Reception Blog - Friday 14th March 2025

Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 3:20pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 Phonics

This week Mrs Robinson’s group have been learning the sounds ai and ee and Mrs Dixon’s group have been learning the sound oo (long and short).

Drawing Club

This week in Drawing Club we have been doing some non-fiction writing all about chicks, using our sounds to write labels.

Maths

This week we used the part whole model to find one more and one less.

RE

This week we talked about Lent and what it is. We then listened to other children and how they celebrate Lent in their countries.

We discussed the Stations of the Cross and how Jesus felt.

Expressive Art and Design

This week we made our own paper flowers.

Understanding the World

This week we enjoyed bird spotting outside using binoculars.

PE

This week we have had a visit from Freddy Fit. We had so much fun in teams, racing to build a hula den.

My Happy Mind

This week we continued our new topic of Appreciate.

We listened to the story of Arabella and her friends at the seaside and talked about her feelings at different parts of the story.

Japanese Lesson

This week had a Japanese lesson with Yuichi and his students. It focussed on Japanese Festivals. The children took part in 4 different Japanese Festival games.