Snow!

Wow - What fun we had learning in the snow on Friday! 

                        We printed patterns...

      

We used sticks to draw and write in the snow...

   

We experimented with different ways of moving...

 

             ...and imagined we were ice skaters! 




          We looked carefully at the shapes of the snowflakes...

We noticed changes in the snow and thought about what might make the snow turn to sludge....


                   
               We even used paint to decorate the snow! 

Making and painting a snow hamster!

It was fun to mix different colours in

We hope you've had an enjoyable and safe weekend in the snow. 

I had fun making a snowman!
What did you do? 

Did you go sledging? How did you keep yourself warm?  Why don't you comment below and tell us what you've been up to? 

Missing Gingerbread Men!!

This morning Reception were very busy making gingerbread men. 

We put them in the oven to cook but when we came to get them out of the oven we got a surprise  - THEY WERE GONE!!!!


Have you seen our gingerbread men?

This afternoon we looked EVERYWHERE! Some children suggested we split up into teams to find them. Some wondered if there was a sly fox hiding in the school wanting to gobble them up. Some thought maybe they were hiding in another classroom. We had so many fantastic ideas. 

We really wanted to solve the mystery so we spent the afternoon making wanted posters to see if anyone could help us. 

I hope we find them soon...

Why don't you comment below and tell us where you think they have gone? 

HAPPY NEW YEAR RECEPTION

Welcome back to the start of the New Term.  We all hope you had a Happy New Year.  Our topic for the next half term is "Fairy Tale Friends."  Look out for a copy of our new topic web and reception newsletter which will give you more details. 

Our starting text is going to be The Gingerbread Man ... we are looking forward to doing some baking and we will be having a Bakers Role Play area in one of the classes. 

Here's a counting song all about the Gingerbread Man. 

Remember to use your fingers to help you take away!

VOLCANO!

RN made a valcono today using vinegar, red food colouring and bicarbonate of soda! We have learnt so much, and it was so much fun!

There were 8 in the bed...

WOW! Last week Miss Lunn was SO impressed with this fantastic number work I saw in 'Get Busy' time...



                                 ...see if you can join in too. 

Taking numbers away can be a bit tricky - remember you could use your fingers to help you! 

I wonder what other counting songs we know. Why don't you comment below and tell us your ideas. 

Hello lovely Reception!

This is RN's lovely Dinosaur display. You have all worked so hard and produced some AMAZING art work and some fantastic writing.

 

RN have been making some medicine for the dinosaurs! I really hope that they get better!

Dinosaur modelling

On Friday Miss Lunn set RL a challenge...could we work together to build a dinosaur? What would we need? What would it look like? 

RL did a fantastic job working together to create a head, neck and body. I can't wait to see how we finish it off on Monday!

But wait! When I came back to get my coat on Friday evening look what I found....

                             The dinosaur was eating the leaves from our Reading Garden! 

I wonder what kind of dinosaur it could be? I wonder what we could call it? If you have an idea why don't you comment below and tell us!

(Don't forget to bring your recycling into school and we can make even more of these fantastic models!)

Receptasoarus visits RN!

Receptasoarus payed us a visit this afternoon!

 

His throat is still very soar so he cannot roar, can you remember some of the noises he can make?

ZOOM ZOOM!

 

SHAKE SHAKE!

 

                                 SNIP SNAP!

 

Can you remember how he moved?

 

JUMP JUMP

 

                    HOP HOP

 

                                          STOMP STOMP

 

Phonics Games

Hello lovely Reception! 

Here are some links to some of the games we have been playing on the computer which help us to practise our phonics...

(Remember you can ask an adult to adjust the game's settings to match the sounds to the ones that we have learnt)

Letters and Sounds - Initial sounds

Crickweb - Initial Sounds

Phonics Play - Buried Treasure (This game lets us practise blending sounds together.)

Our new topic is Dinosaurs!

Hello Reception! This term we are learning about... DINOSAURS! Can you sing along to these dinosaur songs?