Hello all,

This week in Reception, we have been learning all about Easter traditions and what they mean. We talked about how Easter is a special celebration of new life, growth, and new beginnings.

To help us understand this, we planted our own cress seeds and carefully looked after them. We were very excited to see how much they have grown! This helped us see how new life can begin from something very small.

We also had lots of fun making our own butter. The children worked together, taking turns to shake the mixture and watching it change. It was amazing to see how it turned into butter!

Once our cress had grown, we used it to make delicious cress sandwiches. The children helped to prepare them, and we all enjoyed tasting what we had made together.

Maths

This week, the children have been exploring shapes in their environment. Through interactive games and hands-on activities, they have been learning to recognise both 2D and 3D shapes around them. We have discussed familiar shapes like circles, squares, and triangles, but we have also introduced 3D shapes such as cubes, spheres, cylinders, pyramids and cones.

The children have been excited to find shapes in everyday objects—like noticing that a clock looks like a circle, a book resembles a rectangle, or that a cereal box is shaped like a cuboid!

Phonics

This week our focus was on longer words ending with- ing e.g. zooming and words ending with -es e.g. torches.

Happy Easter!

Mrs Sheehan