Reception LOTC June 2024
14.06.24
During P.E outside, Reception has been practising finding a safe space to move around in different ways and avoid others while changing direction. We then pretended to be butterflies in the rainforest and moved using high and low movements to avoid the snakes and frogs! We learnt that…
Reception LOTC April and May 2024
26.04.24
Reception have been learning about different minibeasts and where we might find them. We decided to go on a mini-beast hunt at forest school to look for them!
“There is a pond skater!”
“I can see a water snail around the pond!”
“There are lots of worms under the wood!”
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Reception Spring 2 2024
01.03.24
Reception has been learning about measuring in Maths. We spoke about the fact that we can measure the length of different objects using non-standard measures such as our feet or hands! In pairs, we then went outside and used our feet to measure lots of different objects and recorded it…
19th January 2024
Reception discussed a range of light sources such as the sun, the moon, torches, candles, lightning and fire. We then created a den in forest school and talked about how the dark made us feel. In small groups, we explored using the torches inside the den to create some light! We also spoke about…
December 2023 - Reception LOTC
15.12.23
Reception have been learning all about the Christmas story and that baby Jesus was born the ‘Son of God’. We shared the Christmas story and summarised the main parts of the story. We then explored the outdoor area pretending we were travelling to Bethlehem on our donkey!
29.9.23
After learning about our 5 senses, Reception went on a field walk to discover what they could see, hear, feel and smell. We then recorded what we had found by drawing a picture on our sheet.
“I have found a feather – it feels soft!”
“I can see the leaves on the floor!”
“I can hear the…
22.9.23.
Reception took their maths learning into the forest school. We explored number 3.
We worked in groups of 3 to spot groups of 3 objects in the environment or find 3 objects.
I found 3 plus 3.
Rafe
I spotted this. It has 3 bumpy things. 3 pieces of wood.
Harper
2 sticks plus one…
15.09.23
Reception read the story ‘God Knows My Name’ and we spoke how special and unique our names are. We then collected a range of natural materials and made the first letter of our name.
“I have the letter ‘M’ at the beginning of my name!”
“We near to keep safe around the pond!”
“I need to use…