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What we are learning in Reception 

Reception Treasured Texts 

Autumn Term 2024

Autumn term 2024

The children have settled very well, making new friends and learning about their new school environment. We have been very fortunate to have had a makeover throughout the whole of EYFS during the summer. We have had new furniture, lots of new resources and new flooring. The whole area had also been freshly decorated ready for the new children. The children have had a wonderful time exploring the new area. It has been wonderful to see how they have been investigating the new classroom, testing ideas. thinking creatively and being independent. 

Our first treasured text was 'The Colour Monster'. The children have started to explore labelling their different emotions and using our display to show how they are feeling. We have also started to explore what we can do when we feel a certain way, such as star breathing and different activities. As part of the 'Enormous Turnip' treasured text, the children enjoyed acting out the story, pretending to pull and heave the turnip out of the ground. Next we focused upon "Supertato'. Take a look at the photographs above to see the wonderful superheros the children created. They also enjoyed drawing their own posters of 'Supertato'. We used clay to create our own stickmen linked to the treasured text 'Stickman'. We also started to explore different seasons.

After half term we focused upon "Funnybones'. The children showed great enthusiasm when the life sized skeleton was brought into the classroom. We have been learning what the different bones and body parts are called. We have also been learning about 'Owl Babies'. We used puppets to retell the story and explored nocturnal animals. The children were also invited to create their own owl leaf bags at home. The treasured text 'Gingerbread Man' was a great success. The children worked together to create group story maps. We also created boats to work out how the 'Gingerbread Man' could cross the river instead of being eaten by the fox! 

All of the children took part in our Christmas Performance. We were extremely proud of how well they remember the lyrics and actions to the songs. They all looked super in their costumes. 

During the spring term 1 we have been learning about the treasured texts 'Handa's Surprise', 'Biscuit Bear' and 'The Three Little Pigs'. The children enjoyed learning about Africa and the different animals which live there. They have used the interactive globe to find our facts about the habitats and the animals. The children also enjoyed tasting different fruit from the story. 

We have also had Jon Williams come in to use clay to create models of 'Three Little Pigs'. The children listening well to the instructions and used different techniques to shape the clay. Jon has taken the models to put into his kiln. We are looking forward to seeing how they turn out. 

Children have sent in photographs of their homes linked to our treasured text 'The Three Little Pigs'. They have enjoyed creating their own homes using Simple City on Mini Mash. Children have also been working together to create homes using junk modelling resources. They have worked well together, taking turns and listening to each other's ideas, reflecting one of our school values 'Relationships'. 

During spring 2 we will been learning about the treasured texts 'The Pirate Who Said Please', 'The Little Red Hen' and the Bible story 'Noah's Ark'.