Explorers, Historians and Bookworms! J

Yet again, the weeks are jam-packed simply whizzing by!

Reception Class had a fantastic trip to The Deep last week. The children demonstrated amazing behaviour throughout the day and were very sensible on the long coach journey. We loved exploring The Deep, recapping our learning about The Poles as we walked through The Kingdom of Ice.  It was very exciting as we got to go behind the scenes into a sea lab, where we had a brilliant workshop. We met Percy the Penguin and followed him on his journey around the world, then had a go at lots of different activities, even learning about penguin’s eggs and feathers. Well done Reception, we all had a wonderful day!

On Monday, our focus was Diversity and we read a fantastic book called Mixed. We talked about how everyone is special and unique in their own way and it’s good when everyone mixes together! We then used the story Mixed to inspire some art work and we created our own unique cities by mixing colours and created worlds for these people. The end products are amazing! :)

We have had a super week in Reception, reading and learning from our focus book – Mr Wolf’s Pancakes. The children absolutely loved designing, making and tasting their very own pancakes – thank you Mrs Wilson for being THE best cook EVER! J They listened to the story several times, answered questions about it and retold it together. After a demonstration by Miss DL on how to create a story map using drawings and labels, they children made their own – the results are fantastic! We used this as another opportunity to recap our learning about places (the UK, villages, towns, cities) and human and physical features. Lots of children have already started making their own maps in our Writing Area and we are loving this independent writing – keep going children!

On Wednesday, we went on our fourth school trip – an expedition around Collingham! Some children demonstrated some good map skills, following the route and finding specific features we passed such as the church and the bridge. Most children could explain whether these features were human or physical, really consolidating their Geography learning of the past couple of weeks. They also became historians, hunting for clues about the past by looking for blue plaques on buildings and noticing things such as large and uneven shaped bricks. The children all followed our safety rules and we were very proud of them. They were so intrigued and enthusiastic when looking at photographs of Collingham in the past – especially the railway line and station! Try asking them about how Collingham was different in the past and which features have changed.

World Book Day on Thursday was another exciting and fun day! The children all looked comfy and cosy, enjoyed sharing stories with friends and took part in a character hunt around school.

We hope you all have a restful weekend.

The Reception Team J