Week beginning 6th July
This week we moved on to our last type of story - Folk Tales. We read the story of Anansi the spider and learned that folk tales may be told in different cultures around the world. We created our own Anansi spiders by cutting out different shapes with coloured paper. In phonics we played games…
Week beginning 29th June
This week we have learned about another type of story - Aesops fables. We discussed that fables are from a long time ago, possibly 2000 years ago. We focused on the Hare and the Tortoise story. Some children made masks and acted out the story, whilst others wrote speech bubbles and drew pictures.…
Week beginning 22nd June
A warm week in school has meant lots of water play and calm games in the shade to keep everybody as cool as possible. The children decided to make some potions and smoothies in the water tray, using the language of full, half full, empty, nearly empty and overflowing.
In our topic work we have…
Week beginning 15th June
After a wonderful sports day, the children wrote about their favourite part of the day. The children wrote some wonderful sentences including;
" I liked the egg and spoon race"
" I liked the long jump and the water run"
" I enjoyed the running races and having a picnic with my family".
In…
Week beginning 7th June
This week we have continued to read and discuss different traditional tales and fairy tales. We focused on Cinderella, discussing the characters and acting out the story with props. In Maths we have been learning about sharing equally into groups. We shared 'cakes' or 'cookies' between Miss…
Week beginning 1st June
This week we started our new topic - Stories from the past.
Our first focus is on traditional tales and fairy tales. This week we acted out the story of 'the three little pigs'. We used masks and puppets in the puppet theatre to retell the story. We encouraged the children to use story language…
Week beginning 18th May
The Sandringham Trip
We had a fantastic time on our trip to Sandringham this week. Firstly, after a quick stop for snack, the children had a tour around the gardens. We learned that the King loves nature and trees. He has a favourite tree in the gardens, that is over 800 years old. We then had a…
Week beginning 11th May
This week we learned about King John as part of our topic work. We found out that King John wasn't very kind and didn't treat people fairly. We learned about the Magna Carta and what that means. The children decided to write their own rules and promises and put them into scrolls, similar to the…
Week beginning 4th May
We have had a busy week in Reception, full of Royal activities! On Wednesday we enjoyed a Royal Tea Party as part of our learning about Kings and Queens. The children spent the morning preparing by making their own fruit kebabs, sandwiches, and decorating cupcakes. After the tea party, we enjoyed…
Week beginning 27th April
This week we have learned about 'Coronations' as part of our Kings and Queens topic. Firstly we looked closely at the crown, orb and spectre. We then watched clips from the King's coronation and made our own crown, orb or spectre using playdough, junk modelling or by drawing.
In Maths we have…
Week beginning 20th April
This week as part of our topic work, we learned about Royal palaces and castles.
We discovered that Buckingham Palace has a swimming pool, a post office, a doctors surgery and the biggest garden in London!
In the creative area this week, the children used junk modelling or paper shapes to…
Week beginning 13th April
This week we have started our new topic - Kings and Queens. We have began to think about the members of the Royal Family including; King Charles the Third, Queen Camilla Consort, the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales. For our writing task we thought about what we might like to do if we…
