Reception
All about recycling and materials
admin on: Reception
2nd December 2020
We have been looking at properties of materials this week and what they can be used for. We had a giggle thinking about what if we made our clothes from metal and tables out of paper!
With Miss Crowther, we looked at the story of the Three Little Pigs. We then made our own houses out of straw, twigs and bricks to see if the big bad wolf could blow our houses down! We were very excited when our brick houses were not blown down!
With Mrs Hemingway we sorted materials into groups by what they were made of such as wood, metal or paper. We used our super magnets to discover which objects were made of metal.
On the cutting and sticking table, we recycled wrapping paper to make trees with leaves in a pot.
Also, we sorted various every day items into the correct recycling bins, discussing why we had put them in each bin.
How busy we have all been!
Have a lovely weekend!
The Reception Team xx
Police and pop art week
admin on: Reception
25th November 2020
Today we have been very busy looking at the topic of the week, police, and looking at pop art.
In PE, we created a circuit of different activities including; hurdles, a ladders to use 'fast feet' through, egg and spoon balancing, hula hooping, quoit balancing on our head, and throwing bean bags at targets. We all had so much fun developing our coordination!
Each class is going to create a collaborative Christmas tree for the display in the hall and today we began to create ours. We have all decorated a star and we are going to create a 'tree of stars'. Keep checking the blog for updates ...
We dressed up as a police officers and had our pictures taken for identification badges. We then wrote our name and made a signature!
Children used their cutting and sticking skills to create a police helicopter using different 2D shapes.
With Miss Crowther, we used the printing technique to create a pop art picture using police car shapes, just like Andy Warhol.
What a busy day we have had!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss H and the Reception Team xxx
Road Safety and Anti-bullying week 2020
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20th November 2020
This week has been anti-bullying and road safety week. We have looked at both topic and done activities relating to this.
Anti-bullying
The theme for this year is United Against Bullying. We talked about what makes a good friend, the importance of being kind to each other and why we need to work as a team to help each other.
Everyone draw a self-portrait on a piece of a jigsaw which we have put together to show that every piece is as important as the other.
For more information about Anti-bullying Week here is a link to the Anti-Bullying Alliance:
https://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/
Road Safety
With the help of Super Cat, we learnt a rap that told us that when near roads we need to follow some rules which were:
- Stop
- Look both ways
- Listen
- Think
We developed our cutting and sticking skills by designing our own vehicles adding blue lights, rotors and funnels to the car body.
With Miss Crowther, we learnt how to programme BeeBots to move around roads, stopping at zebra crossings and arriving at our destination safely.
We created roads with cars, traffic lights and speed signs to fit with the theme for this year which is No Need To Speed.
For more information about Road Safety Week, please visit the Road Safety Week website which has been coordinated by the charity Brake:
http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss H and the Reception Team xx
Remembrance Activities
admin on: Reception
13th November 2020
On Wednesday, we focused on Remembrance Day. We took part in the two minutes silence at 11am where we through about everyone, including animals, that have fought in a war. We also created lots of different craft activities relating to this.
We used tissue paper, cellophane and card to create stain glass poppies, how beautiful they looked with the light shining through!
On the cutting and sticking table, we cut slits around red circles to represent the poppies then finished them off with a green leaf.
We used our printing skills to create poppies using paint. We used a sponge to print the petals of the poppy then using a painting brush to create the stem and the leaf.
On the mark-making table, we used oil pastels to create a different pictures with the poppy theme.
What a poppy-tastic day we all had!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss H and the Reception Team xx
Bonfire night and firework activities
admin on: Reception
4th November 2020
Today, the children have completed a range of different activities all related to bonfire night! We started the day by creating their own dance where they were the bonfires and fireworks.
The children began to learn about a new artist, Jackson Pollock. As a class, they used his 'drip painting' method to create a firework scene in a night sky.
Developing their cutting skills, children cut out different shapes to create their very own rocket with flames gushing from the bottom!
On the painting table with Miss Crowther, children used straws, which were stuck together, to make fireworks in the night sky. We even added glitter to make them sparkle!
With Mrs Mitchell, the children painted their hands to create bonfire flames, adding brown paper for the logs and glitter for the sparks.
What a cracking day we have had!
Miss H x