This week we are learning all about minibeasts. We went on a minibeast hunt, built some insect dens, and did lots of other minibeast themed jobs.
We are going to make a class book to show everything we know about minibeasts!
Hunting for minibeasts!
Minibeast jobs
This week, Reception Acorns have been reading ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ by Giles Andreae.
We wrote some sentences about the animals, remembering to start with a capital letter, use finger spaces between words and end with a full stop. Then we checked our sentences by reading them to make sure they made sense.
We also used our phonics skills to spell words independently, and tried to sit our writing neatly on the lines.
In Maths, we have been exploring the + and = symbols, and making some addition calculations. We made groups of animals to work out the answers.
This week in phonics the children have been learning all about the ‘qu’ sound. The children have also completed phase 2 consolidation tasks. In maths the children practiced identifying the pattern of a dice and the numerical meaning, counting on from a number and took turns during a variety of dice games. In geography and science the children explored learnt about the different habitats and climates animals live in. They particularly enjoyed learning about the cold climate of the Artic. Great work Rowan’s class!
Each Thursday Acorns and Hawthorns are able to attend ‘Mindfulness’ after school club.
Every week we start with some gentle yoga. Then we choose from a variety of activities – colouring, drawing, reading, playdoh, threading and other relaxing, calming tasks.
We finish off with a mindfulness activity on the whiteboard. One of our favourites is ‘Bubble Bounce’, where we track coloured bubbles on the screen whilst listening carefully to the spoken instructions.
These activities really calm our minds and help us to feel relaxed.
We decorated our crowns and made flags using tissue paper for the Coronation party.
In Art we explored colour and texture, and created some amazing animal masks.
In Maths Reception investigated pattern.
We made crowns for our Coronation party.
Some of us attended the after school ‘Mindfulness Club’ on Thursday with Hawthorns.
We’ve had another busy week in Acorns! Here are some of the things we’ve been getting up to.
Exploring feelings in our KidSafe session with Amanda
Setting up our new classroom ‘calm area’
Integration with our Rowans friends
Exploring and sorting animals in our topic work
Investigating numbers up to 100
Ball skills in PE
This week we have had a great start to the Summer term. We have been exploring our outdoor learning environment, which is currently being updated and improved. We worked together to create an obstacle course, and talked about keeping ourselves safe, managing risks and solving problems.
We also started our new topic ‘Animal Safari’, and did some animal themed yoga in PE.
We have been exploring ways to join materials and make our structures sturdy and strong. We planned and made some models using recyclable materials, and tested them to make sure they didn’t break or fall over.
It was quite a challenge but we didn’t give up! We worked together to help each other out, shared resources and then displayed our creations for others to see.
Today we did lots of activities for World Maths Day. In English we looked at some counting and number stories, then made our own number books.
In Maths, we explored money and set up a class shop, writing our own price tags and then buying things with real money.
In Art we found out about the artist Paul Klee, who created abstract art using colour and shape. We then made our own ‘Castle and Sun’ art work.
We also played the game ‘Toyshop Money’ on TopMarks Maths on the iPads. We had a great day and really enjoyed linking maths to all areas of the curriculum.
Counting Books
Paul Klee ‘Castle and Sun’ art
Writing price tags for our class shop
