Week beginning 19.12.16

We cannot believe it is the end of our first term in Reception!
We have reached the end of yet another busy term and over the past few days, we have been singing Christmas songs, talking to each other about how we celebrate Christmas, and what we will be doing over the holiday period.
Class 4 children kindly came to help out Class1 in making paper snowman. they were very sensible and great role models to the little ones. Well done!

 

 

 

 

On the last day of term we went for a refreshing walk in the common and enjoyed a run down the hill. When we got back to school Mrs Kett made us a hot chocolate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A special visitor came to our school in the afternoon to wish us all Merry Christmas and deliver some presents.... 

 

 

From everyone in Class 1 we would like to say a very big thank you for all of your support during the term. We have loved every minute and we are incredible proud of how well the children have flourished. We wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

Reminder:

 

Children will be back on Friday 6th January 2017

Week Beginning 12.12.16

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Meet some of our elves we constructed during the week:

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The Christmas Spectacular was a great success. We have been entertained by amazing dancers, swimmers, acrobats and plenty more.

A very well done to all of Wenhaston children for their impeccable behaviour.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Finally...A massive well done to all of our actors who performed fantastically in our Christmas production, you should all feel very proud of yourselves.

 

Have a restful weekend everybody.

Week beginning 5.12.16

This week Class 1 have been getting very excited that Christmas is getting closer and closer.
Some of us looked through catalogues to choose the things they would like from Santa.
the Christmas play is coming together nicely and children are learning their parts and all the songs well. 

 
 
This week a special visitor came to see us and he will stay with us until Christmas.... 

Meet Gingerbread our Elf on the Shelf. Children have chosen his name and he is really pleased with our name choice.

An important note from Santa.

 

 

 

The elf has brought us some chocolate biscuits and milk to enjoy at playtime.

 

 

Meanwhile, winter has appeared in our small world area. Snow, icicles and snowmen have moved in too.   

 

 

Welcome to all the parents who joined our share. We now have lovely small Christmas tree s to add to the decorations in our room.

 

 

 

As the week continued Gingerbread became more and more a part of our class...

 

 

 

Unfortunately he wasn't very well on Wednesday so we made him a bed and wrote him get well notes. We also made him a bedside chair and lamp using the stickle bricks.

 

 

 

 

 

Miss Welby ''Look at this throne, its for Gingerbread when he feels better.''

 

Fortunately Gingerbread was soon well again and went off to restore his energy at the bakery.  Luckily he left us ingredients to make our own yummy cakes though-thanks Gingerbread!

 

Yummy, we can't wait to eat these...

 

 
 

Finally the play rehearsals have been polished up this week ready for next weeks shows.  The children got a sneak preview of what they all look like in their fantastic costumes.  They have also worked hard as a team helping Miss Welby and Mrs Webb to paint the backdrop for the stage.  Well done everyone, a real team effort.

 

 

 

Important dates for next week: School trip to Great Yarmouth Circus Tuesday 13th December Make sure you come to school on time...

Christmas Performance Thursday 15th December  

 

 

Have a good rest this weekend everyone.

Week beginning 28.11.16

'Hey Diddle Diddle' and 'Mary Mary Quite Contrary' have been our new entries this week.

We have set up a small world for the children to re-enact the songs.

 

"Are these real flowers?" asked the children

Children practised their song using the props available.



We have made Mary a wonderful garden in the outside area

Our week would not have been completed without a good bake off...so we felt adventurous enough to test a new recipe. We made apple and raisin turnovers.



Mixing the filling.

Folding the parcel.

Sealing the turnover.

Baked...

As always we tested our palates and agreed they tasted REALLY good.



 

 Meanwhile leaves kept falling and our outdoor area needed some tiding up...

"I do this at home"

Jack Frost has coated most surfaces with a layer of ice and frost.
"Let's draw some pictures"

Others opted for ice soup.

We have also used our nursery rhymes again to help us with our maths, using the flowers in Mary Mary's garden to solve number stories, look at these addition and subtraction number sentences we have written.

 

 

 

Congratulations to Siena, our Golden Book winner this week for taking another huge step forward on your road to becoming a reader.

 

Have a lovely weekend everyone and remember to bring in your costumes no later than next Friday in a named bag.

 

Week beginning 21.11.16

So this week has seen Little Miss Muffet and Incy Wincy spider entering the scene.
Spiders have been all over our classroom throughout the week: in the water tray, at the maths table and in the writing area....not to mention the REAL spiders in the outdoor area...!
Have a look at some of the activities we have done:

Making play dough spiders

 All children made a spider and they all looked so different. Well done everyone!

 

 

Making real and pretend cakes has all the ingredients for creative and mathematical learning opportunities, so here we are making cheese spider shaped scones.....

 

Mixing the ingredients was a sticky job..."I make cakes with my mummy at home".

 

 

Cutting the cheese scones with our special spider cutter. "It feels like play dough".

Ready for Mrs Kett to bake

Success! Looked good and tasted delicious.

Best part of the baking process...

"I like the crunchy legs."

Yum yum...

 

Our play rehearsals are well and truly underway now and we have some budding actors amongst us.  Our children have also enjoyed our Nursery Rhyme themed role play area. 

Here we are bandaging legs...Poor Humpty

 

We have also enjoyed lots of other nursery themed learning in class, below are a group of children playing an Incy Wincy counting game.  Lovely team work and cooperation.

 

 

We are also working extremely hard in our phonics session, one group have learnt the 'ee, ai and oo' sounds this week and here we are using them to write words.

 

 

 

Congratulations to Lucian our Golden Book winner this week, for being such a good friend to everyone in Class 1.

 

Letters about what your child needs to wear in the play will be coming home next week.