Planting
Before the Easter holidays Reception planted some broad beans as part of their growing topic. They first sequenced pictures to understand how to plant the seeds and then looked at different books to learn about how they can help the plants grow.
Understanding the World
- Plant seeds and care for growing plants.
- Understand the key features of the life cycle of a plant.
- Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things.
- Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Here is what happened to them over the Easter holidays...
Hand Washing Workshop
(Tuesday 18th April)
The children in RS had a visit from the Bradford School Nursing team who spoke to the children about the importance of hand washing and the best way to wash our hands to get rid of germs. The children learnt a song and looked at their hands under a UV light.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- Manage their own needs.
Physical Development
- Further develop the skills they need to manage the school day successfully
We have introduced the children to the caterpillars we have living in our classroom. We will be watching them closely over the next few weeks to learn about their life cycle and observe how they grow.
Understanding the World
- Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things.
Communication and Language
- Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why they might happen
RE
(WC: 24th April)
In RE this week RS have been talking about who helps us and how we can be a good friend. During today’s circle time we made a kindness web. The children were asked to pass the wool to someone in the circle and say something kind about them. The children listened carefully to one another and made each other smile with their compliments.
Communication and Language
- Understand how to listen carefully and understand why listening is important
PSED
- Build constructive and respectful relationships
- Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others
Understanding the World
- Name and describe people who are familiar to them
Zoolab Visit!
(25th April)
The children had an exciting morning with Eleanor from Zoolab who visited us with some of her minibeast friends. We met Diesel the millipede, Turbo the hissing cockroach, Kas the snake, Splat the Australian tree frog and Tilly the tarantula!
The children were very brave with lots of them putting out their hands to hold the minibeasts or giving them a stroke as they were brought around the circle.
Communication and Language
- Learn new vocabulary
- Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
Understanding the World
- Understand the key features of the life cycle of an animal.
- Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things.
- Describe what they see, feel and hear
Maths
(2nd May)
So far this term RS have been learning about numbers from 10 to 20 and how they can be represented using numicon, unifix cubes and tens frames. Today the children were all given a flashcard of 2 tens frames representing an amount. They had to use the stem sentence “10 and ____ more makes ____” to work out what number their flashcard was representing. The children then worked collaboratively and communicated with each other to get into groups with children whose flashcards represented the same number as theirs.
Mathematics
- Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value
- Count beyond 10
Communication and Language
- Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities
Preparations for the King's Coronation
The preparations for the King’s coronation are well under way in Reception. RS have had a busy day learning about The Royal Family, decorating crowns in the workshop, making streamers in the finger gym, painting Union Jacks and writing tea party shopping lists that are fit for a king! The children are excited to continue learning about this special event that will be a key moment in history and are looking forward to the celebrations being help later in the week.
Communication and Language
- Learn new vocabulary
- Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them
Literacy
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s
Expressive arts and design
- Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings
- Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills
Understanding the world
- Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways
Celebrations for King Charles III coronation
(Friday 5th May 2023)
Reception have loved celebrating the King’s coronation today! They started their day by parading decorated bikes, scooters and prams around the hall before returning to class and singing the National Anthem. The children had a special coronation themed dinner and were treated to a surprise visit from the ice cream van this afternoon. They all looked great in their red, white and blue clothes.
The children have been busy learning the National Anthem for the Kings Coronation too ...
Phonics - Revising /ng/
(Tuesday 16th May)
After compiling a list of words that include the digraph /ng/ the children were challenged to either write some of the words they had thought of or put the /ng/ words into a sentence. Here's the fantastic writing that the children produced!
Literacy
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.
- Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
- Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences using capital letter and full stop.
- Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.
It's time to release the butterflies ...
(Thursday 18th May)
Over the past couple of weeks the children have been watching each of our caterpillars grow and form their chrysalis. This week the butterflies started to emerge and today it was time to say goodbye and release them into nature.
Understanding the World
- Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things.
PSE - Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health refers to your emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. Your mental health can change on a daily basis and over time, and can be affected by a range of factors.
In assembly Mrs Wardell shared the story 'Lucy's Blue Day' and we took time to discuss our emotions and how we react to situations. Click below to hear the story again.
Personal, social and emotional development
- Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
- Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
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Phonics - revising /igh/
(Monday 22nd May)
Literacy
- Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.
- Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.
Phonics - revising /oa/
(Tuesday 23rd May)
Literacy
- Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.
- Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.
Amazing Animals
As part of our topic 'Amazing Animals' the children have enjoyed looking at 3 main focus texts. We learnt about different types of animals from the smallest of minibeasts to the largest farm animals in both fiction and non-fiction books!
- The Wooly Bear Caterpillar by Julia Donaldson
- All about caterpillars and Moths by Michael Blencove
- What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson
Phonics - revising /ar/ and /or/
(Wc Monday 12th June)
This week in phonics the children have been practising the above sounds in both their reading and writing. The children have been given a sentence to write and then challenged to write a sentence that uses a word with the /ar/ and /or/ sound. Below are some of the sentences that the children wrote.
Literacy
- Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.
- Write short sentences with words with known sound-letter correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.
Sports Day
What a busy afternoon the children in RS had. They competed in a speed jump, bean bag throw, skittles, egg 'n' spoon race and running races. They tried their best, showed resilience and showed good sportsmanship.
FUN DAY!
(Thursday 29th June 2023)
The children loved going on the inflatables with their peers and teachers!
RE
(Friday 30th June 2023)
Over the past few weeks RS have been talking about the following key questions:
- What does the word creation mean?
- Who do Christians believe created the world?
- What is the Christian story of creation?
- How was our world made?
Today our key questions were
- How and why do Christians say 'thank you' to God?
- Why do Christians look after the world?
Here are all of the things that the children in RS are thankful for...
Phonics - Writing CVCC
(Monday 3rd July 2023)
The children worked hard on reading and writing CVCC words. The children were given part of a word and had to add the last sound to finish the word. They then had a go at independently writing CVCC words.
We used sound buttons and our phoneme fingers to read the following words:
- bump
- jump
- went
- tent
- damp
- bend
- mend
Literacy
- Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.
- Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
- Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.