Reception Blog

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  19

  Jan

  KUW/ HISTORY - Mary Anning

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  Today we found out abouot Mary Anning who was a famous paleontologist. We read the story 'Stone Girl Bone Girl' which was about Mary's life and her amazing fossil discoveries in Lyme Regis. We then had a look at some real life fossils!
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  18

  Jan

  KUW/ RE - New Year!

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  In RE this week we talked about celebrating the New Year. We talked about when New Year's Eve is and that we celebrate the end of the year and a new year coming. We talked about the ways different people celebrate New Year and the children shared some of their own experiences. We also watched a clip of the NY fireworks in London!
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  15

  Jan

  EAD/ MUSIC - Dinosaur Stomps

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  Today we thought about the sounds dinosaurs might make as they moved around! We used drums and tambourines to make loud noises and had a go at creating a 1, 2, 1, 2 beat using the instruments. We also used our bodies to tap our knees and clap our hands to create the beat too.
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  15

  Jan

  EAD/ MUSIC - Dinosaur Stomps

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  Today we thought about the sounds dinosaurs might make as they moved around! We used drums and tambourines to make loud noises and had a go at creating a 1, 2, 1, 2 beat using the instruments. We also used our bodies to tap our knees and clap our hands to create the beat too.
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  13

  Jan

  KUW/ SCIENCE - Wonderdome

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We were lucky to receive a visit from Wonderdome this week! The children LOVED it! We got to explore our solar system and loved watching the planets, the sun, the moon and the stars racing around us in the dome. The children asked some super questions about space and some of them said they wanted to be astronauts when they grow up!
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  08

  Jan

  EAD/ Art - Dinosaur Footprints

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been creating dinosaur footprints using our dinosaur figures. We dipped their feet into different coloured paint and printed them on paper to show their footprints. It was good fun and our art work looked pretty cool!
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  06

  Jan

  A Long Time Ago!

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have launched our new theme 'A Long Time Ago' and have started off learning about dinosaurs! We found out that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, before humans lived on our planet! We have been enjoying lots of dinosaur themed provision.
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  27

  Nov

  Phonics - Digraphs

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been learning new digraphs in Phonics this week! We have learnt the digraphs sh, ch, ng, th and nk. We have been challenging ourselves in play to learn time to draw things that have a 'sh' sound in them. Mrs Ferris was so impressed with our writing!
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  20

  Nov

  ART / EAD - Colour Mixing

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been exploring colour mixing. We used blue and white to create different shades of blue. We experimented with making the blue lighter by adding white. We used the colours we made to paint an ocean background and added a collage seal on top! :)
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  18

  Nov

  KUW/ EAD - Building Boats

  Posted by Mrs K Ferris

  We have been creating our own boats in the outdoor construction area. This links to our class text 'Lost and Found' where the penguin and the boy go to Antarctica on a row boat. The children worked together to create a lifeboat! They added jets on the back, a flag and a light. They even wrote 'lifeboat' using their phonics!