Year Reception: What we are learning w.c 20.04.2026

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

This term our topic is Plants and Growth. Our focus book this week was Oliver’s Vegetables.

Here is what we have been up to:

This week, the children had the opportunity to explore the seeds of different vegetables. They carefully cut them open,observed what was inside, and expanded their vocabulary by learning new names such as rhubarb,butternut squash and Brussels sprouts. The children also enjoyed talking and writing about their likes and dislikes of different vegetables.

The children enjoyed exploring a range of activities in the sunshine. They used their measuring skills while they experimented with soap, leaves and paint. The children showed great curiosity as they stirred and mixed the different ingredients. The children also had a go at shadow painting, attempting to paint shadow portraits of themselves and noticing how their shadows changed.

The children have been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week.

This week we continued to learn all about Plants. 

We recapped our red words the,a,I,of,he,go,to,my,was,you,we and remembered that sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop. This week we learnt how to write the red word ‘they’. We wrote about our favourite vegetable.

Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 or 2 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc).

We also learnt about Earth day and how it encourages people around the world to think and learn about what we can do to look after our planet. As a class, we nominated one person to switch off the lights as we leave the class for lunch everyday. This will promote sustainability within the school.

On Thursday, the children and staff completed the BPS Mini Marathon. The children showed fantastic effort, with most of them running, jogging, or walking continuously for 26 minutes- amazing! We are so proud of you all. We would also like to say a huge thank you for the generous sponsorship our school received. Your support is truly appreciated.

In Maths this week the children have been building numbers to 20. They explored teen numbers and learned that they are made up of ten and some more. The children used various resources to support their understanding and enjoyed representing numbers in different ways.

The children have also been taking care of their planted beans. They have been observing them closely and noticing changes over time. Some of the beans have started to grow roots, and others have begun to develop shoots.

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!