Reception were given the challenge of making their own snowmen and snowdogs this week! They could only use materials found in their classroom and there were some very inventive ideas.
Who knew Numicon shapes would make brilliant buttons? 
 

The Reception Team 

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This week in reception the children made their own snowman and snowdog! 

They wanted to make their own versions of the characters since reading the story 'The snowman and the snowdog' last week and they have done a brilliant job!
The new 'snowy' members of the reception team have been named…

This week the children have been enjoying the story 'The Snowman and the Snowdog'! It is a very lovely story about a snowman who comes to life at night and has led to lots of creative learning. The children made winter snowflakes and winter scenes for our snowmen, they made igloo's for our snowmen…

Miley and Marshall brought frosty leaves that they found on their way into school this week and the children just loved finding their own out on the playground! 

The frosty weather has also led to some great discussion in the classroom. We used our talk partners to discuss our own experiences…

On Monday the children enjoyed exploring and investigating ice in the ice tray. 
We engaged in lots of exciting discussion around melting and what happens when we heat ice. We also discussed which animals like to live in cold habitats and Miley told us that 'Polar Bears live in the arctic'!
The…

The children were super creative in their role play area this week!
As well as drawing all over the walls the children had tonnes of ideas for their role play area.
They made signs like those in the book 'The day the crayons quit', took your money if you wanted your face painting in their…

Pudsey took time out of his very busy schedule to visit us on friday and the children were so excited to meet him! He answered some of our questions about his girlfriend blush and explained that he worked to help children who are not as lucky as us. 

Thank you for all the spotty outfits the…

Oi Frog..

The children loved reading the book 'Oi Frog' by Kes Gray this week, they had a good giggle at pea's sitting on fleas and frogs sitting on dogs and loved making up some of their own versions. 
From this, we looked at the patterns in the words and discussed Rhyme using our rhyming…

Reception's Halloween Party! 

We had soo much fun on thursday celebrating halloween with the children! They all looked spectactular in their outfits, the classrooms looked like we were hosting a school for zombies and spooky creatures, thank you! 

At the halloween party we played lots of fun…

Mr Skeleton's Missing Bones 

When the children arrived in class this afternoon they received a spooky letter from Mr Skeleton. It said that Benji Bear and Fred the Ted had been taken! 
Mr Skeleton had lost all of his bones and needed help finding them, so he took the children's bears so that…

Making Chocolate Apples 

The children had a lovely time making chocolate apples during snack time this morning, they all took turns to dip their apples in the chocolate and add their sprinkles.
They had so much fun they couldn't wait to take them home and eat them at the end of the day.…

SPOOKY WEEK

 
It has been an incredibly spooky week this week for reception, the children made goblin snot in the outside area on monday with eyeballs and skeletons. On Tuesday they helped Miss Woods make a potion that turned children into frogs, Miley had to stop Tyler from hopping around the…