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8 September 2023

Our First Week in Reception

We had a wonderful first week in Reception! We enjoyed exploring our new environment, and had lots of fun both indoors and outdoors. We have also spent time getting to know each other, creating new friendships!

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21 June 2023

Observational drawing of fruit

This morning we have created our own amazing observational drawings of fruit in Ducks and Swan class. The children looked at real life and images of fruit to create dimension within their painting. We talked about the countries fruit is grown, what the fruit tasted like, and what fruit is our…

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8 June 2023

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…

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25 May 2023

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…

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19 May 2023

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…

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