Welcome back! The boys have come back from half term very pleased to see each other.

Our new topic of ‘Traditional Tales’ has been introduced this week. The boys loved listening to the story, ‘The Jolly Postman’. During Literacy, they wrote apology letters from Goldilocks to the Three Bears inspired by Goldilocks’ letter in The Jolly Postman story. Their new role play area has changed into the The Jolly Postman’s post office, which is full of Traditional Tale characters that feature in the story. The boys have been writing letters, posting parcels, buying stamps and dressing up as the characters from the story:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing with ‘Traditional Tales’ small world figures:

The boys were excited to enjoy the short flurry of snow on Thursday:

 

The Maths homework activity this week is as follows:

The boys have really enjoyed doubling this week. Please use the link below for games to double numbers. Press the ‘Doubles’ button to start and select ‘Doubles to 10’. If you want to progress further then move onto the next level. Please use your fingers to work out the answers, unless you have already memorised them! For numbers that will total more than 10, put one number in your head and count on with your fingers. Please comment on this blog post by clicking on the ‘heart’ on the left hand side of this post to say how you got on. Have fun!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

 

The theme for show and tell is ‘Superheroes’. Please bring in a picture of your favourite superhero (fictional or real e.g. Batman or Mummy or Daddy)The Starboys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Antonio

Tuesday: Christian

Wednesday: Danveer

Thursday: Denis

Friday: Feyi

The challenge for next week is: Say please and thank you.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Starkey and Mrs Aldridge

It has been a busy and fun week with lots of creative dressing up!

Reception had an action packed Superhero day to round off their topics of ‘Superheroes’. Their fun filled day began with costume admiration and discussing their super powers! This was followed by ‘What would you do?’ scenario cards and a Superhero memory game. Lots of discussion took place during ‘Logic alley’, where the boys decided which side of the Superhero debate they agreed with. Members of one side tried to persuade others on the opposing side to join them by giving their reasoning for questions such as, “Would you rather fly or be invisible?” Around snack time, the boys learnt about ‘Superfoods’ and how to stay healthy. Activities continued including, a variety of superhero arts and crafts which were offered across both classes. Comparisons were made between real and fictional superheroes during a patchwork activity, notably Policemen, Firemen and Doctors. To conclude the day, the boys travelled to Green Meadow. They learnt about road safety as they carefully crossed the road. At Green Meadow the boys told a Superhero story through actions, involving flying, jumping and twirling! It was a windy day, which certainly helped with the flying! We hope everyone enjoyed making their costumes and being a superhero for the day. Keep being super, Reception!

 

In Understanding the World, the boys made some exciting superhero potions that give you ‘super powers’. They were fascinated that water and oil do not mix. They watched the potions bubble as they added an effervescent tablet:

The boys have loved learning about 3D shapes this week. They have been describing shape properties, including the faces, edges and corners of 3D shapes. They took part in several shape activities, including sorting shapes, outdoor shape hunts and the ‘feely bag’ game where they describe shape properties for their friends to guess:

The Maths homework challenge is:

Please go on a shape hunt! See if you can find real life examples of:

Cubes

Spheres

Cuboids

Cylinders

Cones

Pyramids

Once you have found the different shapes, please count the corners and edges and identify the shapes of the faces. Have fun!

To end the week we had a fabulous Friday celebrating ‘Wild hair day’ to raise funds for the world land trust.

       

For Show and tell, please bring in a picture of your favourite Superhero (someone you know e.g. Mummy or Daddy or a fictional Superhero). The starboys after half term are as follows:

Monday: Patrick (A picture of something you are curious about)

Tuesday: Zachary (A picture of something you are curious about)

Wednesday: Zain-Amor (A picture of something you are curious about)

Thursday: Aarav

Friday: Alistair

The weekly challenge is: Sit with your legs crossed on the carpet.

We hope you have a restful and enjoyable half term!

Mrs Starkey and Mrs Aldridge

On Monday morning the boys enjoyed a breakfast together to celebrate mental health awareness week. They also wore an item of clothing inside out for ‘Inside out day’, to represent thinking of inside feelings. This was a lovely start to the week where the boys enjoyed being together having a leisurely breakfast and conversations:

Supertato to the rescue! This week, the boys have enjoyed listening to the story ‘Supertato’. In Literacy, they wrote ‘Wanted Posters’ for ‘Evil Pea’. They also made Super Veg:

 

In Understanding the World, the boys learnt how ice is made and we experimented with melting ice. ‘Evil Pea’, from the story ‘Supertato’ had being causing havoc in the Reception classrooms, freezing a dinosaur in ice! We explored how ice is formed and the best methods to rescue the dinosaur- heat!

During Maths we have been learning about measuring. The boys enjoyed measuring using weighing scales. They compared the weight of trainers against objects, giving reasons for why they thought they were heavier or lighter

Using non-standard measurements, the boys measured height and length. They used their hands to measure their friends:

For the Maths homework activity, please measure different members of your family using your hands (predict how many hands long you think they will be before measuring). Make sure the base of your hand is at the person’s heel. Be careful not to overlap your hands and that your fingers reach the top of their head at the end. Please comment on this blog post to say how you got on by clicking the heart on the left hand side of this post. Have fun!

The weekly challenge for next week is: Take off your jumper independently.

For show and tell please bring in a picture of something you are curious about or an example of how you have shown your curiosity. The Starboys for next week are as follows:

Monday: Mylo

Tuesday: Superhero day!

Wednesday: Nathan

Thursday: Nikhil

Friday: Oliver

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Starkey and Mrs Aldridge