Image of Nursery - Maths - Positional Language
21 Jan

Nursery - Maths - Positional Language

Linking with this weeks story, 'The three billy goats gruff', the children have been exploring a story set up while using selected positional language, 'on top' and 'under' to describe the position of the different characters. The children used their knowledge of the story to help them build on their understanding, they were able to place the troll under the bridge and vocalise 'under' they were also able to place the goats on top of the bridge and correctly identify their position.

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21 Jan

Reception Class - Maths - Capacity

In maths this week the children have been learning about mass. They have used the balance scales to explore heavy and light objects. The children then explored the mass of different objects using cubes.

Image of Reception Class - Counting the Buttons on the Gingerbread Man
21 Jan

Reception Class - Counting the Buttons on the Gingerbread Man

Reception class have been using the smart board to support their learning in class. The children had to subitise or count the buttons in the gingerbread man and find the correct numeral.

Image of Reception Class - Class Worship - Jesus Walks on Water
20 Jan

Reception Class - Class Worship - Jesus Walks on Water

This week in class Worship, the children learned about the bible story of Jesus walking on water. The children acted out the story and developed an understanding of having trust in Jesus. The children also discussed how they would have felt if they were on a boat, stuck in a storm, and they saw Jesus walking towards them on water.

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16 Jan

Nursery - Literacy - Using Story Props To Support Our Understanding of The Story's Structure

In Nursery class this week we have been reading 'Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?'. The children have been enjoying using our story props and masks to support their understanding of the story. They have been able to find and select specific masks based on the events happening on each page of our book. The children have been encouraged to vocalise the animal name and colour name, we have also explored the animal sounds and movements linked to their chosen masks.

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16 Jan

Pre-School- PD-Fine and Gross Motor Skills

The children take part in Write Dance to develop their fine and gross motor skills. Moving to music with the ribbons and making up and down movements building on muscle strength. The children move their body into position to hold their crayons to make the movements on to paper. Developing the skills they have just learnt through dancing.

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16 Jan

Pre-School-Maths-Take and Give 1,2,3

In maths this week we have been filling Grandma's basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take it to her. The children selected their own fruit and vegetables and then counted them with 1:1 correspondance. We then asked the children to take one item out of each basket and as they did this they needed to count each item and then stop. We then moved to two and three items counting and stopping as we went. Children also counted in number sequence in this activity.

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16 Jan

Reception - RE - Diwali

To finish our unit on Christmas, we learnt about another festival that celebrates light in our world, Diwali. The children learnt about different sources of light and talked about how light does overcome darkness. We then had fun with candles, glow sticks and torches and sang a simple Diwali song.

Image of Nursery - Maths - Categorising Objects By Colour
14 Jan

Nursery - Maths - Categorising Objects By Colour

In Nursery class we have been working on colour recognition, the children have been exploring the malleable table throughout the week to find objects of different colors and sort them into the correct category. The children have really progressed throughout the week and have become more confident when naming, finding and sorting different coloured objects. Well done, Nursery class!

Image of Reception - Class Worship - Jesus Feeds the 5000
13 Jan

Reception - Class Worship - Jesus Feeds the 5000

This morning the children learned about the story of Jesus feeding the 5000. We discussed how we would have felt if Jesus shared out our lunch to thousands of people, and we considered the things Jesus might say to us. Jack shared out some breadsticks with the class as we thought about this story.

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13 Jan

Reception - Phonics - ai as in Snail

Reception class have been working extremely hard during phonics and guided reading. Today the children learned a new digraph, ai as in snail. Every phonics session the children are given the opportunity to read and write words and phrases containing the phonemes they already know.

Image of Reception - Maths - 1 Less
13 Jan

Reception - Maths - 1 Less

Reception Class have been developing their knowledge of finding 1 less. Today they had to find 1 less than a given number between 1 and 5, using dot plates to support them. They have also been singing lots of number songs, such as 5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer and 5 Currant Buns.