Welcome to Chiff Chaff class - Spring term 2

Dates to remember:

21st March - Comic Relief Day (wear something funny)

26th March - Gospel Oak Education Centre trip

26th March and 2nd April - Parents evenings

4th April - Easter Bonnet Parade

 

This half-term we are learning all about growing.

Our core texts are 'Errol's Garden', 'Little Red Hen'  and 'Easter Story'.

SHROVE TUESDAY

We made pancakes on the Shrove Tuesday.

   

Then of course, we enjoyed eating them up:

 

TRANSPORT MUSEUM

We visited the Transport museum and had so much fun there. 

    

WORLD BOOK DAY

We also celebrated World Book Day when we all dressed up as our favourite book characters:

In Literacy, we talked about gardens. We designed our gardens, decided what plants we wanted to grow in our gardens. We also discussed the parts of the plants and learnt what plants need in order to grow.

STEAM WEEK

During STEAM week, we grew our own cress.

   

The week of 10th to 14th March was STEAM week. Our theme was board games. Reception classes decided to make giant 'Snakes and Ladders'. Children loved making large scale tiles and ladders. We researched a number of artists and designed our tiles based on their work.

 

           

We researched different famous painters. We looked at their paintings and we became artists ourselves:

  

  

We talked about gardening, planting and the parts of a plant. We also discussed what plants need to grow. 

PHONICS

In phonics, we continued revising all the sounds, blending them, matching sounds with letters and writing words. Then we checked what we had written by sounding the words out. We also started to write short phrases using finger spaces, capital letter and full stops.

   

MATHS

In Maths, we learnt about numbers to 10. We added numbers up to 10. We started taking them away. We also learnt about number bonds.

 

In our PE lessons, we learnt how to use our space safel We practised jumping off and landing safely. We used benches and apparatus. We practised different kinds of rolls. Moreover, we practised a variety of skills needed for Tag Rugby, such as catching, throwing and holding a ball. 

STAY and PLAY

Thank you to all the parents who attended our Stay and Play session:

Reception team