In The News

​An unexpected blizzard of snow brought much excitement to Reception. Inside the classroom there was a lot of discussion about where snow comes from and why does it stay on the ground. The children decided that it only snows when it is very cold. They added food colouring to a pile of snow and salt to another to see what would happen.
 
“It’s gone hard” shouted one very excited child that investigated the salt added snow.
While another was disgusted at the red mush that had the food colouring added to it.
 
Outside, groups of children donned their wellies to slosh around making snowballs, measuring how far they could throw them, or seeing who could build the tallest snowman. “What can we use for the eyes?”, “Do you have a carrot for its nose?” and “It needs a scarf!” Others stomped around listening to the crunch, picking it up and exploring with their senses.

The children were introduced to non-standard measure and used hand prints and foot prints to measure objects height and length. The children enjoyed throwing the javelins and using their footprints to measure who could throw the longest and shortest distances. We discussed how everyone has different sized feet and how this could be unfair. Later in the week, we began exploring standard measure and used metre sticks. 

​The children enjoyed making pumpkin soup. They learnt how to use different equipment, such as knives, graters and peelers, safely. They thought about the weight and size of the different ingredients, how to measure liquid for the stock cube and discussed how the stock cube changed. The children were very enthusiastic about selling the soup and we discussed different coins and their value.
 
We raised £45.00. Thank you for your very generous donations!