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The Gingerbread Man 2019

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This week we have enjoyed reading 'The Gingerbread Man'. We listened carefully to the story and then created story maps to help us retell the story, with actions, for our Talk for Writing work.

In Maths, we enjoyed baking our own gingerbread. We carefully measured all the different ingredients and mixing them together. We especially enjoyed eating them once we had decorated them and counted how many currants we used.

Please [click here] to play a gingerbread counting game.

Fun in Reception

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We have had another fantastic week in Reception! In our PE sessions we were thinking about the different animals from our story 'Dear Zoo'. We pretended to be zoo animals and experimented with different ways of moving. We slithered like a snake and jumped like a kangaroo. Can you think of any other ways we might have moved?

In our Topic lessons, we have been investigating different materials to find out which would be best for a raincoat.

Let's go fly a kite!

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Our topic is 'The Weather'. As part of our topic work we have designed and made our own kites! We investigated the different parts of a kite and thought about the equipment that we would need to make one. We enjoyed making them but particularly enjoyed flying them! We were very lucky because it was very windy for us this afternoon.

Happy New Year 2019

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We hope you all had a lovely Christmas holiday!

This week we have enjoyed writing thank you letters to say thank you for the lovely gifts we received.

Someone even wrote their own thank you letter at home!

We also enjoyed learning the months of the year. We sang a song and created a dance to help us remember them.

[Click here] to sing a months of the year song.

We also enjoyed learning about our 'Characteristics of Effective Learning' characters who help us learn.

Curious Kitty helps us to concentrate on completing challenges and never give up.

Omni Owl helps us to think of ideas, solve problems and find new ways to do things.

Charlie Chimp helps us to play, explore and have a go.

Christmas is Coming!

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On Monday morning the Reception classes both arrived at school to a special delivery from the North Pole! We each have a special elf who will be reporting back to Father Christmas each evening.

We have been thinking about Christmas and used the iPads to help count out presents. Click on the picture below to play the game.

We are starting our rehearsals for 'A Little Bird Told Me' and aee enjoying singing all the songs. If your child has words to learn, please keep practiciing these. children need to know when they have to say them and use a loud, clear voice.

Our performances are:

Thursday 20th December 9:20am

Thursday 20th December 2:25pm

All costumes should be in school for Friday 7th December. Please can all parts of the costumes be named and be sent into school in  a named bag. If you have any problems in sourcing a costume, please speak to your child's class teacher.

Seasons

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This week Reception have started to make their calendars and learnt about the months of the year and seasons.

Please [click here] to learn more about the seasons.

Bubble Bath Races

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As part of our Science work, we looked at some different liquids and talked about the similarities and differences between them. We made a prediction about which liquid we thought would win the race and reach the bottom of the tuff spot fastest.

We have also enjoyed continuing our work on 'Stickman' and have been practicing retelling the story with actions.

In Maths, we have been thinking about addition and counting how many we have in two parts altogether.

We used our iPads to play an addition game and find one more than a number. [Click here] to play the game or click on the photo link below.

Remembrance Sunday

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Last week Rception children spent time learning about Remembrance Sunday. We watched a special animation to help us think about what it must be like to be affected by war.

Stickman Trip

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Reception chidren all had a fantastic morning watching 'Stickman' at Lichfield Garrick Theatre. All the children were extremly well behaved and thoroughly enjoyed the performance!

Please [click here] to watch a song from the show.

Diwali 2018

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Reception have been learning about Diwali. Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world. The festival, which coincides with the Hindu New Year, celebrates new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil, and light over darkness.

We enjoyed lots of Diwali themed activities.

You can find out more about Diwali by watching the video below.

Counting with Captain Conjecture

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This week we are helping Captain Conjecture count accuretely.

Please [click here] to play the ladybird counting game that we used on our iPads.

We have also started to think about Bonfire Night!