Easter small world play!
We have enjoyed lots of Easter themed learning through play activities today! We have also been busy creating Easter cards!
Amazing maths!
Reception compared numbers up to 10. Some of us build the number block towers, some of us printed numberblocks and others drew them! We compared 2 numbers and talked about which was more and which was fewer.
We have been learning more about the cross and making our own crosses
In RE Reception have been learning more about Easter. We have been learning why the cross is special to Christian people. We create our own crosses. We took some over to church with us to show Reverend Anne!
We have been caring for our new friends!
We have enjoyed caring for our New Guinea pig friends! We have been feeding them, cleaning them out and giving them lots of love. We are responsible!
Developing a love for reading at home!
We love to read at St Mary's!
We love prime time, phonics, story time, visiting the library bus, reading with Mrs Kimberley and learning around our stories!
We have also been enjoying shared reading with our friends across the school on a Thursday afternoon. During this time we get to read…
Why do Christian people put a cross in an Easter garden!
Today we learnt more about Easter. We read the Easter story and talked about it together. We learnt more about why the cross is an important symbol to Christian people and then we build our own Easter gardens. Reuben built a bridge in his. “It joins God with the people again.” “The cross reminds…
It’s science week! Can skittles make a rainbow?
We found out if you can make a rainbow with skittles! We observed closely to see what happened! We were amazed at what we saw. The colour washed away and we predicted that the sweets would turn white when all the colour washed off and we were right!
Art outdoors!
We enjoyed art outside this morning! We looked for things that were growing and we painted our own spring pictures.
Learning about Palm Sunday!
Today we have learnt more about Palm Sunday! We listened to the events of Palm Sunday, made our own flags and palm leaves and then we retold the story through role play!
Our school Bible story small World Play
Class one have used small world play to retell our school Bible story of The Good Samaritan! We talked about how we can be good Samaritans too!
Painting flowers
We have used our creative painting skills to paint flowers. We have also been learning the names of the parts of flowers and plants.
Gardening!
Today we read Jasper’s Beanstalk! Then we followed instructions to plant our own seed. We talked about caring for our seed by giving it water, sun, warmth and nutrients from the compost. Class one have been super gardeners!