Reception
Sheldon Country Park
We went on a journey to Sheldon Country Park to see the aeroplanes and have a good old time!
We did so much walking and running! The park area was great too and got us climbing and taking risks.
The Royal Wedding 2018
We celebrated the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Friday 18th May. We all came to school in our best wedding clothes.
After an assembly which showed us what a Christian wedding is like we got ready for our whole school picnic and made cucumber sandwiches and fruit punch!
RSPCA Charity Day
We were all very generous and we donated £2 which has all been sent off to help the RSPCA. We dressed up as Pirates on the day and had some fun activities in the afternoon. We could have Mendhi, face painting, cake/biscuit decorating, nail painting and popcorn making!
Are we there yet?
We will be focussing on Pirates and journeys during this topic.
We have already been on a journey to Ward End library, we got there by walking!
Animals in Hands
We were visited by lots of animals! We could hold and touch the animals.
The animals had patterns or could camouflage.
Why do Zebras have stripes?
As part of our new topic we will have a visit from Animals in Hands. We will have a hands on experience and meet lots of animals. We will read the story Handa's Surprise and do lots of work around the book. We will look at maps and globes and talk about the world around us.
Can you go to the library and find some non-fiction books about animals or different countries?
Can you look on the internet and find out information about zebras? Where do they live? What do they eat?
Creative activities
We have explored a range of creative activities this week - collage, paint, drawing and play dough. Our activities were linked to our cornerstones topic 'Why do zebras have stripes?'
Music
We explored some different instruments. We listened to the sounds they made then changed it by playing louder, quieter, faster, slower, harder and softer.
Cinderella - Expressive Arts
As part of our 'Will you tell me a story?' topic we are now reading the book Cinderella. This week we have been developing our acting skills and story recall by acting out the story. We took on the parts of the characters from the story - Cinderella, Mean Step-mother, Ugly Step-sisters, the Prince and the Fairy Godmother.
Tell your family the story of Cinderella at home.
Who is your favourite character and why?
3D shapes
This week our maths focus has been all around 3D shapes. We have been learning the names of different 3D shapes and also their properties. To help us with our shapes we made castles using the shapes. We had to think about the best shapes to use for the walls, turrets and the roof. After building our castle we had to talk about the shapes we used trying our best to talk about the properties of the shapes - faces, edges, corners, point, curved and roll.
Our new topic is 'Will you tell me a story?'
Reading stories is an important part of your child's learning. If they have stories read to them regularly and learn about the language involved in stories they will then become good narrative writers. Please read stories to your child every day.
This half term we will be reading Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. We will do lots of activities around the stories such as - a trip to Birmingham Library, planting beans, looking at size, writing about characters and making attempts to write short stories.
OUR TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL LIBRARY - A STOP AT ST PHILLIPS CHURCH ON THE WAY AND TO FINISH THE DAY AN ICE CREAM AT MCDONALDS!
Our trip to Ashend House Farm
We had a lovely day exploring the animals and birds on the farm. We helped the farmer to feed the animals and learnt all about the things the animals like to do!
After lunch in a nice warm barn we took part in the Nativity story and then went to visit Father Christmas in his beautiful house!
To end the day we ran off some energy in the playground!
The coach journey home was very quiet, partly because some of us fell asleep!
Children In Need 2017
We raised lots of money for the fantastic Children in Need charity by coming to school wearing spotty clothes. During the day we completed lots of spotty activities!
Addition! + =
We have been learning how to add two numbers together this week. We have been using the correct vocabulary when we are talking through our recordings. We used the Addition Machine to help us solve some adding questions.
WEDDINGS
We have been talking about weddings that we have been to and our teachers weddings. We thought of questions to ask people about their weddings and we have been writing lists of items we need for a wedding. We also visited St Marks church and held our own pretend wedding!
Birthdays
As part of our Festivals and Celebrations topic we are looking at Birthdays.
Do you know when your birthday is?
What month is your birthday?
What do you do to celebrate your birthday?
Our new topic is all about Festivals and Celebrations!
What do you celebrate?
Can you think of any Festivals?
Diwali and Bonfire Night
We learnt about the festival of Diwali and made Diva lamps and we talked about the meaning behind Bonfire night. Both festivals have fireworks to mark the occasion so we explored the noises fireworks make and made our own rockets. But the most exciting part was to hold a sparkler and listen to the noises it makes!
Visit to Ward End Library
Reception enjoyed a visit to the library as part of their Traditional Tales topic. We met the librarian who read us a story and then we looked at lots of lovely books with our friends and teachers.
Forest School
The children in Reception have the opportunity to go to Forest School with Mrs Bull every week. They really do have fun and its all outdoors! So far this term we have made stick men, worked in the mud kitchen, observed the changes in the weather, looked for fairy breath, created natural art, problem solved and developed our social skills and team building.
Little Red Riding Hood. We have completed lots of work around the story Little Red Riding Hood.
Handwashing workshop with Nurse Joanne
Our first reading morning with our parents.
Reading mornings every Tuesday and Wednesday
It was a very successful reading morning, lots of mums and dads came into our classroom to read with us. Some of us read with our friends mum or with our friend!
EID Lunch 2017
We all enjoyed celebrating Eid together. We ate a yummy lunch and shared our Eid stories with each other.
Safety Day 2017
On this day we talked about the people in our lives who keep us safe, how we stay safe when crossing the road and also how to stay safe when using the internet, ESafety.
We learnt a song to sing to remind us how to stay safe when crossing the road. We need to STOP, LOOK and LISTEN before we cross the road.
Our first week in Reception
The teachers are really proud of how well the children have settled into their new classes. The children are becoming more familiar with their daily routines and the school rules.
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