This week in Reception, we have been learning all about the number 5. We know what the number looks like, how to count out 5 objects, how to write the number and how to make 5 in lots of different ways. The children were able to find the number 5 and 5 objects around our school environment.

On Monday Reception received a letter from the little old lady. She asked if we could help her find the gingerbread man as he ran away from her! Reception made missing posters which you may have seen around school. Luckily we found the gingerbread man just in time for when the little old lady rang us up.

Here are photos of the gingerbread man on the loose:

We also baked some gingerbread men to celebrate our success of finding him.

This week Reception have been reading the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. They already knew the story so well! We created our own story map and then made up actions to go with it. The children have been practicing performing it and next week we will record it.

Here some photos of the children retelling the story with their actions:

This week Reception have been focusing on the book ‘Owl Babies’.
The children enjoyed listening to the story and joining in with repeated phrases. As a class we wrote the sentence ‘I want my mummy.’ which the smallest baby owl, Bill, said. The children read the sentence as a group and some even had a go at writing the sentence!

Here are some pictures from our week:

This week we have explored non-fiction texts about autumn. We learnt that we can find out information from books and computers. The children found out lots of facts about autumn as well as exploring things such as conkers, autumn leaves, pine cones, sticks and plants.

We also made our own autumn information books. Make sure you check them out on display as you come into Early Years.

On Thursday the school nurse came to visit Reception. She spoke about the importance of washing our hands and when we need to wash them. We put our hands under a special light that showed up the dirt on our hands. Then we washed them as the nurse had shown us and checked under the light whether we had done a good job.

This week Reception have been reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. We have used Talk for Writing to act out and retell the story following a story map. We have made straw, stick and brick houses using different materials and resources.

This week, the children have enjoyed reading and retelling the story ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. They have used the story language to act it out during their independent learning times and as a whoel class.

This week, Reception have continued to learn our school rules and routines. Reception have been learning all about kindness this week as we have made flowers, butterflies, leaves and lots more to go on our display. The children had some lovely ideas of ways they can be kind and have shown this in at school.
Also, this Friday we went to our first school assembly!

Take a look at our photos from the week:

Our new Reception children have been in this week exploring their new environment. They have been learning about our rules and routines at school and have engaged in lots of play.

Take a look at some of the photos from the week: