As well as sharing books in our classroom throughout the day, Reception enjoy coming to our school library. We choose books that interest us to chat about then we always share a book as a class with our grown ups.
The children went to the local library to share stories together. As part of road safety week, we looked at the traffic lights and talked about what the colours meant. We practised looking left and right before we crossed the road.
Today we sang the Wheels on the bus and chose different things and actions to go on the bus. We played with some jigsaws and added different people onto the bus. We have talked about when we have been on a journey on a bus or boat during group time. We looked through...
Today we learnt the song row row your boat. We talked about what objects could sink and float, then made boats using junk materials. Some children placed their boats in the water tray to see if they would sink or float. The children from Reception came to join us and...
First we listened to the rhyme Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes, and discussed what happened. We drew around each other looking at different parts of the body and comparing who was the tallest or shortest. We then talked about how everyone was unique and painted people...
We reread the story of ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ and acted out each part of the story thinking about the emotions of each character and the order in which it happened.
First we listened to the rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock, and discussed what happened. Then the children made a big clock for a mouse to run up. Everyone took turns spinning the wheel then joining in singing the rhyme it stopped on. We then made lots of little mice in the...
First we listened to the rhyme Jack and Jill and discussed what happened. Then the children performed first aid, dressing up as doctors and nurses to treat everyone with a broken crown. The rain finally stopped and we went up to the top of of the hill rolled down just...
We designed and created cup and string phones to help the giant communicate with Jim since Jim chopped the beanstalk down. We had great fun testing them to make sure they would be able to hear each other too!
