Class of 2031 (Rec)

This week in our literacy work, the children have joined the Drawing Club! Our Drawing Club has been based on the book ‘The Christmas Pine’ and the aim is to spark the children’s imagination and develop language through creating “magic codes” like letters or words into their drawings. First we…

The week we have been reading the Christmas Pine. The book tells the story of a Norwegian pine tree chosen to be the annual Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square. The story’s meaning symbolises peace and friendship as the tree is a gift from Norway to the UK. This week the children designed their own…

Yesterday we were really lucky to receive a visit from SWACA, a women and children’s charity that support families in our area.  They talked to the children about relationships and being kind to each other.  They challenged stereotypes in regards to toys and games the children play.  We celebrated…

We listened to the story of the Angel Gabriel visiting Mary to tell her she was going to have a baby boy. We got dresssed up and acted it out.  

Our home school diary task this week was to talk about bonfire night and what we did to celebrate.  We then thought about the fireworks we saw in the sky and created our own firework pictures. First we selected different colours and mixed them together, we then used a sponge to print the paint on…

Sometimes its just the quiet moments of building a shared structure that can encourage such lovely friendships.  The language, smiles and co operation that takes place fosters positive relationships and gives each child a sense of belonging.  

Today we have looked at 2D shapes.  The children identified the shapes and then went into provision to find them.  We discussed not being able to pick up a 2D shape and that we would need to draw round these for them to be a true circle or triangle. 

Today we remembered the brave soldiers who fought in the wars.  The children watched a CBeebies animation that sees war as experienced by animals in a field.  The children have also loved making their own poppies using playdoh and buttons and pastels.  

Maths happens everywhere in Reception. Here we are exploring quantities and making number blocks using multilink in the garden. 

This week the children have been practising their observational drawing. We have used a selection of autumnal leaves and pumpkins of different colours, textures and size to carefully draw what we can see. We have talked about looking closely for details and discussed the autumnal colours we could…

After lots of discussion and interest about pumpkins over the last few weeks, the children have been using pumpkins to put their fine motor skills to the test! We have used hammers to carefully hammer golf tees into pumpkins! 

What fabulous costumes.  The children have loved dressing up as rock stars today. We have had a parade and danced to some of our favourite tunes! Well done to everyone for taking part.