Whitehouse Common Primary -

Business Enterprise 2019

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This week Reception have been thinking about money and different jobs. What jobs do the adults in your house have? We enjoyed a visit from Dr Helen who is a doctor for children. she talked to us about the different things that she has to do and told us that she had to go to university for 7 years!

What is your dream job?

We enjoyed thinking about all the different things that you need money for. Please [click here] to play a money game.

Lifecycles

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This week Reception have been learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly.

Please [click here] if you would like to play a game about the butterfly lifecycle.

Minibeast Hunt

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This week we went on a minibeast hunt. We found so many different living things! Do you know what living things need?

In Maths we have been investigating ways to represent numbers. See if you can represent the numbers up to 20 in different ways at home. Have a lovely half term, we look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 3rd June.

Sunflowers

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We have throughly enjoyed the lovely sunshine this week in Reception! As part of our work on 'living things', we have planted sunflower seeds. We found out about what we will have to do to ensure they live and look forward to watching them grow over the coming weeks. We also enjoyed learning about the artist vincent Van Gough and looking at his painting of sunflowers. We enjoyed creating our own sunflower paintings.

If you would like to find out more about Vincent Van Gogh, you can [click here] to visit the Tate Kids page with lots of facts and games all about him!

Talk For Writing

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This week Reception have enjoyed learning actions for the story 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Children have learnt actions to help them retell the story independently!

We thought about who the characters are, the different settings, the problem and the solution. See if you can retell the story to an adult at home!

Summer Term

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Reception have made a super start to the summer term. We have enjoyed using our outdoor construction area for role play and building.

We are enjoying reteling the story of Little Red Riding Hood in our Literacy lessons and have been comparing quantities in Maths.

Easter Bonnet Parade 2019

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Reception children thoroughly enjoyed our Easter Bonnet Parade this morning. Thank you to all the parents who helped to make all the fabulous bonnets at home! We home you all have a lovely Easter holiday. Remember to try to do at least 10 minutes of reading and homework every day while you are not at school.

Please remember that Reception swim weekly in the Summer term. Any armbands must be brought into school inflated. Please can ALL items of clothing and swimming kitt be clearly named.

RSD Wednesdays

RHT Thursdays

Children will also need their PE kits in school as normal.

Farm Trip

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Reception children had a fantastic day at Umberslade Farm, despite the weather! We enjoyed finding out about what livinng things need and we were able to feed alpacas, goats, lambs and sheep.

School Pond

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This week, Reception enjoyed visiting our school pond. We enjoyed seeing what different living things we could find. We even spotted some frogs spawn! We have enjoyed thinking about what living things need to grown and the different habitats that they might live in.

Inspire 2019

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A huge thank you to all the parents who attended our Reception Inspire workshop this morning. We hope you found it useful. Handouts will be sent home for those who were unable to attend. Please [click here] to view the physical development presentation.

Try the iPad game we played by [clicking here].

Reception Science Week

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As part of 'Science week, we enjoyed completing an Ogden Trust challenge card outside in our forest schools area –spider webs! Do you know how a spider makes its web?  We thought about what makes a spider’s web so strong and enjoyed watching video clips of different webs. Spider’s use their webs to catch food. We worked in small groups to make our own webs using hula hoops. We investigated using different materials and tried to ‘catch’ different objects in the web.

What makes the web strong and difficult for insects to escape?

Which materials and shapes caught the most things?

What would happen if a spider was as big as a human?

[Click here] for more information about Science week.