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5 October 2020

Exploring our sense of taste!

We have been learning about the body and our senses! Today we tasted different foods and described how they tasted using a variety of vocabulary such as; cheesy, sweet, sour, minty, menthol, flavoursome and moreish. We talked about the tastes that we really liked and did not like. We learnt more…

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30 September 2020

Sorting and comparing amounts!

This week in maths we have been learning about sorting! We have been sorting buttons, natural items, pom-poms, fruit-anything wecould find! We sorted by colour, buttons with two or four holes,shape, size and type. We explained why items did and did not belong in the groups using vocabulary like…

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28 September 2020

Flying like an eagle in writing!

Today Reception have been working on their writing skill! Everyone has flown like an eagle in their writing today! 

Today we had a go at writing short words about what the body can do e.g sit, hop, run. Here is how we did it. 

First we said the word in a sentence and did the action. "My body…

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24 September 2020

PE fun in the sun!

Today we enjoyed PE in the sunshine! We played some warm up games, worked as a team to move in different ways and collect the farmers crops (beanbags!), practiced our throwing and catching skills and talked about the importance of PE. There were lots of smiles all the way through, amazing teamwork…

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23 September 2020

Matching in maths!

This week in maths we are learning about matching! We matched socks, numicon to the picture on the board and the animals going on to Noah's Ark! We have used key vocabulary such as same, different, like and unlike. What can you match at home? Can you match your socks, cups and saucers,…

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22 September 2020

How do we learn the sounds? How do we learn how to sound out and blend?

Here is a video of the Monster phonics sounds. You can use this to practice the sounds together at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRoFpvC0yn0&feature=youtu.be

If you are unsure about how we teach children to sound out and blend the words, here is a video to help.

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16 September 2020

We are going on a sound hunt...

Today the monster phonics made a huge mess in the garden! They left behind some phonics sounds and pictures for us to match to their correct initial sound. We worked as a team to match the pictures of the objects to their correct initial sound.

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16 September 2020

Picasso style portraits!

Today we created portraits in a different way! We learnt about Picasso and his unusual, different and creative artwork. After that we used our own ideas to create playful portraits in the style of Picasso. We selected and sued a variety of materials. We confidently talked about the process of our…

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