This has been our second week of investigating the book ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson in Reception. We have been learning about habitats and linking these to our rights and basic needs. We learnt that all animals, including humans, need: […]
We have been exploring the story, The Gruffalo. We have taken part in a Gruffalo dance, we’ve written about the characters, made Gruffalo habitats and we even found some Gruffalo footprints in our class library! It has been lots of […]
This week we expanded our learning using Design and Technology, to create our Habitat for the Gruffalo. We first discussed what materials we would need to make the Gruffalo house, and the skills we would need to make it. We […]
This week we worked in small groups to complete an experiment, measuring which material would stretch the furthest. We checked the length of the material once stretched and measured it using cubes and a ruler. Can you remember which material […]
This week we have been looking at the story ‘The Gruffalo’. We used this to explore movements of key characters from the story through our Dance lesson (P.E). With our bodies we thought about how an mouse would show its […]
Today is the International Day of Education – a day declared by the United Nations in celebration of the role education can play in establishing peace and sustainable development! With climate change becoming an increasing threat to children’s education around the world, […]
I hope everyone has had a fantastic time in the new term so far! The seals have already been learning lots: They have discovered the founders of flight and re-created this historic event, they have staretd to identify the properties […]
This week we have begun exploring the story Orion and the Dark. Can you think of a fear you have and think of a way that you could overcome it. […]
For the last 2 weeks we have been learning about the story of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. The children have enjoyed going on their own bear hunt, sequencing the story and we have even had […]
Today the children had a visit from the dentist. We had to sit in a funny chair that reclined backwards, open our mouth and then the dentist counted our teeth using a special mirror! Then we were given our own […]