Reception Blog

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  26

  Mar

  KUW/ SCIENCE - Planting

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been busy today planting seeds! We have planted some flowers and vegetables! Mrs Ferris is excited because we have even planted some pumpkins!! We had to spread the soil in the seed trays and put the seeds into a small hole and cover it with soil. We will water them and put them in a light area of the classroom and watch them grow before we transfer them to our outdoor area.
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  26

  Mar

  EAD - Playdough Chicks for Easter

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been making play dough chicks during play to learn. We used yelllow play dough to create our chicks and then added feathers and googly eyes to our creations! Our chicks were quite funny and we had lots of giggles whilst they were being made.
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  20

  Mar

  Royal Tea Party/ Picnic!

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We had a lovely afternoon with our grown ups having a royal tea picnic on the field! We made crowns for the event and baked cupcakes. Our grown ups helped us make jam sandwiches and we enjoyed these on the field! Thank you to all of our adults who joined us to celebrate with the children!
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  19

  Mar

  EAD/ DT - Baking Cakes!

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  Today we have been baking cupcakes ready for our Royal Tea Party. We added butter, sugar, eggs, flour and milk to a bowl and mixed it altogether! We had to use our strong muscles to mix the ingredients together. We spooned the mixture into cases and baked them in the oven. We added union jack flags to the top of our cupcakes!
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  17

  Mar

  KUW/ GEOGRAPHY - London Landmarks

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been using our small world resources to create our own London cities. We have been having a go at making famous London landmarks such as the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Tower Bridge!
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  12

  Mar

  MATHS - Odds and Evens

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  In maths this week we have been learning about odd and even numbers. We found out that 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 are odd numbers and 2, 4, 6 and 8 are even numbers! We looked at the Numicon pieces for the numbers and sorted them into odd/ even piles. It helped us to look at the shapes of the Numicon to see which ones had a flat top and which ones had a bit sticking up!
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  10

  Mar

  EAD/ ART - Tulip Paintings

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  In provision today we have been creating some beautiful tulip paintings. We looked at some real tulips and then used a fork to create a tulip's shape with paint. We painted the stems using thin paintbrushes!
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  09

  Mar

  EAD - Hairdressers

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have launched our hairdressers roleplay area and the children are really enjoying it! They have been booking each other in for appointments and have been dishing out blow drys!
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  02

  Mar

  PHYSICAL - Pinchy Fingers

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been working on strengthening our fine motor skills by using pipettes to fill the Duplo holes with water. It was very fiddly and we had to be really careful with our fingers to squirt small amounts of water into the holes!
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  27

  Feb

  EAD/ ART - Pop Art

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We found out about Andy Warhol and Pop Art! We looked at the piece of art based on a banana. We talked about how the painting was created using the technique of 'printing'. We had a go at creating our own version of the painting using paint sticks and sponges for printing. We used bright colours to make our art work eye-catching!