In maths, we have been leaning about 3D shapes. We matched different items to the correct shape of either a cylinder, a cuboid, a cone or a sphere. Linking to our space theme we also used 3D shapes and paint to make our own rocket print pictures.
In PE with Mr Robertson, we have been enjoying experimenting with a variety of different sports equipment including balls, cones and ladders as well as playing lots of fun team games.
We have also been learning about the season Spring. We enjoyed exploring in our school grounds for signs of spring. We found some flowers starting to grow, daffodils, flower buds, green leaves, a bird’s nest, blossom and insects.
We have had another fun and busy two weeks in Reception. Our new topic this half term is ‘Journeys’ We were very excited to find a box in our yard with a teddy bear in it. Where did the teddy bear come from? Why did it appear in our yard? After lots of great discussion, we found out that it was Baby Bear from the story ‘Whatever Next!’ by Jill Murphy. The story is about Baby Bear and his adventure to the moon. Baby Bear finds a rocket, a space helmet and some space boots and sets out on his journey. Last week in Literacy we did some writing of what we would take if we were going to the moon. This week we have been sequencing the story of Whatever Next as well as doing some wonderful writing of the different parts of the story.
In maths we have been looking at the composition of 9 and 10. We really enjoyed playing bingo with our friends. First we picked a picture card, counted how many items that were on the picture card and then if we had the representing number we used a counter to mark it off on our bingo card. We have also been comparing numbers within 10. Our favourite activity was ‘Ten Town’ where we had to find numicon pieces that add up to 10 to make towers.
A travelling production company came to our school to perform The Sword and the Stone. Ten children were selected to take part in the interactive performance. Eliza from our class was chosen and what a superstar she was on stage!
In PSHE with Mrs Vardy we have been learning about the importance of healthy eating. We tasted some different foods and we could have lots of fruit and vegetables but we only had a little bit of chocolate and pop.
Our final week of last half term we finished off our ‘Amazing Animals’ topic. We looked at a picture of a dinosaur landscape and then talked and wrote about what we could see. We also did a step by step drawing of a dinosaur. We are fantastic artists in Reception.
In literacy this week we have been talking about the exciting things that we have been doing in the school holidays. We then drew a picture and wrote about our adventures. Miss Robinson is super impressed with the fantastic writing from Reception.
In maths we have been representing, sorting and ordering numbers to 10.
On Tuesday we celebrated Pancake Day. We decided which topping we would like on our pancake. The most popular topping was golden syrup. The pancakes were delicious…mmmmm!
On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day. We made our own personalised bookmark, did a self-portrait of ourselves in our World Book Day costume, shared some of our favourite stories, did a guess the story quiz and had some delicious sweet treats.
We are continuing our topic of ‘Amazing Animals’ and now focusing on dinosaurs. We have been reading lots of different dinosaur books and our favourite has been Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs.
Last week we received a letter from a Museum saying that a friendly dinosaur was missing and then big footprints appeared on our yard. Miss Robinson checked the cameras and the dinosaur had been in our school yard! We were all super excited and in Literacy we made a lost poster to put around to see if anyone had seen the dinosaur. We have also been learning how to write labels by labelling the different parts of a dinosaur.
In maths last week we looked at dominos and the spots that they have on one side, on the other side and how many spots altogether. This week in maths we have been learning about taller and shorter. We used string to measure how tall we are and compared our height to the other children in the class. We have also been learning about longer and shorter by using pasta and play-doh.
This week we have also been learning about the importance of internet safety. We listened to a story called ‘Chicken Clicking’ and looked at a power point about Smartie the Penguin who learns how to be safe on the internet. We then drew a picture of our Class Dojo monster and talked about what we can do to be safe when on the internet, iPad, tablet etc.
Reception have had a busy two weeks back at school after the Christmas holidays. In PSHE with Mrs Vardy the children wished each other a Happy New Year and then talked about what makes us feel happy. Our footprints were then made into happy penguins for our display. We have also loved dancing to the ‘Happy’ song from ‘Happy Feet'
Our new topic for this half term is ‘Amazing Animals’ where we will be exploring Artic animals and dinosaurs. In our outside yard we found a box with some snow around it addressed to Ellington Primary School Reception. Inside the box was a penguin. We were all very confused at how the penguin got to our school. When we went back into the classroom there was a story called Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. Miss Robinson started to read the first couple of pages to see if we could solve the mystery. The story started by telling us that there once was a boy and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him.
Is this why the penguin has arrived at our school? We had a class discussion about penguins and what we already know about them. In Literacy we followed step by step instructions to create our own penguin and then wrote a description. Miss Robinson was super impressed with the children for their amazing writing. We also did some observational paintings of penguins.
In maths we have been looking at ways to represent zero by comparing it to other numbers. We have also been looking at composition of numbers to 5.