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21 November 2023

Fine Motor Rangoli Patterns!

This week we have been learning how Hindu's celebrate Diwali. We looked at 'Rangoli Patterns'. These are patterns drawn on the ground and traditionally decorated in sand. We loved the look of them and used our fine motor skills to decorate our own. 

We used the tweezers to pick up different…

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16 November 2023

Positional language

We learnt that we can use positional language (e.g. in, on, behind, in front) to describe the position of objects. We followed instructions to demonstrate our understanding of this vocabulary. We then used the vocabulary ourselves to describe the position of the teddy bear.

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9 November 2023

Shape hunt!

We went on a shape hunt in our outdoor environment, searching for circles and triangles. We discussed the properties of these shapes, including the number of sides and corners. We managed to find lots in our environment, working as a team!

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23 October 2023

Autumn Walk

We went on a walk around our school environment to observe signs of autumn. We discussed the weather, the changes we could see to the trees and we also discussed the warm clothes we were wearing. We noticed lots of the trees in our school grounds had started to change colour, and the leaves had…

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16 October 2023

PE - Listening Games

In PE we have been focusing on listening and following instructions. The children have loved going into the hall and taking part in their PE lessons. We have spoke about the importance of listening and following instruction for our own safety and enjoyment. This week we played 'Sticky Kids…

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26 September 2023

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…

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22 September 2023

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…

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22 September 2023

Gymnasts in training

This half term our focus is on gymnastics. This week our learning intention was how can you track in different ways. We started off with a game called Astronauts to warm us up. Here we focused on different ways to travel. Once we were all warmed up we moved onto recapping the different jumps we’d…

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15 September 2023

Our first PE lesson!

This week, Reception had their first PE lesson. We focused on developing our listening skills and practised following instructions. We warmed up our bodies and then played the 'Traffic Light Game'. We had to listen out carefully to find out whether the traffic light was red, amber or green. If the…

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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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6 September 2023

Our fist week in Nursery

Our first 3 days in Nursery were so fun! We met our new teachers, made new friends and explored all of the different areas in our classroom and outside!

 

I hope you all had as much fun as I did and I can't wait to see you for our first full week on Monday. 

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