The children have had a wonderful week getting to know the local slugs and snails in the outside area. They  discovered that the slimy creatures tend to hide out in dark and damp places such as under flowerpots, dead leaves and the bug hotel!

Reception also enjoyed reading ‘The Snail and the Whale’ as part of their Literacy learning and experimenting with lots of different ways of making trails and spiral patterns.

The children had some very special visitors this week- some African snails and their eggs. The class were fascinated by them and most of the children were keen to take an even closer look by holding them!

The adults preferred to view from a distance!

Next week, we will be learning about spiders!

We hope you all had fun at the carnival last weekend; the children were a wonderful sight in their customised t-shirts and head wear! They worked very hard in class creating them.

Our last half term is upon us and our new topic about mini-beasts is well underway! Reception class have been very busy creating bug hotels and searching for mini-beasts around the outside area. They have learnt about the life-cycle of a butterfly and explored the concepts of both halving and symmetry. They have also participated in lots of interesting group discussions about where they would fly to if they were a butterfly. Some ideas included flying to Africa, going up to space and visiting family in other European countries.

In RE this week, we learnt the story of The Good Samaritan and acted it out in groups on the outside stage area.

Next week, we will be learning about worms and other creatures that live under the ground. We will also be focussing on the story ‘Superworm’ by Julia Donaldson.

Have a lovely weekend,

The Reception Team

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