Writing AL - Handa’s Surprise
We have loved learning about different foods this week and we have been focusing on the fruits in Handa’s Surprise. The children enjoyed using their senses to explore the fruit and discussing then as a class.
We have then chose our favourite fruit and wrote about it in our books.
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UTW AL - Observational drawings of Animals
This week Reception have been learning about African animals. The children have discussed and observed the features of the animals and what they need in their environment.
We began drawing in pencil, looking closely at the shapes and lines needed. We then independently chose the colours needed…
Maths AL - 3D Shapes
The children have recapped their learning of 2D shape names and their properties. This week we have been focusing on 3D shape names and recognising them in the environment. We have looked at images, we have been on shape hunts and coloured lots of different shapes, we then counted how many shapes…
Writing AL - African Animals
This week we have been learning about Africa. The children have looked at the different animals and wrote about what they can see in the African Savanna. We have been focusing on sentences and being able to use a full stop and sometimes a capital letter at the start of our sentence.
It’s…
Role Playing - How much do I need?
This week in maths we have been identifying coins up to £2. The children then independently went in the role play area to buy different objects, they took it in turns to work on the till and chose what they would like to buy. They had to find the correct coins and take it to the till keeper to…
Baking Gingerbread Men
We had previously gone on a trip to Lidl to buy our ingredients to make a Gingerbread man, as a group we then worked together to measure and mix the ingredients. It was important we used the scales and added the correct amount of ingredients to ensure the correct ratios. We read and followed the…
Hot Seating Characters!
This week we have read the Gingerbread Man story, the children took part in hot seating to discuss the ideas and thoughts of different characters. We then wrote what we thought the characters would say to each other in the story.
The children focused on using clear finger spaces and applying…