1. Reception went on a ‘Sculpture hunt’ around the grounds of the school as part of their art work this term. They have been exploring 3D work and making some of their own reptile sculptures from newspaper and also learning how to model with clay.
2. The children in Reception have been planning the sorts of environments that they might go through on a ‘Reptile Hunt’. They have used a variety of media to create pictures of these environments and have then written their own class story to perform in an assembly, based on the book ‘We are Going on a Bear Hunt’.
3. Reception had great fun performing their assembly to an audience of parents and children! They added sounds and words to retell a story written and illustrated by the class.
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Investigating machines
Reception have been investigating machines and had a lovely walk to the pedestrian bridge over the motorway to observe the vehicles going past. They returned to school with lots of ideas for building their own roadways.
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'Detectives'
The children in Reception enjoyed being ‘detectives’, using their senses on an Autumn walk through the grounds. They loved the texture of the moss on the trees.
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Ramps
As part of their project on machines, Reception have been investigating ramps and ‘things that roll’. They enjoyed testing different vehicles and balls down ramps of differing heights.
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Bedales Gallery
A visit to Bedales Gallery was an interesting start to finding out about ‘old’ machines. The children were able to see old looms and spinning wheels in action as well as some of the garment produced by these machines.
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Garage and workshop
The Reception classroom has their own garage and workshop designed and made by the children as part of their project. We have some budding mechanics and engineers in our class.
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Up, up and away!
Up, Up and away! Reception have been building this wonderful balloon which with all the right magic, ends up in some amazing places.
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Visit to Haslemere Museum
Reception children had a wonderful visit to Haslemere Museum
to do a fossil workshop as part of their project on ‘Under the Ground’. They were very good detectives and were keen to discover how ammonites were made.
After studying the fossils carefully, they made replicas using plaster of paris and clay. They were also able to handle a wide variety of fossils, rocks and minerals housed at the museum.
After their visit to the museum, the children were keen to record what they had seen. They observed fossils at school using magnifying glasses to see that extra detail. They used pastels to draw them carefully, including as many details as they could.
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An underground visitor
There was a special underground visitor in Reception this week! The children learnt about how to care for pets and about the different characteristics of rabbits.
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26th January 2006
Making Vegetable Soup
Reception’s project this term is ‘Under the Ground’ and the children have been finding out about vegetables that grow underground. They have cut up and tasted a variety of vegetables raw and cooked and used their senses to make a variety of observations. One of their favourite activities has been making and tasting their own vegetable soup.
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26th January 2006
Model Making and Paint Mixing
The children in Reception are encouraged to be independent and mix their own paints, find their own resources and of course tidy up afterwards!
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26th January 2006
Counting Games
Reception children enjoy playing counting games outdoors, finding the correct amount of fir cones for each numeral.
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December 2005
Performing in the Christmas play
Reception loved being planets and stars in the night sky during the school performance of Peter Pan, dancing and singing on stage.
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20th October 2005
Trip to the Weald and Downland Museum
Reception had an enjoyable trip to the Weald and Downland Museum at Singleton this week. The children responded well to the challenges of a long day trip and showed interest and enthusiasm, asking questions and making good observations. They were able to spend some time exploring 'hands on' building activities including arched bridge building, hanging tiles, finding out about wooden joints and sieving to separate different sized stones. They then split into groups and explored the wide variety of buildings on the site, finding out about life in the 'olden days' and different shapes and materials used a long time ago in buildings. Some of the class 'favourites' were the old school building, where they saw some familiar items such as a globe, abacus and bell and they imagined what it would be like to sit very still at a desk all day without being able to play with sand, water and blocks! They were also fascinated by the old fashioned toilets, the water wheel and of course the wonderful shire horses.
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20th October 2005
Making Mini Gardens
In class over the last few weeks, Reception have spent as much time as possible enjoying the outdoors in the lovely autumn weather. They have spent a happy time with the Nursery collecting interesting items in the orchard and making mini gardens. There was much discussion about different shapes, colours and textures and some of the children took a great deal of care arranging their treasures to make an interesting garden.
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20th October 2005
Investigating Clay
As part of their work on textures and patterns, Reception class had a lovely time finding interesting natural items around the grounds of the school. These were then incorporated into clay which the children had experimented with to find different ways of making marks.
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20th October 2005
Making Maps
As part of their project 'Buildings and Structures', the children have enjoyed making their own model villages and towns using small world toys. They have drawn their own imaginary maps of the places they have created.
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20th October 2005
Fun with Handwriting
The Reception children are having great fun developing their fine motor skills using our new purple sand. They have been investigating different patterns as well as practising letter shapes and names.
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