In class this week the children have been learning about butterflies and waiting for our Painted Lady caterpillars to arrive. We have read some great stories about butterflies. From the informative Usborne ‘Butterflies’ with its informative website, to the classic fiction text, The very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This is the Usborne website about … Read more
This week the children returned after the Easter holidays and we started our work on life cycles and living things. Unfortunately we have had no tadpoles to study this year which is the first year ever. Please if you are reading this and have a pond full of these ‘delightful creatures’ we would welcome a … Read more
Another busy week passed quickly, concluding our work on homes and spring and doing some assessment tasks and observations to see how everyone is doing. With Easter cards made, soil ‘topped up’ on the shooting potatoes and the Easter story finished it was an action packed week. Roll an Easter Bunny, (a dice game to … Read more
In preparation for World Book Day the children brought in their favourite fiction books to share. They wrote a blurb and we shared their reviews. Making a hat about their book gave them something to wear when the rest of the school dressed up on World Book Day. The children read a non-fiction book about … Read more
With two celebrations to learn about and ‘visiting artists’ it was bound to be another busy week in reception. Monday, the first day back after half term was a time of sharing news, verbally and in our writing. Tuesday was ‘William Ransom Pancake Day’. We followed a recipe to make pancakes, watched the pancakes being … Read more
Well done everyone, a great half term with lots of new things learnt and now we are all ready for a break to get rid of colds and colds and renew our energy for the six weeks up to Easter. In literacy this week the children received a challenge from ‘Magic Granddad’ when they received … Read more
Looking at toys old and new was the focus of our work this week. We started the week with Dogger by Shirley Hughes, a firm favourite of many children. We heard the story, and watched the video clip as a reward for some excellent writing.Tuesday saw the arrival of parents and grandparents toys and there … Read more
The children welcomed their teddy bears into school on Monday as we embarked on a day of ‘bear centred’ activity. The teddy bears were measured to find out which one was the tallest and who had the smallest. Anna’s teddy was a centimetre taller than Georgie’s, Joseph’s ‘Little Bear’ being the shortest. When we measured … Read more
With the start of the ‘Big Schools’ Bird watch’ the children have been learning about different birds that we hope to see when the binoculars come out and we go bird watching next week. The children made bird cakes to encourage birds onto our school site and we moved our bird table onto the field … Read more
This week in literacy we have been reading different versions of the well-known story of Little Red Riding Hood. Throughout the week we read books together, encouraging the children to read along. The story gave us a chance to talk about keeping themselves safe by doing what their parents tell them and of course not … Read more
