Class 2: Blog items
Reception Blog- Week Beginning 17.10.22
Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 5:35pm
This week the children in reception have been learning about Black History Month.
On Monday the children used the story 'Rumble in the Jungle' and created their own dances pretending to be the different animals thinking carefully about how they would move.
On Tuesday the children looked closely at tradiitonal african jewellery and enjoyed using pasta, paper plate and card to create their own.
On Wednesday the children looked at traditional african music and enjoyed playing the drums. They then used paper cups to make their own drums.
On Thursday the children looked at animals print and patterns and enjoyed creating their own stamps using bubble wrap, bottle tops and cotton wool to create their own patterns on fabric and paper.
Reception Blog - Week Beginning 10.10.22
Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 8:37pm
This week in Reception the children have enjoyed learning about traditional foods. In our English learning we have been looking at a story called 'The Runaway Chapatti'. The children have been super Teachers this week as they have been sequencing the story in order, using the language "First, next, then, after that and finally".
In our Maths learning this week, the children have had fun by looking at patterns. The children worked hard all week by making a repetitive pattern. We looked at our patterns in detail, using the language "Green leaf, red leaf" "Tall block, short block". We made sure that we had to use the language for our patterns to be right. Parents you could use household objects to make a pattern, using the language "Tall spoon, short spoon".
In our afternoon learning we have enjoyed having the parents in making chapatis and lentils on the Year 3 art bar. The children also got involved by using their imagination in the home area by mixing, stirring and kneading the dough. As a class we talked about our family members and what our families makes at home. The children then drew pictures of their family and their favourite foods using the grapheme mat and phonemes we have been practicing in Phonics.
Well done Reception!
Reception Blog- Week Beginning 3.10.22
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 9:29pm
This week in reception the children have enjoyed learning about the past. In our English learning we have been looking at the story 'Peepo'. We have been enjoying comparing the rooms in the houses to our own houses and looking closely at the different items that they have in the rooms.
In our maths learning we have been comparing height and length using keywords such as taller and shorter when comparing height and longer and shorter when comparing length.
In our afternoon learning we have enjoyed making a past and present timeline with different items such as toys from the past and present, households items from the past and the present and even pictures of our teachers from the past and the present.
Reception Blog - Week Beginning 26.09.22
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 10:53pm
We have had a lovely week in Reception. In our English learning we have been reading a story called 'In Every House on Every Street'. On Monday we were shown a wonder picture of images from our local area. The children were busy acting out different scenes from different rooms in the house. We then drew pictures of what our dream home would be and labelled using our super phonics learning.
In phonics this week we been busy learning some new phonemes and graphemes. We have enjoyed learning the new formation rhymes in handwriting and practicing our oral blending everyday!
In our afternoon learning we have been learning all about Maps, reading the story 'Martha Maps It Out'. We looked at maps of our local area which then inspired us to make our own map using junk modelling resources on the corridor. The children also had a go at making their own maps of the local area, which were fantastic!
Reception Blog- Week Beginning 19.09.22
Date: 23rd Sep 2022 @ 9:33pm
We have had a busy week in reception. In our English learning we have been reading about the familiar story 'Little Red Riding Hood'. On Monday we were shown a wonder picture of the big bad wolf and had to say what we could see and what we wondered about the picture. After we read the book we made a story map and then enjoyed following our own map to retell the story using voices and actions.
In phonics this week we have learnt some new phonemes and have enjoyed looking at the grapheme cards and learning the new formation rhymes in handwriting.
In our afternoon learning we have been inspired by the artist Picasso. We looked at his famous painting 'The Weeping Woman' and then looked at our own features in a mirror and made our own pastel pictures.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 2/5/2022
Date: 6th May 2022 @ 8:05am
This week in Reception we have been doing lots of fantastic learning linked to the book The Tiny Seed. We have listened to the story of how a tiny seed travelled through the air over lots of different landscapes , facing many dangers, until finally it grows into an enormous plant. We did some amazing drama making landscapes with our bodies and created our own class book of the story for our reading area.
We have also planted sedds of our own and can't wait for our cress heads to start to sprout!
In Maths we have been continuing our learning about numbers between 10 and 20. The cheeky kangaroo has been back to make us think hard about what these bigger numbers look like!
Reception Weekly Blog WB 25/4/2022
Date: 29th Apr 2022 @ 8:49am
This week in Reception we have started to do lots of great learning about our new topic Get Outdoors!
We have been reading the story of Jack and the Beanstalk - and planting beanstalks of our own - and writing our own books using speech bubbles to tell the story.
The children have been getting VERY excited about Eid and we have talked about the traditions they have when they celebrate at home. They enjoyed making cards and sharing their hopes for the festivities.
In Maths we have been extending our learning to numbers up to 20 by looking at them on Ten Frames and seeing that they are one full frame and some more. Could you help your child by looking for numbers up to 20 in the environment and sharing them with your child so that they can recognise them easily?
Reception Weekly Blog WB 28.03.22
Date: 31st Mar 2022 @ 4:30pm
On Monday the children had a big shock when they came in and discovered that something had made a mess in our home corners and left footprints. We all became detectives and wondered about who it could have been. The children had some fantastic guesses such as the Gruffalo and Nibbles. The children then found a tiger hiding on the corridor. We read the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' and the children made invitations and shopping lists ready for the tea party on Friday!
As part of our afternoon learning the children drew their own tigers using wax crayons and then used paint to add the background. They also made a house using the junk modelling area similar to the house seen in the book. We looked at items in the house from the past and how some items look different in our houses today such as the kettle and the toilet.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 21/3/2022
Date: 25th Mar 2022 @ 12:06pm
This week in Reception we have continued our learning on our topic Amazing Animals. This week we visited the jungle by reading and enjoying the Julia Donaldson book Monkey Puzzle. We did some fantastic drama where we made our bodies into the different animals and created factfiles which gave clues about the different animals before revealing what they were!
We have learned about different habitats and matched animals to where they live. We have also painted animals and learned to make sensible colour choices when we create pieces of art.
In Maths we have been consolidating this term's learning by playing games with bean bags and hopscotch to check that our knowledge of numbers up to ten is secure.
Next week we will be having a special furry stripey visitor in Reception!
Reception Weekly Blog WB 7/3/2022
Date: 11th Mar 2022 @ 12:25pm
This week in Reception we have done some fantastic learning linked to our topic of Amazing Animals. In English we followed the adventures of a brave little chicken called Hattie Peck who went all over the world looking for abandoned eggs. We created story maps and used drama to recreated the places on her journey.
In Maths we have been continuing our learning about 9 and 10. This week we have been looking at numbers that are more and fewer and we have thought about what two numbers we add together to make 10.
In our afternoon learning we have been learning about the inspirational Sir David Attenborough. We have learned about his life and his work as a conservationist and naturalist. The children have become Recycling Rangers to help to look after our planet!
Next week we will be learning some more about animals that come from eggs.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 28.2.2022
Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 4:21pm
This week in Reception we started our new Topic learning all about Amazing Animals! We started our topic using the book Farmyard Hullaballoo and did some fantastic learning including creating a soundscape of a farmyard in the classroom - it was VERY noisy. We also learned all about baby farm animals and thought about how farms are different around the world.
In Maths we have been developing a deeper understanding of the numbers 9 and 10 using ten frames and playing games to help us and make our learning fun.
We ended the week with a fantastic fun day to celebrate World Book Day. There were some fantastic costumes including The Highway Rat and Rapunzel as well as a vast array of superheroes and princesses.
Next week we will be going on a journey with a little hen called Hattie Peck as she tries to find herself an egg.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 7/2/2022
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 4:24pm
Reception have had a fantastic week to end our topic Around the World. We have flown on a magic carpet around the world learning what Granny bought in each country from the book My Granny Went to Market.We did some fantastic drama creating actions for each part of the journey and performing the book as a class. We have also written postcards from Grannie from some of the places around the world - all the children are now confidently applying their phonics when they are writing.
In Maths we have been doing some measuring, identiftying the tallest and shortest objects. We have also been learning to sequence the days of the week - perhaps this is something you could practise with your child at home?
In our topic learning we have looked at the work of Kandinsky and created some artwork of our own in his style. We have also been colour mixing to make new colours from the three primary colours red blue and yellow.
We are looking forward to our Metacognition Curriculum week next week!
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 8:17pm
This week Receptin have been doing some fantastic learning about Chinese New Year.
In English we have enjoyed the story of The Runaway Wok, learning about a traditional story about the life of a poor family in Beijing. We have drawn our favourite parts of the story, written captions and enjoyed retelling the story using our own story maps. We learned about how Chinese people celebrate New Year - this year is the year of the tiger - and even made our own lanterns and a dragon to dance with.
In Maths we have been learning about 6,7, and 8 doing different activities to ensure that we can recognise each number in different ways and that our knowledge of each number is secure.
Next week we will be going on a journey all around the world to different markets to buy lots of interesting things!
Reception Weekly Blog- WB 24.01.22
Date: 27th Jan 2022 @ 10:23am
In Reception this week the children have continued their learning into different environments by looking at the non-fiction text 'Homes around the World'. The book has lots of different types of houses including igloos, yurts, river houses and houses on stilts. The children enjoyed using the book 'You Choose' to find their perfect house and then labelled it using their phonic knowledge.
During continuous provision the children enjoyed using the workshop area to make the different houses from the book. Some of the children found some sugar cubes and decided to use them to make igloos, they enjoyed balancing them on top of each other. In the classroom we transformed our role play areas into travel agents and the children enjoyed role playing going on a holiday. We had lots of discussions about the different climates and looked at what we would need to pack in our suitcases if we went to a warm country or a cold country.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 17.1.2022
Date: 21st Jan 2022 @ 4:49pm
This week Reception have been doing some fantastic learning about the Arctic. They have discovered lots of animals that can live in very cold places and thought about what it would be like to live there. They even made their own igloos out of sugar cubes!
All our English learning this week has been linked to the Arctic through a wonderful book called A Flower in the Snow. In the book a little girl called Luna becomes best friends with a polar bear who helps her to get her smile back by finding her a flower. We have loved describing the characters and re-telling the story from such a lovely book.
In Maths this weeek we have been learing about capacity and measurement. We ended the week by measuring the ingredients to make our own play dough - it was great fun.
Next week we will be learning about homes in different parts of the world.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 4.1.2022
Date: 7th Jan 2022 @ 1:02pm
This week Reception enjoyed sharing with each other all the exciting things they had done over the holidays - they seem to have had a fantastic time!
In English we met Percy the Park Keeper and listened to what happened to him in One Snowy Night. We all thought that Percy was very kind to let all the animals come and sleep in his little hut! We wrote lots of fantastic sentences to describe his personality.
In Maths we have been doing lots of great learning about set of up to 5 - even sets of zero- what they look like, which ones are bigger and which ones are equal.
Our topic learning was all about Winter, so we were delighted when it snowed on Friday. We have made collaged snowflakes and snowmen and talked about what it is like in Winter.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 6/12/2021
Date: 10th Dec 2021 @ 2:45pm
This week Reception have been practising hard to make their Nativity play as special as possible for when they perform it for the school and film it for parents next week.
In English we have been doing lots of great learning about The Jolly Postman. We have been delivering letters to lots of fairy tale characters and doing some fantastic drama using freeze frames to portray some of the settings and characters from the book!
In Maths we have been learning about rectangles and special rectangles called squares - why not ask your child if they know what is the same and different about these two shapes.
Next week we will be meeting Fletcher the Fox again! This time he will be celebrating Christmas with the other woodland creatures.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 29.11.2021
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 12:36pm
This week in Reception we have been learning all about The First Christmas to help us with our forthcoming Nativity performance so that we understand the story we are acting out. We have been doing lots of practising of our songs this week and we thnk we are sounding really good!
In Maths we have been doing lots of great learnig about one more and one less and singing lots of songs to support our learning - maybe you could ask your child to sing you one - maybe 5 Little Speckled Frogs or Five Green Bottles!
In our afternoons we have started to get ready for Christmas by making some lovely hats and cards.
Next week we will be doing lots of great learning about The Jolly Postman.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 22.11.2021
Date: 25th Nov 2021 @ 3:28pm
This week in Reception we have done some fantastic learning about The Three Little Pigs. We created story maps and acted out the story using a Story Whoosh - we have some amazing actors and actresses in Reception.
In Maths we have been doing great learning about 4 and 5. Looking at different ways of showing them and sorting sets.
In the afternoons we have had a Science focus and we have been investigating friction, floating and sinking, melting and freezing and which materials are best for keeping out water. Lots of our predictions were right and we had great fun melting chocolate on our fingers (and licking it off!)
Next week we will be starting our Nativity rehearsals - we are VERY excited!
Reception weekly Blog WB 15.11.2021
Date: 22nd Nov 2021 @ 11:36am
This week was very busy in Reception. Nibbles the book monster was spotted in school - he left a trail of footprints all over Class 1! We were very worried as he likes to eat books amongst other things like soap and smelly socks. We created Wanted Posters so that the other children in school could help us to catch him and finally on Friday afternoon the children who were playing outside made a trap to catch him and put him back in his book. Great job Reception!
In Maths we were finding circles and triangles inside and outdoors and creating obstacle courses to show off how fantasteic we are at positional language.
In the afternoon we had great fun challenging our senses in different ways - feeling slimey jelly in a feely box was a firm favourite! We also looked at the work of Artist Andy Goldsworthy and created some natural artwork of our own.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 8.11.2021
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 11:52am
This week Reception ahve done some fantastic learning about Autumn. We started the week thinking about the sights and sounds of Bonfire Night. We created rockets and firework pictures and learned about how Bonfire Night started.
On Tuesday we all had a lovely time in Alexandra Park on our Autumn Walk. We looked at the different leaves and collected leaves to print with and make leaf men. We saw lots of different birds and even a squirrel!
In English we have been doing some fantastic learning about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We used the drama technique of Story Whoosh for the first time and discovered we have some great budding actors and actresses!
In Maths we have been continuing our learning in the phases 'It's me 1,2,3' and found lots of different ways to represent the numbers, matching sets and one more and less.
Reception Weekly Bliog WB 1.11.2021
Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 4:40pm
This week Reception were excited to arrive at school to find that their outdoor learning area had been transformed. Now that the building work has taken place we will be looking to raise lots of money over the coming months to buy some fantastic equipment to make our outdoor learning brilliant. The children will be raising the money themselves so listen out for their ideas!
In English we met Fletcher the fox for the first time - we will meet him every time their is a change of season!- this time he had an Autumn adventure. We loved watching him trying to stop his favourite tree from dropping its leaves and did some fantastic descriptions of the tree in Autumn and winter.
In maths we have been doing some great learning about what shows 1 ,2, and 3 inside and outside!
We learned all about the fesival of Divali and made some very glittery divas to light up our classroom - class 1 used them to add some sparkle to their attendance treat on Friday.
Next week we will be meeting Goldilocks and going on an Autumn walk.
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 2:20pm
Reception Weekly Blog WB 11.10.2021
Date: 20th Oct 2021 @ 12:26pm
This week Reception had a strange visitor into their singing practice. The Highway Rat barged in and tried to stael all our pastries and puddings. We managed to pursuade him that at Greenhill we only have healthy snacks and that at our school we share not steal !
We have spent the week trying to help the Highway Rat become a good Greenhill citizen by teaching him to be caring and kind. We have shown him how to make bird feeders, thank you cards and biscuits to share.
We have also designed Greenhill citizen badges and made cookies to give to people who help us in school.
Reception Weekly Blog WB 11.10.2021
Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 3:50pm
This week we have been doing lots of great learning about The Runaway Chapatti which is a traditional Indian tale about a little girl who makes a chapatti which escapes and runs away. He ends up in a tiger's tummy but meets lots of characters along the way!We finished off the week by making chapattis and egg curry with Mrs Ali - it was delicious!
In Maths we have been making repeating patterns using different shapes sizes and colours. We have made patterns inside and outside and challenged our friends to carry them on.
We have been singing lots of songs about Autumn and Harvest - ask your child to sing about the Big Red Combine Harvester and I'm sure you will enjoy listening to them!
Next week we will be doing some exciting learning about The Highway Rat in our Curriculum Week.
