Blog by Tag: Communication and Language

We explored different tools, we looked at what different marks they make and talked about what they look like and linked this to textures. We then chose which ones were our favourite, we used this tool to decorate our own bear. 

Today we went on a sensory bear hunt where we took our shoes off and walked through some of the scenes from our topic story “we’re going on a bear hunt” the children were able to feel the textures of the material on their feet, we talked about how each one felt, for example, the grass felt “soft”…

In maths we have been learning ‘more and fewer’. The children were identifying different amounts practically and through images and using the language of more/fewer independently.
We then practised making more and fewer with the ladybirds. 
The children have been practising all week in provision…

Fun in the snow!
We used our senses to explore the winter weather. We enjoyed making a snowman, exploring ice\frost and and talking about how to stay warm and safe in snow.

Thank you for coming to see our EYFS Nativity. The children were so proud and happy to share this with you.
We learnt so many songs and we loved performing them. 

We had a disco on the last week of school with our friends, we had so much fun. 

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!