You might not have thought your children would be getting busy with their brick-laying this afternoon but as part of our Science, fine motor, pattern and attention work that’s exactly what they’ve been doing! Undoubtedly the most popular choice in provision this afternoon, the girls in particular have loved getting stuck into their bricks and mortar!

We loved our visit to the local library last Friday. We learnt all about joining the library, listened to a story and then had time to choose our own books to read. The children loved the huge choice of different books they had there and many children were enthusiastic to join if they weren’t already members!

We’ve been working on our fact families over the last 2 weeks. Can you generate a part-whole model and write the 8 sentences using the same 3 numbers?

Following on from our marmalade sandwiches it was time today to make soup ready for our next instructions writing. The children worked so well together to chop, grate and peel the vegetables for the soup. We practised our safe tripod grip when chopping. At the end we added vegetable stock, a pinch of salt and some water to make our soup taste nice. Finally, at the end we mixed through some coriander.

In the spirit of Paddington Bear we really enjoyed getting stuck into making our own marmalade sandwiches for our instruction writing hook yesterday. We worked so well in pairs to spread the butter and divide the marmalade up! At snack time of course we ate them with mixed reviews!

In preparation for Remembrance Day at the weekend and for our school worship on Monday we have been revisiting some of our Reception Art skills and string printing our poppies. The children used their fine motor skills very carefully to lay the strings and then printed on top of them!

The stimulation of some whole fish caused quite a stir in Art class this morning.

“I’ve never seen one of those before!” – R

We started by identifying the parts of the fish we have been learning specifically in our Science – gills, fins, scales and then had a good close look at them.

As part of our bird exploration this half term we have been turning our hand to continuous line drawing of feathers. Some us found the ‘messy’ style of this kind of drawing very tricky to get our heads around but others managed to use this style to great effect!

1TH always visit the library on Friday mornings where we love sharing a story, choosing our own text to take home and spending some time reading in the rabbit holes with our friends. It’s a highlight of our week!

What better way to explore carnivores, herbivores and omnivores than to get hands on with some animal ‘poo’. We loved asking questions about our poo, exploring what was hidden inside and then drawing the animal we thought might have produced this!