28th June 2024
What a busy time we have had since the start of our very final half term in Reception. In literacy, we have been doing lots of work around the story ‘Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave’ by Quentin Blake. We found out the meaning of some new words such as island and windsock to help us understand the adventure Mrs Armitage went on. We also retold the story using drama, pictures and short sentences. At the end of the story the author leaves us on a bit of a cliff hanger when Mrs Armitage goes back out to sea. We wrote our very own ending for the story and a brand-new page for the book. Excellent work guys!
In maths, we have been busy consolidating our knowledge of number by ordering numbers to 20 and counting beyond 20 by spotting number patterns. We have started to learn about ordinal numbers by racing cars down a ramp. We have also been looking at odd and even numbers and how we can share equally to decide if they are odd or even. Ask us to show you at home!
In our art lessons we have been looking at how we can represent music in our creations. The children had great fun painting swirls, spirals, dots and lines. We also used colours to represent how the music made us feel.
We have also been enjoying our new role play area where we can visit the beach! The children have been buying trinkets to use at the seaside and have been superb at taking off and putting on their socks and shoes independently.
24th May 2024
Reception have had a fantastic two weeks since our last update. To finish off our learning about London we made clay models of famous landmarks, the children practised their modelling skills by rolling, pressing, pinching and shaping the clay to make either Big Ben, the Tower of London or a London underground sign. The models turned out brilliantly and the children are super proud of them! We also went on a local area walk to find landmarks in Ellington, we sketched them while we were out and had a great time in the sunshine.
We have also been learning about Morocco and comparing Morocco to Ellington and London. We have asked questions that we would like to find out about the country, used the iPads to answer these questions and then used the information we found out to write our very own fact files. The children loved finding out about the different animals that live in Morocco, the types of foods the people enjoy, how their schools work and the different celebrations they do and do not take part in. Ask us about what we have found out, I am sure the children will be keen to tell you!
In maths we have been learning about coins and shapes. Last week, we named and identified each of the coins and thought about how we could make amounts using 1ps, some of us even swapped some 1p’s for coins with a higher value! The children were amazed to find out about how many 1p coins we could swap for each of the other coins, especially when we made £2 with 1p coins! This week, we have recapped our knowledge of 2D shapes including how many sides and corners they have. We have also been introduced to 3D shapes and have enjoyed looking for real life examples of each shape.
In our provision we have enjoyed making necklaces inspired by Moroccan jewellery, making mosaic tiles and painting the Moroccan flag.
Well done Reception! You have all earned a well deserved rest over half term- have fun!
10th May 2024
What an excellent start to the summer term we have had. We have started our brand new topic ‘Out and About’ and have enjoyed reading the story ‘Topsy and Tim Visit London’ by Jean and Gareth Adamson. We were sent a photo album of the places Topsy and Tim visited on their trip and enjoyed finding these places on a virtual tour of London. We have compared London to Ellington and wrote some wonderful sentences about which landmarks we would like to visit in London. We then thought of questions we could ask Topsy and Tim about their trip and used these questions in our hot seating task where we took turns to take on the role of Topsy or Tim. The children were able to provide some wonderful answers to the questions asked by their friends, scan the QR codes below to have a look. This week we have been finishing off writing a postcard to tell our friends all about London, the children have produced some lovely writing for this task!
In maths, we have been working on our number bonds to 5, addition by counting on and subtraction by counting back. The children have also enjoyed exploring division by sharing between 2 and 3 using skittles to find the answer, we even got to eat the sweets once we had finished, yum!
We were so excited to have Mr Bailey come into our class to teach us computing. It was lots of fun creating an algorithm to move the cow into the bathtub on Busy Things and debugging when we made a mistake. Mr Bailey was very impressed with our problem solving skills.
We have been exploring people who keep us safe at home, in school and in our community. The children had some great ideas including parents helping to keep us safe at home, teachers keep us safe at school and shopkeepers, police officers and doctors keep us safe in the community.
This week we began our daily mile challenge by running around the school field. The children have been really keen to join in each day and we are having so much fun getting some extra exercise to keep us healthy!
Great work Reception!