Blog by Tag: physical Development

Nursey had their first school trip this week and what an amazing time we had!

I just want to say how proud I am of the children, their behaviour and attitude on the trip were brilliant and they were very sensible and safe. 

We had the best time going on the minibus to the park and then…

Today we made our sandwiches for the Teddy Bears Picnic. We washed our hands and talked about the importance of this, chose our fillings and then used the knife to spread and cut, developing our fine motor skills. 

It was super fun and they very very tasty!

We created winter art this week, using watercolours to create a background. We then  glued silhouettes on top to create a winter scene! 

Today in literacy we have been focusing on forming the letters c, an and o. We began by tracing the letters before having a go at forming them ourselves. This is a real focus currently as the children are building up to being able to write captions and full sentences. We love writing in reception!

We launched the Red2Blue initiative in school today. In Reception, we discussed what it means to have a 'red head' and a 'blue head'. We read the story 'My Monster and Me' and discussed ways that we can move from a red head to a blue head. We used a blue crayon to draw things that make us feel…

We applied our Phase 2 phonics to write captions. We remembered to try and use a finger space between words, and ensure that our letters are sitting on the line correctly. We are particularly focusing on our ascenders and descenders.

We celebrated Christmas Jumper Day by coming to school in our Christmas/winter jumpers. We raised money for Save the Children - we discussed what this charity does and how our donations help others. As part of our Christmas Jumper Day celebrations, we designed our own Christmas jumpers, using a…

The children have been practising their pencil grips and pencil control to trace over different pre-writing shapes. They have also applied this independently within the provision. 
Brilliant concentration and determination. 

This week we have been learning all about babies. The children have brought in pictures of when they were babies and have loved looking at themselves, sharing these with their friends and discussing what they see. 

We started with a very Important question ‘Are we all the same?’ 

We talked…

This week we have been learning how Hindu's celebrate Diwali. We looked at 'Rangoli Patterns'. These are patterns drawn on the ground and traditionally decorated in sand. We loved the look of them and used our fine motor skills to decorate our own. 

We used the tweezers to pick up different…

We learnt that we can use positional language (e.g. in, on, behind, in front) to describe the position of objects. We followed instructions to demonstrate our understanding of this vocabulary. We then used the vocabulary ourselves to describe the position of the teddy bear.

We went on a shape hunt in our outdoor environment, searching for circles and triangles. We discussed the properties of these shapes, including the number of sides and corners. We managed to find lots in our environment, working as a team!