This half-term during Design and Technology, the children in Reception have had the opportunity to create their very own butterflies using clay. The children worked incredibly hard to mould the clay by creating the body and wings of a butterfly. We were very impressed with the children’s fine motor skills and creativity. We can’t wait to see the final painted and decorated butterflies!
The children had the opportunity to engage in a hands-on activity inspired by the classic story of The Three Little Pigs. Using Duplo blocks, straws, and lollipop sticks, they carefully constructed their own versions of the three houses—one made of straw, one of sticks, and one of bricks. The children had to think carefully of how to make a 2D/3D house structure using the resources provided. The children demonstrated excellent creativity and imagination.
In Reception, we have been learning all about Spain! We learnt to say ‘Hola’ and ‘Buenas dias’ and counted up to 5 in Spanish.
We looked at the Spanish flag and designed our own making sure that we selected the right colours for it- red and yellow.
We had a look at the different food they have in Spain like paella and churros. We then tasted chorizo, Spanish omelette and olives. The Spanish omelette was the class favourite but we weren’t sure about olives. We ended the day with some flamenco dancing!
In Reception, we have been learning British Sign Language (BSL). As we recently took part in activities for Children’s Mental Health Week, the focus of our afternoon was learning BSL signs for feelings.
We adapted the Nursery Rhyme ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It’ to support our learning of BSL:
“If you’re happy and you know it sign like this (sign)…
If you’re sad and you know it sign like this (sign)…
If you’re excited and you know it sign life this (sign)…
If you’re angry and you know it sign like this (sign)…”
Towards the end of our afternoon, we sang a variety of different nursery rhymes using BSL. We had so much fun signing and signing the afternoon away!
Please look at our school Facebook page to see a video of us singing and signing on 21/02/2025.
Thank you to Violet’s mam, Claire, for giving up her time to tell Reception all about her special job as a dentist. We learnt all about keeping our teeth clean and talked about which food is healthy and unhealthy for our teeth. We loved the props and our special stickers. Lots of us now want to be dentists in the future!
Earlier this week, our Reception children had a visit from Nurse Vicky (George’s mam), who taught us all about healthy and unhealthy foods.
The children were very engaged whilst listening about the importance of having a balanced diet. Nurse Vicky told us that having too much sugar can lead to a condition called diabetes.
A huge thank you to Nurse Vicky for volunteering her time to come and see us!
Reception had great fun making their fruit kebabs this week. They all put an apron on and washed their hands. They then took turns to peel and wash their fruit. They carefully cut the fruit using the bridge grip to keep them safe. Then they threaded them onto their kebab stick and loved eating the delicious fruit for snack!
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