Gruffalo Song

We have had a great week reading the modern fairy tale - The Gruffalo. 

 Look at the amazing painting we created during 'Get Busy' time...

We have been singing this song to help us remember what the Gruffalo looks like...

Welcome back Reception!

I hope you have all had a fantastic half term and a good rest! We will be reading the story the Gruffalo this term - I am so excited! Have a look at this video of the story.

Chinese New Year

Wow what a fun time we have had this week celebrating Chinese New Year!

We  learnt about some of the ways people celebrate Chinese New Year…

Click here to watch the CBeebies video - Preparing for Chinese New Year

Click here to watch the CBeebies video - Celebrating Chinese New Year

We made paper lanterns and special red envelopes with money inside.  


Can you remember why the envelopes are red?

We listened carefully to find out how the animals of the Chinese Calendar decided who would have which year named after them. 

Can you remember which animal won the race?

 Click here to watch the story again. 

 We made our own calenders using pictures of the different animals. Can you remember which animal it is this year?

We looked at a hat that had come all the way from China. We had a go at making our own hats. Can you remember what shape our paper was to start with?

  

We decorated boxes and joined them together to make a big dragon's head! We used our dragon to perform dragon dances during 'Get Busy' time!

This morning we had so much fun having a Chinese New Year party.  We enjoyed playing instruments and  dancing to the music . We waved ribbons and made our little dragons dance too. 

Safer Internet Day

Tuesday the 5th of Feburary was Safer Internet Day. 

In Reception we LOVE using the internet to help us with our learning...

We read a story about Smartie the penguin.   

                                                      Click here to read it again

We talked about some of the ways Smartie could make 
sure he was staying safe when he used his new laptop.  

Afterwards we made a poster showing our ideas for keeping safe when we use the internet...

We made a video to help us remember the right thing to do...

Can you remember Smartie's rhyme...

What do you think of our video? Can you think of any other rules we should follow to keep us safe on the internet? Why don't you comment below and share your ideas.