This week our text is “Little Red Riding Hood.” We have been acting out the story, using props to support us. 

This week our text is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We have been creating our own story maps, based on this story. We have also been looking at the life cycle of a butterfly, and talking about the different stages of their life. We also have real life caterpillars in the classroom, to watch this cycle for ourselves. We love to watch how they are changing and growing in front of our very eyes! 

We had a wonderful time at Ash End House Farm. The children had the opportunity to see lots of animals, and feed them too. We also sang lots of nursery rhymes, based on the animals we saw. At the end of the day, the children put on their own production of “The Three Little Pigs.” What a fantastic day!

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During receptions time in Forest School they built a troll bridge and acted out the story of The Tree Bill Goats Gruff. They did a fantastic job, well done reception!

During Plan/Do/Review today the children decided to create their own story maps of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They used their maps to retell the story. What fantastic independent learning.

Our story this week is The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children have worked really hard, becoming familiar with the story. We began by creating a story map to retell the story. We then used props and puppets to act out the story, trying really hard to use the language from th text to help us, such as “Trip trap, trip trap…” and “Who’s that trip trapping over bridge?” 

Thank you to all the parents who joined us on our trip to Thimblemill Library. The children all had the opportunity to join the library, and to look at the vast array of books on offer. We were then really lucky to have a story session with Gavin, the local story teller. He made us laugh, and we loved his stories. He also advised parents to read to their child every night, but also to act stories out and to have fun telling stories at home with your child. We all loved our library visit. Thank you to the library and Gavin for making it so fantastic for us!

Welcome to Receptions Post Office. We have been busy writing letters, counting out money, sorting parcels by size and pretending to be a post man/woman.