2025/26
The Best Diwali Ever (RE)
This week we looked at Diwali the celebration of light. After reading the story, we created fireworks, Diva lamps and Rangoli patterns using rice. During our learning time we had Diwali themed music with colourful material to express celebration. We also created sweets in the mud kitchen.
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Phonics
We continue to recap all of our phonics and build on blending CVC words.
Whiterose Maths
We continue to look at numbers 1,2,3 and we enured the correct amounts are put into the correct places.
Pumpkin Soup (DT)
This week we looked at what ingredient we need to make soup, what pumpkins look like and created our own pumpkins. We also went on our first school trip and looked at where pumpkins come from, what they need to grow and we purchased pumpkins for our classroom.
Our Trip
We went on our first school trip to Spadework pumpkin picking. We picked four pumpkins to bring back to the classroom.
Phonics
This week we recapped all the sounds we have learnt over the term. We did this with worksheets, group work and finding hidden words..
Whiterose Maths
We looked at numbers 1,2,3 and used dice to subitise.
Funny Bones (Science & PSHE)
Over the past two weeks we have looked at 'Funny Bones'. We have created our own skeletons, looked at what things look like in the dark and we have also looked at other skeletons and how we are all different. We also looked at how we keep healthy looking at food, how we keep our bodies clean including our teeth. We had a visit from a dentist who supported our knowledge of looking after our teeth.
Phonics Workshop
We had our Phonics Workshop afternoon where we welcomed parents into the classroom to experience what activities we have available for children to access during our phonics lessons and how parents can support their children at home.
Garry Parsons our illustrator visit
We had the lovely Garry Parson visit us to show us what an illustrator does and what books he has drawn for. We had the chance to draw our own monster from one of his books under his guidance.
Dentist Visit
We had two dental nurses come to visit to extend our knowledge on keeping our teeth healthy and clean. We had the chance to look at teeth and experiment with toothbrushes to show us how we need the clean our teeth.
Phonics
Our phonics this week we looked at our first diagraph 'ck,k,e,u,r'. We continue to create CVC words using all of the letters we know. Also continued to blend sounds together to make CVC words using our phonics worksheets.
Whiterose Maths
Our Whiterose maths over the last two weeks we looked at big and small objects using boxes and objects to investigate what could fit in different size boxes. We also started to look at AB patterns and creating our own.
Meesha Makes Friends (PSHE)
Meesha Makes Friends - PSHE KO
This week we looked at the book 'Meesha makes friends'. We looked at what a good friend is, how we can be a good friend and we created our own friends using leaves. We also took photos of our friends using iPads and created recycled friends with different materials. During this week we also started looking at how the season is starting to change.
Whiterose Maths
Our Whiterose maths this week we sorted animals into coloured groups and we looked at more and fewer of different liquids.
Phonics
In Phonics we continued to meet new characters, new sounds and new actions. The new sounds we learn this week are 'g,o,c/k,k/k'.
One Family (Art & History)
Week two and three we have looked at the book 'One Family'. During these two weeks we have looked at family portraits, self-portraits and different types of families. While looking at self-portraits, we have explored different emotions while using mirrors.
Whiterose Maths
We have also started our Whiterose maths which involved creating matching sets, sorting and developing rules.
Phonics
We have started our phonics following Phonics Shed scheme looking at chapters 1 and 2. Our sounds we have learnt are 's,a,t,p,i,n,m,d'.
Each Peach Pear Plum
The first week of reception has been about learning the routine, boundaries and expectations. We have settled in with our adult input sessions, child initiated learning time and our lunch time. We also explored the book with creating pies, making ingredient lists and talking about our favourite fruits.
Our New Garden
