Reception
9th July
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Well we have travelled Europe this week visiting Spain, Italy and France.
We have had a lovely time trying some food from these countries such as pizza's and gelato from Italy and crepes and croissants from France. We thought about how we got there, we went on a plane to Italy, a boat to Spain and the channel tunnel to France. In Italy we made our own leaning tower of Pisa and in Science we made our own volcano erupt using bicarbonate of soda, red food colouring and vinegar like Mount Vesuvius. In forest school we made boats out of natural materials and tested them in the water tray.
We learnt how to say hello to each other and had a go at counting to 10 in each language.
Here are a selection of photos of our week.
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Friday 2nd July
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We have been on an animal hunt this week looking at all different classifications of animals; reptiles, mammals and birds.
We also learnt about how some animals are endangered and need to be protected or the will become extinct!
In the woods we made some camouflage head pieces and had good fun playing hide and seek in the long grass.
During cooking time we made our own sandwiches and tasted beef (mammal) chicken (bird) and Tuna (fish), of course we had it with our healthy home grown lettuce.
Number this week we were looking at teen number and number patterns all the way to 100!
Can your child count on from 6,15,55,74.
Can they count back from 8,11,42,68,100
Friday 25th June
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We are explores!
What a interesting week looking at insects and mini beasts.
We have looked at their different features such as all insects have 6 legs. We have studied the life cycle of frogs and caterpillars. We are waiting to see if our African snails lay eggs!!
In our number work we have been looking at odd and even number and what makes an odd number odd?
We have made some fabulous snail collages pictures influence by Henri Matisse the French artist who experimented with cut out
shapes to make pictures.
Finally we got to taste some of our home grown lettuce. We made our own bread rolls too!
Next week we are looking at classification of animals . Look on ‘Teams’ for some short clips to watch.
Mrs Oddy and the reception team.
All about Africa!
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18th June 2021
This week we have been exploring the continent of Africa. In dance, we learnt a traditional African dance and used the djembe to copy different rhythms.
We created African inspired necklaces out of paper plates. We decorated them with patterns, using shapes of coloured paper.
On Wednesday, we looked at chocolate and where it comes from. We designed our own chocolate bar wrappers, carried out a science experiment to see what happens to chocolate when it gets hot and sampled three different types of chocolate; dark, milk and white.
In maths, we have been exploring shapes and patterns. Some of us used plastic shapes to create different patterns and shapes with them.
Also, we have welcomed two new members to our class. Meet Bread and Butter, giant African snails! We are looking after them for a while which is really exciting. We helped Mrs Oddy to create the habitat so they will be happy in our care! Some members of the class even held them ...
The weather has been good to us again this week! I hope the rain stays away for you this weekend ...
Miss H and the Reception Team xxx
What a surprising week!
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11th June 2021
This week we have been looking at the story of Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne. We have most certainly felt like we have been in Africa with this gorgeous weather we have been having!
We used watercolour paint to create an African sunset then cut out silhouettes of trees and African animals to stick on our sunsets. How beautiful they all looked!
Using oil pastels, we chose a picture from the book to replicate.
On Wednesday, we used the djembe to play the syllables in our names. The name with the most syllables in was 6!
As the weather has been do wonderful, we have taken the opportunity to investigate moving water from one water try to the other. We have some brilliant problem solvers in this class!
In maths, we have been looking at doubling numbers by using a 'magic mirror', using dice and looking at symmetry on ladybirds.
This has been an amazing start back after the holidays! We hope you all have a lovely weekend and this weather continues!
Miss H and the Reception Team xx