This week, reception were set the oracy challenge to warm up our vocal cords and voices! Reception had the best time practising the different exercises and sound. This will help with our pronunciation. What an amazing challenge!
This week, reception have been looking at the story ‘The Princess and the Pea’. In phonics we completed some independent writing, linked to the pictures from the story. We applied our knowledge of our phase 3 sounds and tricky words. Reception staff were so proud we had to share our writing with Mrs Sharrock and Mrs Smith
On Tuesday afternoon, reception took part in the South Tyneside Superhero Mega Sports Festival at Temple Park. We LOVED putting on our capes and masks and participating in a range of games and activities.
As part of our stories and rhymes topic, reception learnt the song ‘I can sing a rainbow’. We then created our own rainbows by exploring colour and colour mixing. We listened to the song as we painted. We had to work collaboratively and share resources.
Reception used body percussion and untuned instruments to retell the story of the Gingerbread man.
Reception have had a busy morning during planning time. This week we are learning all about ‘The Princess and the Pea’ as part of our Stories and Rhymes topic. We have helped the princess find the pea, developing our fine motor skills. We have been thinking about pencil control and finding our way through the maze. Some of us have made our own beds for the princess and others have been exploring colours and colour mixing in the art area.
This week reception have been exploring and comparing mass. Today, we used balance scales to compare amounts. We used our knowledge of numbers and numbers bonds within 10 to help!
Reception were lucky enough to have some special visitors today. We invited grandparents in to talk about their childhood and how life has changed. It was gorgeous to spend some time with them, looking at toys and photographs. We then sang some of our favourite nursery rhymes linked to our companion topic ‘Stories and Rhymes’. A huge THANK YOU to all of our visitors!
Reception have been looking at special places and how these places make us feel. We talked about being outside in nature and how this can be a special place. We went to explore out outdoor areas, and we closed our eyes to help us listen to the sounds we could hear. We talked about how this made us feel calm and peaceful, and why nature was important to us.
Fun, laughter and engagement reached fever point in Reception this afternoon.
The children split into two groups to play the “Name That Tune” game linked to our topic Stories and Rhymes.
They listened to the melody of each rhyme and then made their guesses.
The children were very competitive as they all wanted to correctly name the rhyme to show off their knowledge of Nursery Rhymes.
