26.2.21 Reception - The Magic Porridge Pot

 The Magic Porridge Pot

This week we have been learning about The Magic Porridge Pot. We have thought about what super powers we would like to have so that we could help save a village from the porridge. We have thought about what else we would like to flow out of a magic pot... perhaps a pot overflowing with ice-cream would be nice!

Scientifically, we have thought about what objects may float or sink and investigated this in water. 

We have also thought about rhyming words, ordering how to make porridge, ordering numbers and partitioning numbers using Numicon.

Take a look at our learning...

Well-being Wednesday

     

 Hello everyone ☺

We hope you all had a restful half term and managed to enjoy some time together, away from a computer screen and school work!

This week in school we have been reading the story, "The Magic Porridge Pot". At home, why not cuddle up with your teddy or your grown-up and listen to the story together.

The Magic Porridge Pot Story

There's a song you could have a go at learning too! It goes something like this:

Bubble bubble bubble,

Bubble bubble bubble,

Porridge in the pot.

Bubble bubble bubble,

Bubble bubble bubble,

Stir it piping hot.

Split splat splot,

Split splat splot,

Magic porridge pot.

Plip plap plop,

Plip plap plop,

Stir it, never stop.

Bubble bubble bubble...

Eat it piping hot.

After listening, have a go at dancing to the song! If you have some bubbles at home, you could try blowing some of your own bubbles as part of your dance routine! Don't worry if not, you could always create bubbles in your mind or simply move your body like a bubble, all light and bouncy!

Have fun ☺

Nursery - The Gingerbread Man

 The Gingerbread Man

This week's story is The Gingerbread Man.   

Here is a link if you don't have a paper version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89dkGrsYZY

Help your child draw a story map thinking about who the Gingerbread Man runs away from. This could be added to over the week as this is a massive job for just one sitting! Draw a wiggly line to show the path and draw the characters as the Gingerbread Man runs away from them. This an example of a very detailed story map - 

Mathematics 

Counting - we will do some 1:1 correspondence this week. You could write the numbers onto card/paper gingerbread men, roll a dice or just say a number and your child needs to count out the same number of buttons.

Understanding the World

We are going to think about floating and sinking this week. If you don't have a water tray, you could use the washing up bowl or even the bath at bathtime! Why do they think the objects have sunk? Why do things float?

Make gingerbread men and decorate with some tasty treats. 

Make playdough so the children can make and decorate their own gingerbread men. (If you wrap the play dough in cling film, it should last the week!)

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Write numbers on the floor (inside or outside). Say a number and your child finds that number. They then do that number of jumps, hops, squats, star jumps, etc, before moving on. 

We will try to develop cutting skills this week and make a cut and stick gingerbread man. We will cut small pieces of paper and stick them to the outline of the gingerbread man before adding eyes, a mouth and some buttons.

FINGER GYM

Use pegs and sticks to create a bridge for the Gingerbread Man so he's not gobbled up by the fox!

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Continuing with number and name recognition

Self help skills - putting on coats and shoes, toileting, handwashing

Speaking and listening - taking it in turns in a conversation

Thank you again for all the pictures and emails letting us know what you have been up to. We always enjoy seeing them.

12.2.21 Reception- Chinese New Year

 

Welcome to the Year of the Ox!

This week we have been learning about how Chinese New Year is celebrated. We also listened to the story of how they decided on the order of the animals for their Zodiac signs.

In literacy we have been trying to write our name and numbers in Chinese on our lucky packets, and have been very creative, making a chinese dragon and chinese lantern.

All of the children have enjoyed trying some chinese food. The children in school tried a stir fry, while the children at home followed a Chef and made their own spring rolls and chinese rice.

It looked very yummy. Take a look at our creations (you may even spot some snowy pictures too!)...