Reception have enjoyed learning all about celebrations this week. We started the week learning about Diwali and the children enjoyed creating rangoli patterns, retelling the Rama and Sita story with puppets and dressing up and dancing to cultural music. We then learnt all about bonfire night. The children loved seeing some sparklers be lit as we learnt how to stay safe on bonfire night and they had lots of fun making firework noises and later on creating firework paintings. We’ve also learnt about Remembrance Day and have been decorating poppies ready for our display. In Maths we’ve been learning all about the number five, being able to carefully count, recognise different representations of five and thinking about how many we have altogether. Children have also enjoyed copying and continuing simple patterns. In phonics we’ve been reviewing the sounds that have been learnt so far and we’ve been checking for correct letter formation in our writing. Books that have been read together include: Five Little Fireworks, The Best Diwali Ever, The Singing Mermaid and Sharing a Shell. Children are always encouraged to retell parts of the story and contribute to discussion about the book to demonstrate their comprehension skills.
