Reception Learning Week 4

 

Reception Learning - Week 4 

We have had another wonderful week in Reception. We have continued with our topic book; The Rainbow Fish.  The children have really enjoyed using celery sticks to print some scale patterns onto the fish. We have continued to explore the story in our carpet time sessions and how we should be kind and caring to others, sharing our toys and resources and including others in our play. The 

Lola " I am going to use yellow for my fish"

Tommy; "I painted it!"

Eva; "I made my fish gold and yellow and red and it was even sparkly!"

Mavis- "I just love mixing all the colours!"

Millen- "I think it's funny that we are unsing celery to paint and not paint brushes! 

Messy Mud Kitchen Fun!

The children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the reception mud kitchen area. The open-ended nature of mud play encourages creative thinking and allows children to freely create without fear of making mistakes, contributing to a child's sense of self, and helping to build confidence. Mud kitchens encourage children to talk about what they're doing, and often the excitement of being outside and involved in messy play gets young learners feeling even more confident about speaking and sharing their thoughts. Not to mention the huge health benefits of immune boosting dirt.  

It gets very muddy in our mud kitchen area, so we would like to remind you to send in a pair of named wellington boots in to school for your child to wear in their play. 

The children have access to waterproof puddle suits in school and will be encouraged to put these on.  Adults will be around to assist children with putting on their puddle suits but we will encourage them where possible to be as independent as they can be.

Darcey " I am making soup"

Poppy " Look Darcey, I have found some leaves for our soup!

McDonald's Broadford Primary 

The children this week have shown great reciprocity and collaborated well together to design and build their own McDonald's restaurant using the construction blocks. The children found some post it notes and pencils to take orders and were using their phonics skills to sounds out the food items. This is a great example of child initiated learning and it was so lovely to see. Child-initiated play supports children's creative and imaginative learning and developmental skills. It also enables them to learn first hand experiences, allowing them to choose how to use their resources.  

Edie: "What would you like to order, Mrs Hathaway?"

Kai: "I'll cook the burger Edie!"

Elsie: " I liked decorating McDonalds".

Phonics Learning 

In Phonics, we have learnt the sounds  i n p g o  We have been practicing our letter formation for each sound in our Read, Write, Inc books. If you would like to practice this further with your child at home, the sheets for each sound can be downloaded by clicking the links below.

Sound I         Sound N         Sound P          Sound G         Sound O