
Reception News – Spring 2 – Week 1
This week we learned about the role of an artist before exploring the works of Vincent Van Gogh. We then used our skills to begin the first stages of our version of ‘The Starry Night’.
This week we learned about the role of an artist before exploring the works of Vincent Van Gogh. We then used our skills to begin the first stages of our version of ‘The Starry Night’.
This week the children had the exciting opportunity to visit Windsor Castle! They enjoyed watching the Changing of the Guard ceremony as the guards marched and played huge drums.
This week we enjoyed making our dragon eyes using clay. We used the joining and modelling skills we have been learning to add detail and to make sure our designs hold together. The children also explored using the clay tools and the effects that can be made with them.
This week was Children’s Mental Health week, so our PSHCE topic linked to this. The theme for this year is ‘Let’s Connect’ and the children watched a short video to explore this. They then shared with each other different ways they connect with people all day, every day! Each child completed a puzzle piece and we then put them together as a class to show how we connect as group.
This half term has flown by and we have all been very busy exploring and learning new things. The children have continued to develop their independence with their zips!
This week we have all enjoyed being space explorers in our new role play space stations. We have learnt to name and identify the planets by their properties, paint a planet of our choice and order the planets according to their proximity to the sun. We also read ‘Whatever next’ which inspired us to make our own rockets. Outside we used the crates and large planks of wood to create a large scale model of a space station.