Rapunzel - witch traps!

We have been having lots of fun learning about the story of Rapunzel. Today we decided we wanted to free Rapunzel from her tower. We thought of ways we could help her and decided to make a witch trap! 

This afternoon we had a fantastic time building traps to catch the witch. We worked together and then took it in turns to test our traps.

Once we had caught the witch we had a go at asking her some questions. Can you remember why the witch locked Rapunzel in the tower?
                                                           

 " When the water goes onto the witch it will make the witch melt" - Dylan and Noah

"When you press this button it will help us to find the witch - this bit is a computer screen it can tell us where the witch is. " - Khaira and Aimee

"You throw out this bit that looks like a plane but hold onto the other end of the string. When it touches her it will electrocute the witch."  - Joe

"When the witch is walking past you have to pull the string and it will fall down on her and get her. You've got to hold it up - or you could use this stand to hold it if you don't want to be too near the witch. You can't let her get you." - Khalil

"It didn't work it was too heavy" - Angell

3d Shapes

Last week we were learning about 3d shapes. Here is a song to help us remember some of the new shape names that we have learnt. 

 


Can you see any 3d shapes hiding around your home? Why don't you comment below and tell us what shapes you can see. 

I found a cylinder and a sphere in my house!

World Book Day - RL

We had so much fun on World Book Day! 

Check out our amazing retelling of 'We're going on a Bear Hunt'!

World book day!!

We had a wonderful time during world book day! We shared books with our parents and did some really cool reading activities in the hall!

Rhyme

This week we are learning about rhyme

Can you remember what it means if words rhyme? 

Which rhyming words can you spot in this video? 



Rhyme challenge...  can you spot any rhyming pairs in the pictures below?

Why don't you comment and tell us which rhyming pairs you can see.

Chicks!

This morning in Reception we had a look at Year 1's chicks! 

Year 1 had 10 eggs. The eggs were in an incubator to keep them warm. The eggs all hatched and now there are 10 chicks.

Some of the chicks we were looking at were only 1 day old! We used our quiet voices so we didn't scare the baby chicks. 

We used our gentle hands to hold and stroke the chicks. How did the chicks feel when you touched them? Can you think of any good words to describe the chicks? 

We noticed that there was a light bulb in the chicks house - can you remember why the light bulb was there? 

Have a look at the YEAR 1 BLOG to hear more about these lovely chicks.

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.