "Wilma" to the door.
We are now waiting to hear how Wilma is getting on.

Miss Greenwood