Reception have been doing Read Write Inc Phonics, learning sounds, words and reading books consistent with their phonic knowledge.
Emerald Class Activities
Emerald Class Dentist Visit
We had a visit from the ‘Dental Nurse’. We have been learning how to keep our teeth and gums healthy. We looked at what foods and drinks were good and bad for our teeth. We also were shown how to brush our teeth properly and for how long.
Emerald Class Music
Today in music Reception we’re being musicians. We listened to’ABC by The Jackson 5’ we had to decide how it made us feel and what images came to mind while listening to the music.
Ayla said “she felt relaxed and saw her mum and dad”.
Jacob said” he felt silly and thought of a holiday “.
We listened to ‘five little monkeys’ in the style of rap. We sang and danced to this.
We looked at the painting ‘The Sunflower’ by Klimt.
We painted our own flower garden in the style of Klimt. We had to decide which flowers we liked and what we would include in our own garden.
Plough Monday
Monday 17th January saw the celebration of Plough Monday take place in the afternoon collective worship. Mr Tibbenham and Judy Pritchard attended from the Poor Trustees and church, and presented every child with a loaf of bread. The pupils led prayers and explained the unique tradition. We wish to thank them for our bread!
Emerald Science
As scientists, we have been learning about how our ears work, knowing our ears help us with direction and understanding that sound is made up of vibrations.
We worked scientifically performing a test on musical instruments and recording data to help answer questions.
Visit from Santa
Santa visited on the last day of term and delivered us all a wonderful present. We then had a lovely party.
Thank you Santa!
Christingle Service
Working with partners, we all made our Christingles and then Year 6 led our Christingle service in school on the last morning of term. Rev Steven closed the service with a reflection and prayer. We celebrated the meaning of the Christingle and Emerald class wrote and read their own prayers.
Emerald Class Reading Comprehension
Today in reading comprehension reception read the book’ Peace at last’. We then had to think about what noises we could hear in the morning and at night.
