After learning the names and properties of 2D shapes the Reception Class children were given a challenge to use any 2D shapes to create a train. This is what they have made.
This week Reception had their 2nd swimming lesson and the children are already making progress! This week they learned to jump in from the side, float on their backs and put their face in the water. Then to build water confidence the children played in the water without touching the sides of the pool. This required lots of energy so all the children wore arm bands to keep them safe. The children had a great time and by the end of the lesson everyone had a smile of their face and had learned a new skill!
Over the last few weeks Reception children have been learning to jump safely and skillfully, climb, balance and travel under equipment. They can wait for their turn as well as get out and put away the equipment safely. These were new skills which were sometimes scary for the children but they concurred their fear and everyone made great progress.
Now that we are great at knowing the letter sounds Reception Class is learning the letter names and learning to recognise both upper and lowercase letters. Here are some games you can play at home with your child to help them make great progress in class.
The Reception class was very excited about celebrating the Feria. They dressed in their special clothes, danced Sevillianas, learned about how to look after horses and talked about their special outfits using sentences.
Reception has been working out what they can do with different forms of transport. They learned how many bears it takes to sink a boat, talked about and compared the sizes of boats and cars, explored how changing gradient affects the speed of a car, and learned to play transport snap which is now a favourite game with all the children. The children also made a lifeboat station role play area and have been rescuing each other from the sharks.
Below is a selection of songs with a transport theme. The children love songs and these songs can help them learn the names of transport and associated vocabulary.
The Reception Class celebrated Easter by playing fun Easter games. They had a chocolate egg hunt, played parachute games, played roll the egg and had egg and spoon races. The children has great fun. They are starting to work as a team and encourage their classmates.
This week Reception has been learning about The Bad Tempered Ladybird. They have been excellent at talking about emotions and how people show their feelings. The children made bad tempered ladybirds by printing potatoes and adding 6 legs, 3 on each side of the ladybird's body.
