It has been a lovely first week back and we have enjoyed listening all about the children’s holiday. This half term, our topic is called ‘Into the Woods’. We started the week by reading Little Red Riding Hood and the children have enjoyed accessing enhancements linked to the story within their independent learning time. Within Maths, we revised touch counting and encouraged accuracy.

Over the last two weeks in PE, the children have enjoyed balancing on benches. They practised their jumping off, onto mats, and were then challenged to side step and even walk backwards. All the children enjoyed this activity and concentrated well in order to support their balancing. In Literacy, we continued to learn about Africa and read the book The Masai and me. The children then labelled pictures from the story. Within Maths, we have been practising our number formation and taking away. Well done for another successful week, Reception!

This week, we are reading Handa’s Surprise! The children are enjoying listening to the story and within Monday’s Literacy lesson they were challenged to write the fruits Handa placed in her basket. This week in Maths, the children are adding two groups together and they have really impressed us with their recording of numerals so far. Below you can see a picture of the basket weaving activity the children are undertaking in the shared area.

This week, we read We are Going on Safari as we have started our new topic. In Literacy, the children enjoyed writing what they would pack in their suitcase ready for a trip to Africa. In Maths, we learnt to add one more. They have especially enjoyed the new role play area and searching for different animals.

This week, we read Oliver’s Vegetables. In Literacy, the children wrote a sentence to express which vegetable they like the best. We have been very impressed by their super hard work this week and they have tried hard in all aspects of their learning. They enjoyed accessing the provision linked to this week’s story; especially hammering golf tees into a watermelon, to support their fine motor skills.

This week, we read Funny Bones and discussed about how we keep our bodies healthy. In Maths, the children enjoyed applying their problem solving skills and made a square out of smaller squares. They also created a rocket out of different shapes and were challenged to name and describe their properties. In Literacy, the children have continued to learn to write recognisable letters, with some children writing their own sentences! Check out some pictures of some of the continuous provision the children had access to.