Hello Reception Families and Friends!
It has been another wonderful week in Reception! Our Amazing Arctic Animals theme has provided a wonderful backdrop for some truly impressive learning from the classroom to the Great Outdoors, here is a look at what your little explorers have been up to:
Finding Our Inner Picasso
This week, our Portraits lessons took a creative turn as we continued with the works of Pablo Picasso. We discussed how he used shapes and mismatched perspectives to show different "views" of a face at once.
The children have been practicing their fine motor skills by sketching and arranging shapes to represent facial features in abstract ways. It was wonderful to see them move away from "perfect" symmetry to embrace the bold, expressive style of Cubism.
Doubling Up
In Maths, our focus has been all about Doubles
Fictional Creatures
Our writing this week was sparked by pure imagination. After looking at real Arctic animals like polar bears and narwhals, the children moved on to designing fictional animals. We had everything from "catterbats" (a cat mixed with a bat) and whales with tiger stripes and tail! After designing, the children worked hard on their writing, carefully labelling the various parts of their invented creatures.
Being a Good Talk Partner
A huge highlight this week was our focus on Communication and Language. We practiced being "Good Talk Partners" - learning to look at our friend when they speak, wait for our turn, and respond to their ideas. This was put to the test during our "What Animal Am I?" guessing games.
Adventure Time & The Great Outdoors
With the sun shining, we spent a significant amount of time engaging in outdoor learning and here are some of the highlights!
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