Reception

 Hello all, This week we have changed our large role play area. We now have a Spring theme and the children have been engaged in activities relating to the season. We have learnt about new life and identified the names of baby animals. This will be a topic we will continue into the next week term.  After the holiday we are going to change our wood walk day to a Wednesday. We will put up a list of dates on the door for you to sign up to come. We will continue with our stay and play sessions on a Tuesday morning.  Phonics In phonics we practised reading words ending with -ing and revisited the tricky words. Maths In maths we have learnt the names and the properties of 3D shapes. We engaged in construction and have created houses out of junk modelling materials.

 Hello all, To mark the British Science week, we carried our different experiments in Foundation. On Monday, we  placed flowers in the coloured water to learn about the function of the stem in plants and we planted cress.  On Tuesday, we explored magnetic and non-magnetic objects. We used magnets and metal objects to create movement on paper. On Wednesday we launched a rocket into Space which was super exciting! On Thursday we made  created a volcano to eruption. This week on Thursday,  Reception class took part in an interactive Science workshop. The children mixed different liquids to create colourful potions. We have explored dry ice and we all eagerly watched another exciting eruption of soda in the school playground. We know, that all of it was done not by magic but by scientific discoveries. We are all inspired by our latest science experiences and and we are keen to learn more. Phonics In phonics we were learning to read words ending with two or more digraphs. Maths In Maths the

 Hello all, We have had an exciting week with World Book Day to enjoy and celebrate. The children loved dressing up and sharing their books which created a nice relaxed environment for the day. Stories and books are such an integral part of foundation and everyday is about storytelling and adventures as the children learn through play. We shared many of our favourite books this week and we used Story bags for Noah's Ark and Each Peach Pear Plum. The children had an opportunity to  make their  own books and we discussed the meaning of words: author and illustrator. We also continued working on our Foundation book ' What does your monster eat?' Phonics In phonics we have been reading words with double letters and we have have revisited the tricky words: full, push, and, no, go, . Maths This week in Maths we have explored the concept of time. We used a sand timer to measure how many certain actions we can do within one minute e.g. how many stones can you take out of a jar with