We had another busy week in Reception. Children have had many opportunities to use and develop their large and fine motor skills.

 

Making foam with big brushes and shaving gel: great for developing those muscles.

 

 

As part of our space topic,  we all made our own space rockets. We decorated plastic bottles and then used a variety of different materials to add extra details.

 

 

 



 

 We now have an astronaut investigation box.

Danger: What's in the box? Items from the Moon.

 

 

 

 

A balloon rocket challenge: Is our rocket strong enough to carry a small basket? Can we build a basket to attach to the rocket?

 

 

Minds at work: "We should cut out bits of paper and stick them under the rocket".  



Well done girls, what a clever idea to stock a plastic cup to carry food to the moon.

Astronaut food.
We all had a taster session to find out what astronauts eat when they are travelling in space.



Some of us thought that this space meal tasted like tomato and pepper...yummy! 

 

 

Super counting using one to one correspondence.

"I'm making some chocolate ice-cream"
"No, I'm making coffee"

 

 

 Inspired by the songs we have been learning for harvest, we have been dingle dangle scarecrows while playing outside in the sunshine...

 



By the end of the week we had all managed to get out bottle rockets finished.  We also enjoyed using them to help us with our maths skills.  We use them to learn how to order and compare different lengths/heights.

Thank you to Lily who bought us all cake to share for her birthday, delicious.


The week ended as always with Golden Book assembly, Well done to Taeyn, our Class 1 entrant this week for settling so well during his first week with us.


Have a lovely weekend.