Welcome to Reception 2020-21
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Meet our Reception Staff
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- Miss Tomlinson – Teacher
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- Miss Houghton – Teaching Assistant
Reception – Long Term Planning 2020-21- Topic overview
Reception – Long Term Planning 2020-21
Our Classroom
Here are some photos of our classroom:
Outdoor learning
Reception class have really enjoyed exploring our brand new outdoor area, whilst settling into our school! We have been exploring the mud kitchen, sand pit, construction area, growing beds and have also been practising our balancing skills, with a little help from our friends.
Playdough faces
As part of our All About Me topic, we have been thinking about and discussing who is in our family. We created members of our family using playdough and loose parts. After identifying our own family members, we drew some family portraits. Some of us even labelled our pictures, practising writing our own names and names of people in our family. Don’t they look lovely on our classroom wall!
Number 1
This week we have started our number of the week learning in maths. We started this week by learning all about the number one. We looked at different ways we can represent one including using numicon, tens frames and objects. We then practised counting out 1 item from our counting basket. Finally, we practised writing the number 1 on our whiteboards.
Oral blending
In Reception we have been practising our oral blending skills. We practised listening to Fred the Frog saying sounds and blending them together to say the word. We used animal pictures and had to listen to the Fred talk and choose the animal picture that Fred was saying.
Number 2
This week we have been learning all about the number 2. We practised representing the number 2 using numicon, objects and writing!
Noah’s Ark
As part of our learning of the number 2, we looked at the story Noah’s Ark, where the animals all enter the ark 2 by 2. We acted out the story using some of our props, using lots of language around the number 2 including ‘pairs’, ‘2 by 2’ and ‘1 and another one’. Some of us also made our own Noah’s Arks using our Duplo!
CVC words
Reception have been working super hard to practise writing some CVC words using the sounds that we have learnt in our Phonics lessons.
Room on the Broom
In Reception we have been focusing on the story ‘Room on the Broom’ this week. We read the story lots of times throughout the week, and became very familiar with the words. We explored the rhyming words in the story. We then practised sequencing the story using pictures. As we were ordering the story, we used lots of story language to tell our teachers what was happening in the picture!
Halloween fun!
We have been having lots of Halloween fun in Reception this week! We have been mixing up lots of potions in our role play area, making pumpkins using collage in the art area, and exploring the inside of some pumpkins in the water tray. It was so much fun!
Train role play
Reception class have been really enjoying our outdoor area resources. There has been some wonderful learning going on in our outdoor area! Today we made a train using our large outdoor blocks. We worked really hard together as a team, and we even had a driver! We decided that we wanted to go to Disneyland on our train. We were so excited!
Number four
This week in maths we have been learning all about the number 4. After learning lots about the number four, the children have been fantastic at spotting the number four around our classroom! We have also been trying really hard to practise writing the number 4, even in our free play time!
Bonfire night
We have been celebrating Bonfire Night in reception class this week. We had so much fun in the art area, using toilet roll tubes, paint and glitter to make some amazing firework art! We also used chalk and black paper to create our own firework pictures and used paintbrushes in the firework glitter to make some firework patterns! We also really enjoyed watching some firework displays on the whiteboard!
Number bonds to 5
As part of our learning on the number 5, we have been using numicon to make our number bonds to 5. We tried really hard to think of different ways to make 5!
Rockets
As part of our space topic, we have been making our own rockets using junk modelling materials. We thought very carefully about what we needed to make our rockets, and how we would join our materials together. Some of us then went on to make rockets in the construction area and art area in our free play time!
Now Press Play
Reception took part in a space experience using our Now Press Play software. We used headphones to listen to a space story and used actions to pretend that we were going to space! We loved this experience and really got involved in the story.
Number 6
After learning all about the number 6, we went on a number 6 hunt around our classroom. We couldn’t believe how many different representations of the number 6 we could find!
Polar Express afternoon
Reception class took part in a Polar Express Afternoon. We got changed into our pyjamas, boarded the Polar Express train using our tickets and watched the film together in class, whilst drinking hot chocolate. We had so much fun!
Christmas dinner day
Reception class really enjoyed their first every Christmas dinner at Copeland Road Primary School! We wore our handmade party hats and listened to Christmas music whilst enjoying our tasty Christmas dinner!
2D shape hunt
We have been learning all about our 2D shapes this week. After learning the names of some of our shapes and what they look like, we went on a 2D shape hunt around our classroom. We found so many different shapes and were able to name them all confidently!
Our first Nativity
Reception took part in their very first Nativity at Copeland Road Primary School. We learnt the story ‘We’re going on a baby hunt’ and retold it with some amazing actions! We all looked fantastic in our costumes too!
Making Pizzas
After lots of work on the story ‘The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza’, Reception class made their own pizzas! We all helped to make the pizza dough, helping to add the ingredients, mix and knead the dough. We then decorated our own pizza with lots of different toppings. Last of all, the best part- we got to eat our pizzas! We helped Miss Tomlinson remember all of the ingredients by writing lists for her and we then wrote instructions on how to make a pizza!
Spring
Reception have been learning a little but about the season ‘Spring’. We discussed some of the things that we might see in Spring time and how the weather changes. We also discussed how Spring is different to Winter. We then went on a Spring hunt outdoors to find some of the things we discussed. We found daffodils, birds, flowers and some green leaves starting to come through! We then painted our own daffodils in the art area.
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