Reception (Class 1) - PSHE - PCSO Visit

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Our Community Police Officers came to visit Reception to talk to us about how to be safe around the time of Bonfire night and Halloween.

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Reception (Class 1) - Mixing Colours

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Reception loved exploring colour mixing after reading The Colour Monster! 

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Reception (Class 1) - Who Am I?

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This week in reception we have been continuing our learning about 'Who am I?' and this week we focused on our bodies.

We really enjoyed our carpet time, where we made big body diagram and labelled the parts.

Everyone was very good at naming the different parts of the body. We also learnt…

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Reception (Class 1) - Settling In

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Settling into reception.

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Reception - Class 1 - Special Visitors

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This week in Reception we had some special visitors. 

Granny Sheila and Grandad Terry (Miss Poole’s grandparents) came to tell us all about what things were like when they were young. 

Granny Sheila showed us lots of pictures of her childhood, while Grandad Terry told us all about tin baths…

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Reception (Class 2) - Science - Flowers & Plants

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What can we see and how does it change? 

We have enjoyed learning about flowers and plants and have talked about how they change and grow. We have enjoyed painting sunflowers using Van Gogh's artwork as inspiration. 

We have learnt about the life cycle of a sunflower and worked in our hoop…

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Reception (Class 2) - Chick Arrival

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The children were very carefully when holding the chicks. 

We enjoyed talking about how the chicks look and feel and how to look after animals. 

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Reception (Class 1) - Chick Arrival

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We have an exciting arrival on Tuesday this week! 

We had some eggs delivered and by Friday we had 5 chicks! They have been named; Oreo, Domino, Custard, Honey and Bambi. 

The children have loved seeing the chicks change, in such a short time and have enjoyed learning all about…

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Reception (Class 2) - Maths - Exploring Numbers Beyond 10

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We used the numicon to explore numbers beyond 10. 

We found teen numbers using a ten an the correct amount of ones.

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Maths

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Reception (Class 2) - Science - Planting Beans

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We planted beans in our garden.

We talked about what beans need to grow and have been looking after them , making sure they have enough water and light. We can’t wait to see what happens in the next few weeks.

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Reception (Class 2) - Design Technology - Fruit Kebabs

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After talking about the different types of fruit and where they grow we made our own fruit kebabs!  

We made sure our hands were clean and we cut the fruit carefully thinking about how we hold the tools. We enjoyed tasting new fruit and describing it to our friend.

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Design Technology

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Reception (Class 1) - Design Technology - Fruit Kebabs

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This we have loved making fruit kebabs, the children (with help) chopped the fruit and put them on the kebab sticks. 

It was a fun experience for some children to try fruit that they haven't tried before.

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Design Technology

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