What a busy week we have had in Reception! Bill the Beekeeper came to visit and told us all about honey bees. We made some beeswax candles and tasted some yummy honey. In maths we learned about hexagons and were set a challenge where no two hexagons next to each other, could be the same colour! We also enjoyed programming
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In Reception we were able to release our beautiful ‘Painted Lady’ butterflies! We waved goodbye to them as they flew off into the distance! Over the last few weeks, it has been so exciting to see the life cycle of a butterfly and experience it first hand!
We were so excited to have our own pet caterpillars! We watched them grow and grow! One day the caterpillars turned into chrysalises. We waited and watched and then out emerged some beautiful butterflies!
In Reception we made some lovely ladybirds using paper and glue. We also learned about the life cycle of a ladybird too!
We got creative in Reception and made some ‘Funky Finger Spider Webs’ using paper plates and wool!
Reception read the story of ‘The Bad Tempered Ladybird’ this week. This helped us with our maths work too because the pages in the book had clocks on them! We had lots off fun playing race games against the clock! We enjoyed making a story map about ‘The Bad Tempered Ladybird’. We all thought that the bad tempered ladybird learned
The children in Reception enjoyed painting minibeasts! It’s a good job they aren’t really this size! See the gallery below!
In Reception we enjoyed looking for minibeasts in our outdoor area. We explored the woodland habitat, looking in soil, in the log pile and under stones and pots! You wouldn’t believe how many different kinds of minibeasts we found!
On Wednesday Reception went on a terrific trip! We learned all about minibeasts and their habitats! We really enjoyed pond dipping and exploring the woods. We found lots of different minibeasts, including beetles, worms and slugs! Mrs Gould’s class even found some newts hiding in the pond! We had a lovely picnic and had ice cream for dessert! Yummy!
The children enjoyed designing and making either a guitar or a maraca! Look at all of their wonderful creations! We also had fun in our outside classroom playing with our pots and pans orchestra and making drums out of plastic containers and using paint brushes for drum sticks! We played a game, where we had to listen carefully and had