Week beginning 22.04.24

This week in reception we have continued reading our book “Rosie sends a signal”. We have been exploring the differences between boats in the past and present and conducted an experiment to see whether past boats with sails or modern boats with engines would travel the fastest. We then had a look at telescopes, which at the time of Rosie’s story we’re a brand new invention. We learnt that telescopes magnify and help us see things that are far away. We peered on to sea without our telescopes and couldn’t see anything. We went snd created our own telescopes and saw the Spanish Galleons coming over the horizon!

We have continued with our mantle story and peeped through Millie’s window to see her opening something…. A card! It was Millie’s 86th birthday. We then realised that she had only received one card, which made her sad, so we spent our afternoon making her birthday cards and sending them to her house. We also began investigating the base 10 blocks, representing numbers from 10-99. When we went to visit Millie the next day, she was peering out her window… the weather had changed and the path had gone and poor Bernie couldn’t have a walk. We discovered that it had snowed, and Millie wanted to know which ingredient from her cupboard would melt the ice fastest! We covered three cups of ice in salt, sugar and pepper. Ask your child which one melted the ice!
 

In our maths learning this week we have been looking at adding and taking away. We have had lots of practice at using our 10s frames and counters and have been representing addition and subtraction stories (first there were___ then there were _____ how many now). 
 

In PE we took a trip to Australia and practiced a variety of skills in a crocodile snap game, a kangaroo throwing game and a cheeky koala game. We have had a brilliant week!

Week Beginning 15.0.04.2024

Reception have been reading a new book Rosie Sends a Signal, and have been busy exploring the differences between portraits and photos, transport from the past and present and clothes from the past and present, making links to the book.
 

We have started a new Mantle story, and have discovered a new area in the classroom. An old lady called Millie lives here, along with her old dog Bernie. I wonder how she is going to need our help? 
 

We have also been scientists, working scientifically to make predictions and complete fair experiments to find out whether certain materials are waterproof or not, and which objects float and sink.

In maths this week we have been working with numbers beyond 10. We have been building numbers between 10 and 20 (using the stem sentence 15 is made of 10 and 5) and verbally counting beyond 20, thinking about the patterns in the numbers.