Reception LC

Welcome to class RLC!

RLC 2023-2024

This week we enjoyed a trip to Washington Wetlands Centre. First we did some pond dipping where we explored a pond with different objects and found some different animals inside. We looked at them up close and described what we could see, learning that a Waterhog can breathe underwater. We then explored the forest and sorted the forest creatures into having legs and no legs. After that, we saw some gorgeous flamingos before seeing the otters get their lunch. After our lunch, we had some free time to spend looking at more animals before getting to have a play in the park. We all loved our day at the Wetlands Centre and learned so much!

Throughout the week we are watching the penguin web cam at Edinburgh zoo and other video clips about penguins. 

In Maths we are learning to add two group together by counting them all. We followed steps to success. First we had to read the number sentence , then we would add the correct number of objects in the first group, count the required number for the second group and them count them all to find the total. We are learning to use vocabulary ; add, plus, total, how many  altogether? and equals. 

We are reading this non fiction story to learn some more facts about tigers . 

We used 2Simple painting computer program to draw a tiger using our knowledge from reading this book. We are learning to select tools and colours for a purpose.

We designed a pattern on our own teapot just in case the tiger popped into our class!

We sequenced pictures from the story and then retold the story using our own story map. 

We are writing lists and simple sentences linked to the story.

We are drawing the front cover of the book, practising our art skills.

We have been practicing our culinary skills when preparing vegetables we brought in for harvest soup day. We enjoyed peeling and chopping various vegetables ready to cook a pan of tasty soup. We can’t wait for our parents to visit this week to join in our harvest festival. 

We have been learning to follow instructions to draw a giraffe. Look at our beautiful art work!

We had a visit from the school Nurses today and learnt about the importance of washing our hands to prevent germs.

We listened to this story...

We then listened to this story about limiting sugary snacks and why we need to keep our teeth healthy.

We enjoyed tasting an avocado...

A special visit

We have enjoyed a special visit from two of our parents and their babies after reading Avocado Baby. They told us all about what their baby needs, their routine and how to care for a baby. We all listened so well and could answer all of the questions in the mini quiz at the end!

We loved retelling parts of the story and recreating the woodland in the story. We were encouraged to use story language and interact with others. 

Year 2022-2023

We had a wonderful time on our trip to Whitehouse farm . We spent the day learning about animals and their babies. We fed, held and stroked the animals and even went on a tractor ride. ‘Scream if you want to go faster’ said the farmer. We had fun on the bouncy pillows and at the play park .

We had an exciting visit from paramedics today who brought their ambulance to our school. We loved sitting in the ambulance and exploring with the equipment. We listened to the sirens and asked questions about their job. Then we role payed as paramedics and learnt what to do in an emergency.

First we say their name to see if they respond…..

name Can you hear me?,

shake them,

ring 999 and say I need help.

The paramedic said it is ideal if children know their house number.

Make Someone Laugh.

To celebrate Red Nose Day 2023 we, as a class, voted on the three best jokes and performed them in the Sea View Comedy Club. Sit back and enjoy the show...

We have loved this sunny Spring day especially exploring in our newly refreshed outdoor area. Have a look…

Muddy Monsters

The children had an exciting visit from Muddy Monsters where they were encouraged to explore, create and investigate. Our children were eager to use the outdoor environment and natural resources around them.

We made a magic potion with things we found in nature and then added watercolours to change the colour. Then we said what super power our magic potion would give us.

We had so much fun and used our initiative, team work, perseverance and creative skills to learn and explore in our natural environment.   

Our story this week is...

We made pancakes in class today and they tasted delicious. We talked about looking at a recipe to find out what ingredients were needed. Then we sent Mrs Carter to the shops! We enjoyed working in a group to weigh the ingredients flour, milk, a pinch of salt and an egg. We mixed, poured and whisked the ingredients to make a batter. Then Mrs Carter used her special pancake maker. Next we added our own favourite topping. They tasted yummy!

In Maths we have been learning about doubling. We always enjoy maths more it involves food! We had to choose a double card then count out the amount of blueberries on the first plate and then count the same amount on the second plate. Next we had to say the number sentence 3+3=6 then double 3 is 6. We had a go at recording them on stickers. 

Using play dough helps to develop our fine motor skills by rolling the dough into small balls. It supports language and social skills, and maths skills all at the same time!

We played a game where we had to order the numbers on a caterpillar. We had to identify the numbers and then place them in order from lowest to highest. We could begin to recognise what numbers were missing.

We loved making a healthy snack for the Hungry Caterpillar so that he wouldn’t have an upset tummy this time! We chose from a selection of fruit and threaded them onto skewer sticks. We enjoyed eating our delicious and healthy fruit kebab with our friends. We enjoyed trying the different fruit even if we didn’t like the taste. 

We talked about butterflies having a symmetrical pattern meaning it is the same in both sides. Then we loved making our own unique butterfly🦋.

We love this story already! We are painting our favourite characters from the story, keep an eye out for our display.

This week we are learning about Tigers. We are very interested to find out where they live and how fast they are. 

We learned that Tigers have baby cubs. We used construction blocks to build a den for them until they go off on their own.

We have enjoyed making a lantern to celebrate Chinese New Year. We drew symbols on our lantern and talked about their meaning. Then we decorated it with glitter and added a handle and tassels. We hung them in class ready for our celebration at the end of the week.

After listening to the story we talked about position and could use our maths skills to place the animals in the order they finished the race. We could begin to answer questions about who came third, last and possible reasons why. 

We learned that it is tradition that children are given red envelopes filled with money as they are a symbol of good fortune and luck for the year ahead. We made our own by cutting out a template and decorating it . 

We love practicing our fine motor skills especially using glitter!

We celebrated Chinese New Year at the Sea View restaurant. We devoured noodles, rice and prawn crackers and even had a go at using chopsticks. It was delicious. 

We created our own shape dragon collage using shapes to make a symmetrical pattern. We talked about the shapes used and their properties. 

We like practising our art skills and drew a tiger, using a step by step prompt. Look at our artists! 

Fun in the snow followed by a discussion about the types of clothing we should ideally wear when it is cold. We were able to choose items of clothing, cut them out and dress appropriately for the Winter weather. 

It’s Christmas lunch today ! Yum Yum! 

We enjoyed a magical class trip to West Boldon Lodge. We were met off the bus  by Mr Evergreen, an elf sent by Santa Claus. He then took us to the Elf classroom where we began our Christmas experience...

We enjoyed designing our very own Santa hat using Christmas stickers and then we created a Rudolph decoration in the workshop using a wooden log for the head, pipe cleaners for the antlers, googly eyes and a big, round red nose. Mr Evergreen was so impressed ! He then told us there was a special visitor waiting in the forest I wonder who that could be ....

We had an adventure searching through the forest for a secret cabin. When we found the big red door, we had to knock three times and wait patiently. Behind the door there was a big, jolly surprise...Santa Claus! He welcomed us into his grotto where we discovered that we were on the nice list (even the teachers!). Santa then read a lovely Christmas story to us before we headed off onto the next adventure....

We then joined Mr Evergreen around the fire, where we enjoyed a cup of delicious hot chocolate and toasted some marshmallows as we sang our favourite Christmas songs. Our Christmas spirit could be felt all around the forest!

We have been making some porridge for Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

We had an assembly about Remembrance Sunday and learnt about why we wear poppies. Then we painted our own. 

After reading this story we brought vegetables in to school and loved the experience of making home made soup for our harvest celebrations. 

In class we tried some Avocado. Some of us liked it and some of us didn’t.

We have been using phonics knowledge to write initial sounds to label animals and objects in the story. 

We are learning to order objects by height. We are learning to use language such as taller, tallest, shortest. 

We are learning to sequence the story and talk about what is happening at each stage.

We like to retell the story...

Last year’s Reception class learning 

We have been learning about where we live and some features in South Shields. We looked at some of the work by a local artist Bob Olley and created our own collage of South Shields. We used pastels and clay to create these.

We had a wonderful time on our trip to Whitehouse Farm. We spent the whole day there learning about animals and their babies. We fed, held and stroked the animals and we even had time to play in the park. It was a very tiring day !

We enjoyed a STEM workshop learning about the weather . We had to become meteorologists for the day thinking about and investigating different types of weather. We listened to the story Little Cloud. 

We made reflective mobiles, wind socks and windmills. We had to to discover which direction the wind was blowing from and how hard it is blowing using plastic bags and empty pop bottles. 

This week we are reading this book...

We loved this story and sent Mrs Carter to the shops with a shopping list to buy the ingredients to make pancakes. We then made labels for each ingredient and set up a pancake station. We weighed the flour, cracked an egg and poured in milk and a pinch of salt. Then we whisked it ready to cook. we each chose our own yummy toppings.

In Maths we have been learning the days of the week and talking about time such as Today it is... yesterday was ... and tomorrow is.....

In PE we have did a dragon Dance to chinese music and had our own parade with streamers.

We looked in our garden for minibeasts. 

We are sorting animals from the minibeasts and then looked at ways of grouping the minibeasts with other similarities. 

We created a bug hotel to keep the minibeasts warm using grass, wood, soil, conkers, acorns and sticks. We enjoyed using the natural materials and exploring their habitats with a magnifying glass.

We have been naming and labelling different minibeasts using our phonics to spell.

We definitely have some great artists in class.

We have been exploring animal patterns by matching the cards together.

In Maths this week we have been learning to add two groups of objects together and now know to find the total we have to count them all. Some have even had a go at writing the number sentence!

We had fun and games at our Christmas party. We played corners, musical bumps, pass the parcel and of course did lots of dancing and enjoyed our party food. 

It’s Christmas jumper day today !

Remember, remember the 5th November…

We learnt about firework safety ahead of Guy Fawkes night and we also painted some firework pictures whilst listening to classical music. We discussed the noises they make pop, bang and whoosh !

Have a look at our learning on the story ….

We are learning about washing our hands before we prepare food. The preparations have begun for Harvest soup... 

In Maths we have been exploring the vegetables we brought in for harvest soup and we are weighing them and making predictions about heaviest and lightest. We have also been talking about grouping them and counting how many of each vegetable we have collected. 

This week we read this story and enjoyed imaginative play using the characters from the story.

We also sequenced pictures to demonstrate an understanding of what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story. We also drew our own pictures of the story and used props to retell events.

We went on an Autumn trail on the school grounds to look at the signs of the season and to look at the changes we see occuring.

We like making Autumn pictures using paint and other materials. These are for our season display in class.

In maths this week we have been exploring Numicon shapes by counting them and  matching them to numbers.

We enjoyed our  first week of starting school and as part of wellbeing week we shared the story. Meesha makes friends. 

We had a circle time to talk about how we can make friends by listening to each other and playing together. We talked about people who are special to us and what makes us unique.

We made self portraits and talked about our hair colour, eye colour using a mirror to look at our features. We used a range of media including paint and pastels.

The Daily Mile

We like participating in the daily mile every day! We can run, jog and walk around the track. Its helps us to keep fit and improves our minds when learning.