Christmas marble treat

The children have all been little stars this term and have filled the marble jar once again. They decided that they would like to have a Christmas party and this morning they have been playing party games and have had some party food. It has also been the FOSS Christmas lunch today and the children have all had a really fun time! We even had a special visitor all the way from the North Pole! Thank you FOSS for organising such a fantastic Christmas lunch for the school!

I hope you all have a wonderful (and restful) Christmas!

Miss Houlihan

Party fun

Christmas

We have been busy doing lots of Christmas activities this week. We have made angel hand print Christmas cards, salt dough tree decorations and Santa heads. We think they look great! Please take a look below at some photos of them.

Shine Star, Shine!

Today Reception have performed our Christmas Nativity and they were all little superstars!!! We are all very proud of them! Please have a look at some photos of the Nativity!

Hanukkah

This week in RE we have been learning about Hanukkah.Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights and lasts eight days. It usually falls in late November or December.We have been busy making Menorahs and the Star of David. The Menorah is a candelabrum with nine candle holders displayed in Jewish synagogues and the Star of David is a Jewish symbol.

Reach for the Stars!

Our new topic is called 'Reach for the Stars' and we will be learning all about space. So far we have converted our role-play area into a space shuttle and have been busy painting aliens for our new display. Take a look!

Bonfire Night

This week we have been learning about Bonfire night. We have made some beautiful firework paintings, learnt a firework dance in PE and even written some wonderful firework poems! We have also learnt how to stay safe on bonfire night.

Marble Treat Day

The children have made an excellent start at school and have filled the marble jar. The children decided that they would like to bake some cakes for their treat, so they have had a busy morning baking cakes!

They were really yummy!

Autumn walk

We went on an autumn walk around school and in the forest area looking for signs of autumn. When we got back to class we decided that we wanted to make a treee collage using some of the natural materials that we found on our walk. We think it looks wonderful!

Pumpkin Soup

Today we listened to the story 'Pumpkin Soup' and did some super writing about the story. We went outside and made pretend pumpkin soup in the water tray, it was really fun! We also collaged pictures of pumpkins using different seeds and had a go at drawing a pumpkin using pastels. We also learnt some facts about pumpkins.

 Did you know?

• Pumpkins are usually orange but can sometimes be yellow, white, green or red.
• The name pumpkin comes from the Greek word ‘pepon’, meaning ‘large melon’
• Pumpkins have thick shells which contain pulp and seeds.
• Pumpkins are not vegetables, they are a fruit (they contain seeds)
• Pumpkins are usually shaped like a sphere (ball).
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Healthy teeth

We had some visitors in Reception Class this week! Anna and Amy are dental nurses and they came in to talk to us about how to look after our teeth. They told us that it is really important that we brush our teeth twice a day, once in the morning (after breakfast) and just before bed. They brought in Alexander the crocodile and his friends and we practised brushing their teeth. We even got to dress up as a dentist!

Repeating patterns

In maths we have been making repeating patterns. We have used pegs, shapes, animals, beads and we have even used fruit and vegetables to print a repeating pattern. Can you make a repeating pattern at home?