Blog by Tag: Communication and Language

This week we have been discussing the Christian celebration ‘Christmas’. With lots of activities going on in school and around our local area we discussed different ways people celebrate Christmas. We looked at lots of images and have enjoyed taking part in some of these traditions in the…

We have had a new role play area! Welcome to the theatre ☺️
The children have loved dressing up, using the puppets and putting on shows for their friends. 
We have been creating our own narratives, playing in groups ands learning new words. It has been lovely seeing the children help each other,…

We have been working very hard on remembering the features of a book. We recapped the title, illustrations and this week learnt about the Author. We looked at a variety of books and identified all of the features.

In PE we loved playing Dinosaur stomp! We used our super listening skills to move and freeze. We chose different ways to move around the hall using all points of our body such as crawling, slithering, shuffling, stomping and running.

We have been learning all about celebrations and this week focused on birthdays! We have had a lot of birthdays in class this month and we have loved sharing common traditions such as balloons, presents, cake, party’s and hats. 
We explored making our own cakes with play dough and tools, writing…

Today we enjoyed planting 2 trees in our playground. We learnt how to plant and how to then care for our new trees. We made a promise to look after our trees and to help them to grow. We love gardening in reception!

We have been comparing different objects and talking about if they are heavy or light. We used our hands to test their weight and then we looked at images and guessed if they would be heavy or light. 
We have a good understanding or weight and are using this independently in play.

We have been using crayons to develop our pencil grip and control. We coloured in and tried our best to stay in the lines. We then finished by tracing our names. 
Super fine motor SKILLS

We were so excited to see the snow this week and we loved using our senses and hands on exploration to explore winter. We talked about the weather, how cold it is and what can keep us warm . We used our hands to feel snow and describe what it felt like and made a class snowman. 

Today we are celebrating children in need. We have been very busy this morning with learning all about children in need and how we can make a difference. We took part in a mile walk around our field and this afternoon we will take part in some creative activities linked to children in need.…

This week we have been learning about Bonfire Night. We have discussed  through books, videos and songs what bonfire night is and how different people celebrate. 
We used our senses to experience a bonfire night. We listened to different types of fireworks and used great vocabulary to describe…

Today reception took part in a forest school session all about the season of autumn. This links to our prior understanding the world learning of seasons and seasonal changes. The children loved being outside and getting involved in all the activities set out.