Gingerbread experiment
Today we are going to experiment with gingerbread. After reading the Gingerbread man, we are going to question what would happen to him if he fell in the river. We will make predictions. We will question what would happen if he fell into different liquids? We will make hypotheses. We will observe…
Representing amounts on the tens frame!
Today we worked in small teams to represent amounts 0-10 on the tens frame! We subitised, talked about the part whole, talk about doubles and found 1 less and 1 more! The reception maths skills are amazing! There was lots of excellent teamwork!
Mass and Capacity
We've been exploring mass and capacity by using the weighing scales to measure out chocolate and cornflakes. We've then explored different sized spoons and scoops to put the mixture into the cupcake cases.
Lunar New Year Dragon!
We have we learning about the importance of the dragon in the Lunar New Year. We have created a huge dragon head ready for our dragon dances this week!
Painting Chinese symbols using mud!
We used mud to explore painting Chinese symbols in our forest school session.
Building words!
We used sounds to build civic words on a Chinese New Year Dragon! There was some super sounding and segmenting to spell!
Weaving a fruit basket!
Class one have been weaving and decorating baskets for Handa to carry her fruit in. We looked at traditional African bowls and recreated the patterns using pen. We also weaved paper and created fruit using pastels.
Faith necklaces
Faith necklaces - a small seed to hold and remind us that we can grow with care, and be anything we want to be.
African style jewellery!
Today we looked at African style jewellery and created our own. We then worn our jewellery to dance to African themed music!
Printing using winter colours and patterns!
We mixed wintry blues and drew snowflakes, swirls and spirals to create winter patterns. We placed a piece of paper on top and created winter prints.
Handa’s surprise! We gave Handa a new hair style!
We threaded beads onto Handa’s and Akeyo’s hair! A great way to build our fine motor skills!
Special Stories
Today we have looked at a Special Story from Sikhism - The Milk and the Jasmine Flower. We noticed that the story reminded us of Jesus in some parts, and that both Sikhism and Christianity want us to spread kindness.
We made our own flowers to put into ‘milk’, and watched in awe and wonder as…