Blog 02.05.25
This week we began our new theme ‘Let it Grow’. Our book has been ‘Sam Plants a Sunflower’ by Kate Petty. In the story Sam the cat loves sunflowers, so together with his friends Worm and Ladybird he decides to grow some in his garden. Sam finds out all about how plants grow.
Our Rainbow Challenges this week have been related to this story.
Writing – Nursery: Write a description of a sunflower. Tell an adult what your writing says Reception: Write a description of a sunflower. Use the sounds you know in your writing
Drawing – Follow the instructions to draw a sunflower
Maths – Nursery: Use the Pattern Blocs to make two flowers Reception: Use the Pattern blocs to make four different flowers
Playdough – Nursery: Use the playdough to make the numbers 1-5 and count out the correct number of sunflower seeds Reception: Use the playdough to make the numbers 1-10 and count out the correct number of sunflower seeds
Creative – Nursery: Paint a sunflower in the style of Van Gogh Reception: Paint a picture in the style of Van Gogh’s Sunflower picture
Outside – Nursery: Plant a sunflower seed Reception Follow the instructions to plant a sunflower seed
Funky Fingers – Nursery: Use the tweezers to put the sunflower seeds in the pot Reception: Use the tweezers to put the sunflower seeds in the pot before the timer runs out.
In RWInc the Reception children have read the pink ditty book ‘Scruffy Ted’ and have been learning the sounds ea, oi, a_e. Some of the nursery children have been learning about the sound ‘u’ and have been playing initial sound and rhyming games. The other nursery children have continued to play sound games identifying and making different sounds.
In maths the Reception children have been learning about patterns. The nursery children have been learning about counting out objects and counting backwards and forwards. Some nursery children have been sequencing what happens during the day.
Our Science this half term is ‘Plants’. This week we have been discovering that plants are living things. Some of us planted a bean. Mrs Cotton has made us a fabulous garden centre in our role play area. We have loved pretending to sell flowers to each other. With Miss Murray we are learning about Building relationships – My family and friends. They have been finding out about different festivals.
Our big RE question this half term is ‘Which stories are special and why?’. This week we brought in our favourite stories from home to share with each other and talk about why we like them.
Next week we will continue with our story ‘Sam Plants a Sunflower’ by Kate Petty.