Our Reception class is called Hedgehogs
Our Class teachers are Mrs Jordan and Mrs Parr
Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Taylor
Term Four
Welcome back! We can't wait for another term of learning and exploring!
Our Big Question this term is 'What if our dinner ran away?'
We were very surprised to walk into our classroom this week to find a massive beanstalk! We thought about what might be at the top and wrote down our ideas. Some of the suggestions were a giant, a unicorn land and fairies. We also enjoyed jetting off to India on our Faraway Friday and showing off our Bollywood dance moves.
This week we went on a trip to Tesco! We used our phonic knowledge to read our shopping lists, find the items, scan them and then pay for them. Once back at school we used the ingredients we had bought to make gingerbread people. They were delicious! Those of us with a parent in the military also got to have an adventure at Andover Leisure Centre this week, where we went go karting and to clip n climb!
This week we have continued to focus on the book The Gingerbread Man. We thought of our own endings for the story and so far he has been eaten by a shark and escaped on a unicorn! We have also enjoyed creating our own shop, making our own gingerbread playdough and playing in the smallworld.
We were shocked to enter our classroom this week to find a crime scene! After looking at the evidence and some security footage, we realised it must have been the Gingerbread Man! So we made wanted posters to help the police catch him. We also enjoyed making our own loose parts gingerbread people and playing in the small world.
We were very excited to receive a letter from Oliver explaining how he now loves vegetables and that his favourite thing to eat is vegetable pizza. We used our phonic knowledge to follow the recipe and made our own vegetable pizzas and they were very delicious! We have also enjoyed doing some planting, writing shopping lists and doing observational drawings of fruit and vegetables.
World Book Day
What fun we have had dressing up for World Book day as our favourite characters! We have also been treated to some of our grown-ups reading their favourite books too.
This week we went on a vegetable hunt round school, which led us to the book Oliver's Vegetables. After reading the story we tried some of the food from the book. We enjoyed the carrots, peas and spinach, but the beetroot definitely got the thumbs down! We also enjoyed making up our own recipes, painting with vegetables and playing in the small-world.
An opportunity arose to follow our own interests after sharing the book 'There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom'. The children were heartbroken to learn about how orangutans and many other animals are losing their homes to companies producing palm oil. The children decided they should make posters to send to some of these large companies asking them to save the rainforests and protect the orangutans. We await a reply from them!
Term Three
Welcome back. We have lots of fun adventures planned!
Our Big Question this term is 'What if we had lunch with a witch?
Hansel and Gretel continued
We were very surprised when a red haired witch turned up telling us she no longer wanted to eat little boys and girls and so asked for help inventing some revolting recipes instead. Hedgehogs class came up with disgusting recipes, perfect for a hungry witch! We have also enjoyed decorating gingerbread houses, making shapes using marshmallows and using our math's skills to feed a witch.
Number Day
The children had great fun celebrating the NSPCC's Number Day
Hansel and Gretel
This week, we found a selection of strange objects on the playground and we created our own amazing verbal stories using these 'props' for support. We later discovered they were key parts from the story Hansel and Gretel. We have enjoyed exploring our provision, with lots of enhancements based around the story too.
Kung Hei Fat Choi
We had lots of fun learning about Chinese New Year. We looked at some traditional Chinese clothes, made paper lanterns, learned how to write some numerals and tried some delicious food cooked outdoors on our stove.
Little Red Riding Hood
We have continued our learning based around the story Little Red Riding Hood and have enjoyed making maps, get-well cards for Grandma and looking at the wildlife Little Red might have seen on her journey. Also, because we've been thinking about Big Bad Wolf's sharp teeth, we had a special visit from the dentist telling us how to keep our own teeth clean and cavity free, too!
This week after the children had listened to the story of Little Red Riding Hood, we had a visit from a rather worried Red asking for us to warn everybody that the Big Bad Wolf was still on the loose. The children created 'Beware' posters and stuck them round the school to warn everyone. We also had a message from Granny, telling us how hungry she was, so we all thought about what she might like to eat and created a list of goodies for her. There have been lots of Red Riding Hood enhancements in provision helping us to learn lots of new skills.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
We have continued our learning on Goldilocks and the Three Bears when we received a surprise letter from Goldilocks' mummy. She explained Goldilocks has been very grumpy as she wants to have porridge for her breakfast but she doesn't know how to make it. We decided to help by making our own porridge, taking photos and then writing the instructions to go with each photo. Goldilocks' mummy was thrilled!
We've also had fun continuing our learning in provision too.
We have had quite a start to the new term when the children arrived to find their classroom had been ransacked! We found a selection of clues including golden hair, a necklace with the initial 'G' on and porridge oats everywhere- we concluded it must be Goldilocks! We have been very busy with lots of different activities including measuring Goldilocks' hair, writing recipes and making our own shakers.
Term Two
This term our Big Question is 'What if I Danced all Night?'
This week we have carried on the Christmas theme and had lots of fun making reindeer food, creating Christmas lists, doing our class Nativity and having a Christmas Craft afternoon.
This week we have been getting into the Christmas spirit in Hedgehogs class. We have been decorating our class tree, practising our class nativity and having fun doing Christmas activities. We also had fun jetting off to Germany on another Faraway Friday.
This week we have been celebrating our class puppet's birthday! We have made party hats, used our phonic knowledge to write lists, made birthday cards, baked some delicious cakes, thrown a birthday party and played party games.
We have had a colourful week learning about Diwali. We have made coconut barfi, acted out the story of Rama and Sita and enjoyed accessing all the different activities.
This week we have been looking at Remembrance and discussing some of the important people in our own lives that serve in the military. We have also enjoyed dressing up for Children in Need and exploring the activities in our classroom and outdoor area.
Fizz, Bang, Pop! We have been learning about Guy Fawkes this week and having lots of fun with all the activities. We have built our own bonfire, made fireworks, created repeating patterns and made wonderful fireworks pictures.
Term One
This term our Big Question is 'What if we had Superpowers?'
Diwali workshop
In preparation for our learning next term, we had a special workshop where we learned a special dance about the Diwali story.
Phonics
We've been working really hard learning our phonic sounds.
With only one final full week before half term left, we have been looking at some of the important skills we need in our learning. We have been focusing on scissor skills, fine motor and learning to use Numicon which will help us with our math's problems as we progress through the year.
We're going on a villain hunt
This week we went on a villain hunt based on the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We came to school dressed as our favourite superhero, decided where we would go, the things we would see and the sounds we would hear. We particularly liked 'Pitter-Splattering' over the thick, wet sand! We also had a visit from Nurse Gowen who spoke about her job and showed us some of the things she uses as part of her job. We loved helping her bandage up some of her injured friends.
Real Life Superheroes
We've been thinking about real life superheroes and were so excited when Fire Officer Davina came to visit us. She talked about her job and we learned about some of the tools and equipment firefighters use in their job. We had great fun putting on their uniform too. We were also introduced to an old telephone and had lots of fun ringing some of our heroes using a special telephone book
Supertato
What a shock we had when we arrived in class to discover the vegetables Mrs. Jordan had brought in for her lunch had been captured! We soon realised it was Evil Pea, and set about resolving the issue. We used scissor skills to make our own Supertato characters and then searched around school looking for clues. We drew maps to show the way we had travelled using circle, straight and zigzag pencil marks; it is important to work on these movements before moving on to writing letters
Mr Freeze
This week the children were shocked to find our class friend Lucy had disappeared. After following some clues we discover Mr. Freeze had captured her. We worked as a team to build a trap to catch her and thankfully Lucy was returned, unharmed!
What an amazing start to the school year. Our new Hedgehogs have settled in amazingly and are already following their new rules and routines brilliantly!
