Fine Motor Tracing
In ducklings we have been developing our fine motor skills and learning how to use tweezers. Most children have now found their dominate hand and have been experimenting with different grips on tools. This supports the muscle growth in our hands in preparation for writing.
We carefully picked…
Story Time
The children have listened to 'The Colour Monster' this week as we have been learning all about our emotions. We sat in small groups for a short period of time listening to the story. At the end of the story we took part in discussions around the books, answering a range of questions. The children…
Learning Latin
We practiced using ‘sum’ to introduce ourselves, remembering that male names end in -us and female names in -a.
Environmental Sounds - What can we hear outside?
In phonics we have been learning all about different sounds that we hear inside and outside. We discussed these and listened to different audios carefully, identifying what was making the different sounds. Later in the week we went on a walk around our school grounds to identify different sounds…
Observational drawings
We made careful observations of a range of natural objects, including shells, pebbles, sticks and leaves. We discussed the different shapes, textures and colours that we could see. After this, we selected which resource we wanted to draw with, before carefully drawing our chosen objects. This was…
All About Zero
This week we have started to learn about numbers, we started with the number 0. The children have been brilliant at recognising the numeral and understanding the value.
We began with reading a story by Kathryn Otoshi called 'Zero'. We then looked at zero represented in the environment and went…
Talk for writing - Whatever next
Today in reception we read the story Whatever next! and then retold the story through pictures and actions. The children loved coming up with their own ideas for how to retell the story through drawings.
Incredible I pads
This Year we are extremely lucky to all have our very own iPads in class. Today we had some fantastic training, teaching us how to use them to further enhance our learning. Using the story of Little Red Riding Hood, linked to our writing text, we learned how to record our voices and add them to…
What facial features do we have?
In Duckling class we have been using the mirrors to look at the different features on our faces, we found that everyone has similarities such as two eyes, a nose, a mouth but we also have lots of differences, such as the colour of our eyes and hair.
We enjoyed using our fine motor skills to…
Our Body Parts!
This term we are learning all about me!
This week we are starting with a discussion around our body parts - knowing we have 2 hands, 2 legs, 2 eyes, ect. We used the potato heads to create different bodies ensuring we have all of the correct body parts. We had lots of discussions around the…
Searching for circles
In Art this week, we developed our visual literacy skills by exploring our outdoor environment to find circles. We discussed how we use our sense of sight to see and explore. We developed our shape recognition in the environment and took photographs to record the many circles we could…
Sorting objects
We have been learning about matching and sorting objects in Maths this week. In our adult-led activity, we sorted objects into groups. We began by sorting the objects based on the type of object we had e.g. 'bears' and 'not bears'. We then sorted them by colour - 'blue' and 'not blue'. The…