Reception
Semi Final Celebrations
Children in Reception were excited to be wearing red, white and blue in celebration of the Women's World Cup semi final between England and USA! They listened to the rewritten Three Lions (now Three Lionesses) and sang "It's Coming Home" all afternoon!
Semi Final Celebration
We celebrated the England Women's football team success of playing in the semi final by creating this video! Good luck England!
Naughty Bus
We were delighted to see that the naughty bus in our story, Naughty Bus, had been on an adventure in the classroom whilst we were all at home!
Which car travelled the furthest?
We have been learning how to measure. We used guttering to make the cars move. We then measured how far they had travelled using string. We then compared the pieces of string to see which car had travelled the furthest.
The Train Ride
We have been looking at a story called The Train Ride
We pretended to go on a train journey and drew what we could see out of the window.
14th June - Children in Reception decided to collect bugs, beetles and spiders using our new outdoor investigation kit, this is what they collected. They also used binoculars to bird watch!
Are We nearly There Yet?
3rd-7th June
Our term 6 topic is all about travel and transport.
We set up a car wash for the bikes and small cars.
We worked as a team to build a car
Handa's Surprise
We read the story Handa's Surprise. We talked about the different fruits in the story and tried some of them. Everyone really liked the pineapple. We didn't really like the passion fruit!
Handa's Surprise
20/05/2019 Following on from our Dear Zoo video last week, children in Reception wanted to get into our new book The Tiger Who Came to Tea, so we used Pic Collage and went for rides on our tiger colouring pages!
This week we will be reading and learning about The Tiger Who Came to Tea - he has already come to visit us! Ask your child about the story, they will be able to recall more and more information as we progress through the week.
Dear Zoo
Reception children have been reading Dear Zoo this week, they loved recalling the story and also making this video to share with everyone! Using a green screen, an iPad and Veescope app the children were able to get inside the story!
Term 5
This term our learning question is why do zebras have stripes? We have been finding out about wild animals. We are using our imaginations to pretend we are helping a zoo that is closing down. We have decided which animals need looking after and how we will care for them. We worked in teams to build a habitat for the animal we are caring for.
Our Animal Habitats
7th April 2019
In response to a few queries about how parents can support their children at home over the Easter holidays. Reading together for 5-10 minutes a day will make a big difference to your child's reading development, please continue to enjoy books over the holiday time. Below is a list of websites and apps you may want to explore and share with your child:
Websites:
topmarks.co.uk - see Parent Resources and Learning Games tabs (age range 5-7 years)
bbc.co.uk/cbeebies - lots of familiar favourites here
oxfordowl.co.uk - you will need to sign up with an email address but has lots of free content such as books to read and games to play
ictgames.com - literacy and maths games
crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/ - there are lots of activities here for all children, not just those developing English skills
Apps - BE AWARE THAT THESE APPS MAY NOT BE FREE DUE TO SIZE OF DOWNLOAD AND YOUR DATA ALLOWANCES, CHECK BEFORE BUYING/INSTALLING AND BE AWARE OF ANY IN APP PURCHASES:
Chatterpix Kids
Busythings
Teach My Monster To Read
CBeebies
Khan Kids Academy
Jolly Phonics
5th April 2019 - Easter Bonnets! Thank you so much for your effort and time to support your child with their Easter bonnet, they loved them and some didn't take them off all day!
2nd April 2019
To enhance our learning about Easter and its celebrations, Children in Reception visited a local church. We walked to St.Mark's (and got caught in a downpour of rain!) and sang two songs which we had been practising to parents/carers/friends who had joined us at church. Katherine, the Team Vicar, told us about the Easter story which included a very delicious looking chocolate egg! We were really proud of the children's singing performance and enthusiasm for the morning, great fun all round!
Church Singing
Church Singing
Church Singing
Church Singing
26th March 2019
Children have really enjoyed learning about minibeasts, insects and other small creatures. Some even chose to independently draw the butterfly life cycle!
19th March 2019
Following on from our previous work using Quiver app to explore AR in the classroom, we turned our attention to Chatterpix Kids. Children epxlored how to access the app, use the camera and then editing tools to turn the picture into a talking video clip. They recorded a snippet of sound too! A great first attempt to use technology for a creative purpose and we cannot wait to see what they develop next, once they have become more familiar with the app!
Super Cat!
Rocit!
12th March 2019
Children in Reception classes today were experimenting with augmented reality (AR) using a free app called Quiver. They spent time writing on and colouring what seemed to be an ordinary colouring sheet, and then when we used the app on our iPad the picture came to life! We have seen film characters, coffee cups (great for encouraging writing!), unicorns, dogs and dolphins leap off the page before our very eyes! Fantastic fun and lots of great learning!
AR in Reception
12th March 2019
Olympic swimmer Joe Roebuck visited school today and children in Reception were absolutely enthralled by the stories he told us as well as the activities. See for yourself how amazing our children were trying out some tiring activities!
Joe's circuit
Children moved between each station in a small group and spent one minute on each exercise. Great fun!
11th March 2019
It was a beautiful spring day today with the sun shining and wind blowing through the outdoor area. Whilst outside, children really impressed us with their developing imaginations and speaking skills by describing shapes, animals and dragons they could see in the clouds. As a teacher, these are moments we cannot plan for and often are the most rewarding when children's ideas and skills surpass our own. Just 'looking up' can produce these rich conversations, try it yourself, ask your child what they see in the shape of the clouds.
5th March 2019
Pancakes! Children in Reception enjoyed mixing, making and of course, eating pancakes! This was an excellent opportunity to talk not only about what happens on Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday, but also about safety and hygiene in a kitchen. It was the talk of the classroom all afternoon!
1st March 2019
Fluffy update! Fluffy (our class caterpillar) has become a fully fledged chrysalis! All of our children are enjoying the daily checks on how Fluffy is and we are looking forward to the emerging butterfly/moth! What a great experience for our children to see how a life cycle works before our very eyes!
28th February 2019
We have a new voting station in the Reception classroom! There will be two books for the children to choose from, please feel free to talk to your child about which story they would like to hear that day and use the cubes to make your vote. This is a lovely way to introduce essential British values of democracy and voting to young children and hopefully, some fun too!
27th February 2019
Reception children have thoroughly enjoyed stories about minibeasts, particularly The Very Hungry Caterpillar! So much so that when a caterpillar was found in our outdoor area we quickly decided as a group to keep it, feed it and watch it turn into a beautiful butterfly (on closer inspection we are expecting it to become a moth). After a discussion and a vote, the caterpillar has been named Fluffy and will be staying safe in a butterfly garden within the classroom. We are really excited about observing how Fluffy will grow and change.
Fluffy the caterpillar
25th February 2019
Early years took a stroll to our deep, dark wood,
On the way, we saw minibeasts and the minibeasts looked good!
To launch our topic this term investigating "Why Do Ladybirds Have Spots?" we went searching for minibeasts in our very own woodland. This was a great way to start our topic looking at the natural world around us and all of our children enjoyed spending time in the outdoor classroom and Gruffalo story circle!
Minibeast search
22nd January 2019
We have set up a new Our Work From Home display board in the Reception classroom. Drawings, writing, photos or anything else which showcases any work you child does at home can be brought in to display until the following Friday when it will be sent back home. This is a brilliant way to encourage all our children to be creative and use their skills. We can't wait to see what is brought in!
In Reception we are asking the question 'Can I switch it on?'. Today this took the form of starting with a small circuit of a buzzer and battery. Children in Reception began to play and explore the components and simple circuits. They began to ask "Why?" and "How?" does a battery make it work. The children experienced how to build a small circuit and what to do when it didn't work. By the end of the session the children were using batteries, buzzers, small lightbulbs, wires with crocodile clips, motors and propellors! Fantastic effort to play with and learn more about something new.
Can I switch it on? Pictures from our exploration of circuits, switches and battery power
This week has been road safety week, the children had a visit from the North East Lincolnshire road safety team who talked about safety near the roads and crossing roads sensibly with an adult. We also looked at a car and compared how hard the car was compared to our soft tummy's. Take a look at what we got up to!!
Our topic for this term is 'Why do squirrels hide their nuts?' the children have completed lots of work, from hiding nuts, to an autumn treasure hunt. Some pictures of our work are below.
We completed an Autumn treasure hunt, the children found the correct amount of Autumn treasure to match their number.
We have been learning phrases such as; on top of, underneath, behind and next to. The children were hiding their nuts in the cups and whispering to the squirrel where they had hidden them. Pictures are below.
Thank you to all the parents who came to join us for our home made soup and bread, it was lovely to see so many parents come to school to support us. The children really enjoyed it. Here are some pictures below.
Making the bread; all the children took part in kneading the dough, we got very messy and had good fun!!
Taste time!! Parents came in to share soup, bread and stories with the children, here are some pictures.
This week we are looking at fireworks and the sounds they make. This will be the focus for our writing in our literacy lessons.
Our work
In our morning books we are starting to write words as well as names and numbers. These are short and the children are able to blend the sounds to read the word. Ask your child if they can read them!
Phonics - Read Write Inc
So far we have learnt the sounds: m,a,s,d,t,i,n,p,g,o and we are now learning to put them together to be able to read words. Here is some of our amazing work we have done.
Autumn!!
This week we have been looking at autumn, we've walked to the outdoor classroom to collect leaves, conkers and apples. We've discussed where they come from, how they feel and what they smell like. We've had some fantastic descriptive words such as spikey, smooth and one child even said that a red autumn leaf looked like it was bleeding. We've been counting and sorting conkers and even using them to make words.
Autumn week.
We have been so busy last week, here are some pictures of us exploring and learning how to do new things!
Alfie and Robert throwing away their name cards!!!!1
Alfie and Robert are the first two children to be able to write their full names, so proud of them. Well done boys!
Don't forget to keep collecting you stars at home, once you have 5, you can go in the treat box.
Here are some Lovely pictures of some of your children being busy this week :)
This week your children will be starting Read,Write Inc, They will be learning a sound a day and will come home with a sticker of that sound. Ask them each day what that sound is, can they write the sound for you at home?
If your child brings home a piece of paper with a star on, it means they are star of the day, please keep the star and collect 5. Once you have 5, bring them back in and they can go in the Reception Treat Box.
Thank you :)
We have a lovely week in Reception. We have learnt how to squiggle, which is helping us to develop our mark making skills through movement to music. We like to turn the music up and use scarves to dance with. We have also become more independent and now can get a healthy snack and milk by ourselves.
Mrs Catlyn has taught us how to use the play dough shelf properly and we know all the equipment names. Miss Leggett is helping everyone to tidy up independently because we love to keep our classroom tidy.
Mr Lingard has had great fun outside with your boys and girls in the wind.
On Monday 17th September children will be starting to write their names in their name book using their own name card. Can you stay with them and help them please? Children are to use a pencil and write on the page that is dated for them. After they have finished their name, they can get a book and sit with a friend before register time. Thanks Miss Lighton
Our First Day at Big School
Hello and welcome to Woodlands Reception classes new website page. We are going to put lots of lovely things for you to see and dates to remember.
We have had a lovely start to the Autumn term and your children have been so grown up starting 'big' school.
Below are everyone's pictures of their first day at school - Hope you love them!
Don't hesitate to come and speak to me if you have any queries or need anything.
Thank you
Miss Lighton