Reception

Eddie the elf

Eddie is going back to the North Pole. We enjoyed seeing all the things he got up to every morning . Goodbye Eddie,see you next year.

Star Pizza Making

Last week we had a great time making pizzas in Reception. We took our pizzas home after rolling out the dough and adding cheese and tomato sauce. Some of us also decorated our pizzas using tomatoes.

Christmas stockings

A busy day cutting and decorating our Christmas stockings.

Glitter fun

Lots of fun today decorating our stars.

Reception in Winter Time

Here are some of our activities this winter time.

Reception at Winter Time

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Here are some of our activities in Reception from this week.

Homework

Last week we had some wonderful stamp design homework!

2-D Shape

This week in maths we are learning all about flat shapes or 2-D shapes and creating pictures using a selection of shapes.

Christmas Dinner Day

Today has been a lovely day. We have had a visit from Santa and enjoyed a lovely lunch. We have played party games too. Everybody looks fantastic! Thank you Smithdown Primary for a wonderful day.

Posting Letters Home

We had a lovely time visiting the local post box to post a letter home. The children worked very hard on writing a wish for a special person/ people in their lives. Our learning had been about how to post a letter home. The children placed their letters into envelopes and put on a stamp. We hope that everybody has received their letters. Many thanks to all parents who joined us for the walk.

Retelling the story of The Polar Express

The Reception children of RAG have enjoyed listening to the marvellous Christmas story, ‘The Polar Express’. They even managed to retell the story in sequence, from start to finish, using pictures. Well done!

Christmas party and pantomime

We have had the best day today…

First, the children were visited by Santa 🎅🏽 who told the class how good they had all been. We were then all treated to the most tasty Christmas dinner. We then went back to class to enjoy yet another favourite treat of ice-cream whilst watching the ‘Beauty and Beast’ panto. What a great 🎉 party day!

Building using small blocks

We worked as a team this afternoon to make a landscape using big blocks.

Christmas card inserts

This week, the children have loved writing Christmas Card inserts to their families. They enjoyed practicing their early writing skills using the knowledge they have gained. This afternoon, they are excited to begin designing their cards…I am excited to see their creativity!

Making a shape picture

After our shape hunt, we created Christmas pictures using different shapes. We talked about all the different shapes we used.

Shapes in the environment

Today in maths we named and described the features of shapes. We went on a shape hunt and found different shapes in our playground

Sending a letter home!

We had the best time posting our letters this morning, Eddie the elf came with us too! I wonder where our letters will end up? 📫Thank you to those parents who were able to join us at this busy time.

Christmas Twinkly Nativity

Reception and Nursery B have really worked hard to deliver a magnificent performance, full of wonder and magical singing in front of all our wonderful families this week. I would like to thank all of you for your support in taking the time to come and watch the children, as it really makes the difference to your child’s growth, as it builds their confidence. We loved learning all about the twinkly story, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed performing it to you.

Post Office Play

We are enjoying playing in the post office in Reception.

Elfie in Reception

This week we found snowy footprints and an elf called Elfie! He has flown into Reception to spread kindness all around.

Christmas Decorating

The Twinkly Nativity

Thank you so much to all parents and families for coming to watch The Twinky Nativity performed this morning by Nursery A and RLMc. We hope you enjoyed watching all of our wonderful children here in Smithdown Early Years.

Christmas elves

Eddie the elf has swopped our dressing up clothes for elf clothes!

Sequencing

This week in Mathematics, the children in class RJP have been focusing on sequencing. We explored the vocabulary, how ‘sequencing’ means to repeat a pattern. The children used paint to create an ‘ABBA’ pattern firstly, following the pattern, ‘red, green, red, green’. We then had lots of fun demonstrating the ‘ababab’ pattern using Christmas pictures, and designing a colourful paper-chain. To extend the learning, we explored different patterns, expanding on the number of picture cards, colours, and using shapes which have been learned previously. This helps the children problem solve sequencing in a fun way.
Why not keep up this learning at home, by asking the children to make repeated patterns using different objects.

A special visitor

Yesterday we saw some snowy footprints in our classroom. We followed the trail and found our special visitor. We called him Eddie the elf.

Year 3 campfire

What a lovely morning with parents we had! We all had a toasted marshmallow, cup of hot chocolate and sang some songs.

At the Post Office

This week we are learning all about what happens at the post office and have shared a story called

The Jolly Postman. We are also writing special wishes to post home next Friday 6th December. We have a,so had lots of fun painting and creating a post box.

Wheels on the Bus

As part of learning about different types of transport, we made wheels on the bus biscuits and used photographs of vehicles to choose which ones we would use to help

Weighing in Reception

This week in maths we are finding out which items are heavy, light and the lightest and the heaviest.

Cutting skills

We made letters today. We used our fine motor skills to cut, fold and stick.  We then posted the letters in our new role play post office.

Painting a letterbox

We have been very busy using red paint to make a letterbox. We can’t wait to use it to post our letters.

Comparing weight of items, using mathematical language, ‘lighter and heavier’ than.

This morning, Reception have been using their problem skills to firstly estimate which objects will be heavy and which will be light. They had so much fun, pretending to be human scales, and placing objects in their hands, rocking the balance to show heavy and light. To reinforce the learning, the children were introduced to weighing scales, whereby they weighed different everyday items to determine which was heaviest and which was lightest. Some of the children took it a little further, by weighing three objects, then placing them in the order from lightest to heaviest. Good job, 👏

Snow Fun

  We have had lots of fun exploring the snow!

Snow Fun!

Great to explore the winter weather this morning in Reception! We’ve had so much fun!

Pudsey Bear Biscuits

We had fun making Pudsey Bear biscuits today as part of Children in Need.

The Gruffalo

Last week we had a great time making Gruffalo Crumble in cookery!

Parent Literacy Workshop

Huge thanks to all parents for attending our group of workshops in supporting children with their early literacy skills. The children joined their parents for the last few minutes of our writing session and had lots of fun making unicorn play dough and threading pasta to raise the importance of developing fine and gross motor skills.

Speke Hall Trip

We all had a great time at Speke Hall! We walked around and found a sleeping giant on the Childe of Hale Trail, collected leaves, had a picnic lunch, sang songs and explored the maze and playground.

PE in Reception

We practiced playing listening games and moving in a variety of ways before half term in PE.

Magical Wands

We made magical wands before we finished for half term using food and we then took them home.

Comparison in Maths

This week we are comparing amounts of objects up to 10 to see which groups have more, fewer or the same.

Reception Literacy Workshop

Reception parents please remember our last literacy workshop will be tomorrow at 2.15pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!

The Gruffalo

We are enjoying sharing the story of The Gruffalo this week! We have painted The Gruffalo and are describing The Gruffalo as part of our literacy and writing about what we can see. We also shared The Gruffalo song 🎵 and below is a link to share this at home.

Pumpkin Exploration

We had great fun exploring a pumpkin in Reception.

Reception Parent Literacy Workshop

Huge thanks to all parents for coming along to session 3 of our literacy workshops which focused on nursery rhymes. The children then had fun with their mums making play dough to create Humpty Dumpty at home.

Room on the Broom

This week we are having lots of fun in literacy with Room on the Broom! We have made our own broomsticks, created spells in writing and sequenced the story using pictures.

Clothing Week

Last week we had fun making gingerbread biscuits and decorating with our school colour of blue to give the biscuits a uniform.

Campfire in Reception

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Campfire in Reception

We had lots of fun with our families at our very first campfire. We toasted marshmallows and had hot chocolate and had a great time singing songs around the campfire!

Phonics in Reception

We are working hard on learning our set 1 sounds and blending sounds together to make words.

Clothing

This week in Reception literacy have been learning about clothing names and what we are wearing for school. We have shared a funny story called Monster Clothes and designed our own uniforms.

Here is a link to the story-

PE in Reception

We had fun on Friday with lots of PE opportunities with Danny Butler activities and playing The Floor is Lava outdoors.

Danny Butler Visit

We had a visit from the athlete Danny Butler on Friday and we had such fun being active and heard lots about how important it is to be active.

Maths in Reception

We looked at number 4 this week and different ways to make 4. We also looked at other numbers that can be used to make 4. We also looked at patterns of 4.

Teddy’s Birthday Party

We celebrated Teddy’s birthday on Friday! We decorated biscuits, had a party and played party games including musical chairs and pass the parcel. It was great fun!

Amazing Writing

Wow. Look at this writing from reception children. How amazing!

Phonics in Reception

We are working hard on our phonics this week.

Reception Literacy Workshop

Huge thanks to all parents for coming along to our first workshop today. A link to all information shared is on our parent app for everybody to access. Many thanks and see you next Tuesday 15/10 at 2.15pm for the next session!

Teddy’s Birthday

We are having lots of fun celebrating Teddy’s birthday this week.

Making Cakes

We enjoyed making cakes last week. 

PE

We enjoyed our first PE session last Friday! We played games and went to the hall. PE for RLMc is each Friday.

Phonics

We are working hard on our phonics this week.

Phonics Meeting

Fabulous turn out at our phonics meeting. Keep an eye on the app for each weeks videos and activities.

Weather Exploration in Reception

We enjoy exploring different weather types in Reception.

Imaginative Play

It’s been a super first few weeks in Reception.

You Choose

This week our focus story is You Choose. Here is a link to share at home.

Our Homes

n d This week we are talking about our homes  to paint, draw and create homes.

Maths in Reception

IMG_4739 This week we are practicing counting objects and counting how many objects in total. We are also sharing counting songs and helping our Teddy to count the correct number of objects.

Phonics

We are working hard on learning our sounds in Reception.

Outdoor Fun

It’s been lots of fun outdoors today.

Malleable Play in Reception

We are having lots of fun developing our fine and gross motor skills using foam!

Friendships in Reception

We are having a lovely time with friends we know and also making new friends.

Rainy Days in Reception

We have had great fun exploring the weather this week.

Making Play Dough

We had great fun making play dough for our class.

Music in Reception

We really enjoyed singing songs and listening to the sounds of the ukulele in music today.

Our First Week in Reception

It’s been a great first week in Reception!

The Big Teddy Bear Sleepover

Wow we have had a great time for our Big Teddy Bear Sleepover! First we started with a super singing assembly with Mrs Naylor. It was fun singing and dancing with our teddies. Then we made our teddies a bed to sleep in. We could not believe what they got up too when we went home. This morning we woke our teddies up with a lovely breakfast.

Sports Day!

We had a great morning for our sports day! Thank you to all of our families who came to watch!

Eid Picnic

We were picnic ready last week as part of our Eid celebrations at school. We had a wonderful time and it was lovely to share so much delicious food from our parents.

Refugee Week

Last week we talked about what home means to us as part of Refugee Week.

Fantastic Family Picnic

A fantastic community picnic. The sun shone.

An amazing community food table with so many lovely dishes to share.

The Pirates Next Door

Here is a link to this week’s story if you would like to share it at home.

Pirates Ahead!

We are having a great time with our new topic about pirates. We created a pirate ship outdoors and created our own treasure maps. Our focus story is The Pirates Next Door.

Forest School

We had a great time creating dens at Forest School Club. Many thanks to all parents for coming along.

Maths in Reception

We have been using 10 frames to help us count objects and also double numbers.

Eid Mubarak

We really enjoyed celebrating Eid at school. We made cards and talked about how it is celebrated.

Forest School for Parents and Children

Please remember our Forest School Club begins today at 3.30 until 4pm for parents and children in Reception. All siblings welcome too. Many thanks, Miss McFarlane

Ice Cream Shop

We have been enjoying playing in our ice cream role play area. We have made lots of ice creams and chose what topping we would like. We have made lots of fun combinations.
 

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch

Our new topic this half term is At the Seaside and this week we are looking at The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. We have been busy designing lighthouses using collage materials and blocks.

P.E

Today in P.E we have been practising our balancing skills.

Reception Parents and Children Visit to Calderstones Park

We had lots of fun with our families at Calderstones Park. We played ring games, had a picnic, fed the ducks, rolled down a hill, explored the playground and looked at different plants and flowers in the sensory gardens. Huge thanks to all families for coming along.

Calderstones Park with Reception Parents and Children

If you are coming to Calderstones Park this morning please wait in the office and we will leave at 9.15. Thanks so much, Miss McFarlane.

Odd and Even Numbers

In maths this week we are looking at which numbers up to 10 are odd and which are even.

RLMc Farm Trip

RLMc had a great trip to Croxteth farm today. We saw lots of animals including goats from the Three Billy Goats story. We loved brushing the horse and holding the rabbit and Guinea pig. We had a great day outdoors.

The 3 Billy Goats Gruff

We have been loving this week’s book! Look at all of our fantastic work!

Three Billy Goats Bridge

This week we have been looking at the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. Outside we built a bridge to cross to the green grass. We made signs for the goats from the troll showing they can’t cross the bridge.

Making bread

We have been very busy making bread just like the little red hen.

Listening to the harp in music today.

Reception have been listening to Mrs Naylor play the harp in our music lesson today!

Chef hats

We used our cutting skills to make chef hats.

The Little Red Hen

We have started to share the story of The Little Red Hen and we began by making our own bread. Here is a link if you would like to share the story at home.

Teddy’s Bears Picnic

To celebrate the end of learning of Goldilocks and The Three Bears we hosted our own Teddy Bears Picnic. We had party food and danced with our teddies. We had a wonderful afternoon!

Teddy bear biscuits

Look at our fantastic teddy bear biscuits that we made today. They tasted so good.

Goldilocks and the three bears

Today we had fun re-enacting our story using props.

Making friends

Today we talked about what makes a good friend. We wrote about the different things we can do.

Outdoors in Reception

This week we are having lots of fun outdoors in developing our imaginations and communication and language skills.

Composition of Numbers

In maths this week we are learning about how some numbers can be made up of two equal parts. We are looking at arrangements of numbers to spot and make equal and unequal parts.

P.E

We had lots of fun in P.E today. We had to jump and stop when directed while playing the frog game.

Making Porridge

We have been looking at the story of ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’ and we made porridge and chose different toppings.

Porridge Making

Today we have really enjoyed making porridge as part of our Goldilocks and the Three Bears learning.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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We have started our Traditional Tales topic and our first book is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Here is a link to a song about the story to share at home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-when-goldilocks-went-to-the-house-of-the-bears/zbkrf4j

Dance in Reception

This term we have really enjoyed learning difference dances and moving to music and also creating our dance movements.

Easter in Reception

Fun in Reception

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Fun in Reception

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Thank you Mrs Ridley for a fun idea!

Measuring in Reception

We have had lots of fun practicing our counting skills by measuring each others using a selection of objects.

Happy Tuesday – outdoors

Today we have been enjoying our outdoor area. We have been using the blocks to create different buildings and even a strawberry ice cream. We have been working together with our friends to build castles in the sand.

Easter

We are having a great time playing in our Easter area. We have been creating Easter cards and decorating eggs. We decorated our Easter tree with our favourite Easter eggs.

On Monday Miss McFarlane painted our feet to create carrot footprints.

Planting ? Beans

In Reception we have enjoyed planting beans as part of our Jack and the Beanstalk/ Jasper’s Beanstalk learning. We talked about how to plant a bean and how to take care of the beans. We have also planted sunflowers and poppies in our mini sensory garden.

Measuring

The children independently measured how long the carpet was using our toy vehicles.

Reception Maths Stay and Learn

Reception parents and families, please remember to come along to our Maths Stay and Learn today which will begin at 2.15pm until 3pm. We are looking forward to seeing as many of you there. Many thanks for your support.

Building with 3D shapes

We have had lots of fun building with our large 3D shapes outside. We built a water slide with different shapes and found what combination made the cars and boats go faster.

Enormous Turnip Cookery

As part of World Book Day, we shared The Enormous Turnip story in class this week and made our own turnips to take home.

World ? Book ? Day in Reception

We’ve had a fantastic day today celebrating World Book Day!

Magnetic tiles

We have had lots of fun outside building and exploring the magnetic tiles. We built houses, campfires and castles.

Mark Making

This afternoon we have been using the pens and pencils to mark make under the table.

Supertato Sequencing

This week we have been working hard with our friends to put our Supertato story pictures into the correct order.

Imaginative Play

We have been having lots of fun outside using the boxes and our imaginations. We have been to the supermarket, space and more!

Supertato’s House

This afternoon we created Supertato’s house using icing sugar and gingerbread. We mixed the icing sugar and water to use as glue to stick the house together.

Favourite Character Pictogram

We have created a pictogram of our favourite character from Supertato. We counted to see how many children liked Evil Pea and how many more liked Supertato.

Throwing and Catching

We have been practicing our throwing and catching skills in a group. We worked together to see how quickly we can move the beanbag around the circle.

Evil Pea Gloop

On Monday we made Evil Pea gloop from our story Supertato. You can make this at home by mixing cornflower, water and green food colouring.

Asda

This morning we have had lots of fun playing in our Asda supermarket. We have been writing shopping lists and paying for our food with money.

Maths parental workshop

Thank you to our parents who came to our Reception maths parental workshop this week! We look at how to support your children with their shape knowledge at home.

Chinese New Year celebrations

To celebrate the new lunar year, we have been getting crafty in class making representations of dragons using a variety of resources. Look at our fabulous dragons! We also made our own lanterns after learning about the significance of the colour red.

Superheroes

We are enjoying Supertato this week and our new Superheroes topic!

Vegetable Soup

Last week we made vegetable soup with the items we bought from the shop. We used our cutting skills to chop up the vegetables.

RLMc Tesco Trip

This week we have been learning all about chefs. We took a trip to Tesco to get ingredients to create vegetable soup.

Tesco trip

To continue learning about chefs, we’re going to become chefs and make our own soup! To prepare for this, we went to Tesco to buy the ingredients we need.

People Who Help Us – Chefs!

This week we have been learning about how chefs help us! Our lovely school chef came into class to answer our questions. We learnt about the special clothing chefs have to wear and the different equipment she uses to cook our tasty lunches!

People who help us: Chefs

This week we are learning all about chefs. This morning we had a visit from our school chef Miss Monica. We talked about her chefs outfit, the kitchen and menus. We then chose to create our own menus

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Winter ❄️ Cookery

We have enjoyed making cakes for winter time ❄️

Santa Dash 8.12.23

We had lots of fun in Reception on our Santa Dash!

EYFS Nativity

Thanks so much to all parents and families for coming to see our Nativity performance today.
Our next performance will be on Thursday 14th at 1.30pm.

Many Thanks.?

EYFS Nativity

Thanks so much to all parents who attended our Nativity performance today.

Our next performance will be on Thursday 14th at 1.30pm.

Many Thanks

At the Post Office

We have really enjoyed our post office role play area and writing letters independently.

Imaginative Outdoor Play in Reception

Mark Making

We have had lots of fun mark making under the table on the large paper.

Hot air balloons

We are learning all about different types of transport. We have been making our own hot air balloons using different materials and decorating them.

RLMc visit Speke Hall

Yesterday RLMc had lots of fun visiting Speke Hall. We looked at the changes for Autumn and we even saw a sleeping giant! We visited the giants house, kitchen, music room and even his playground. It was lots of fun!

Reception P.E.

We have been having lots of fun practising our ball skills in P.E. Well done reception

RLMc Speke Hall

Parents and families just a reminder that Miss McFarlane’s class will be visiting Speke Hall tomorrow 20.11.23. The children can bring in wellington boots for the trip.
Many Thanks

Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday from reception. We have been mark making outside and playing with our friends?

Comparison in Maths

This week we are comparing numbers and groups of objects saying which group has more than, fewer than or the same amount of objects. We have been building walls for Humpty Dumpty and saying which wall has more, fewer or the same amount of bricks.

Rhyming Week

This week we are learning how to rhyme and make rhyming strings in literacy.

Celebrating Diwali

We have been learning all about the festival of Diwali this week. We made Diwa decorations and cards for Diwali. We also found how Diwali is celebrated and how Diwali means Festival of Light. ?

Reception Nursery Rhyme Messy Afternoon 15.11.23 at 2.15pm

Please remember to join us at 2.15pm for a creative arts and crafts afternoon to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week.

Here are links to the focused nursery rhymes

Jack and Jill https://youtu.be/FYojUSFfuMg?si=SDUiqsd9OnNF5GM3

Hickory Dickory Dock https://youtu.be/yxoSyFkX_eA?si=MJGU2Ya8p0VhAVPG

The Wheels on the Bus https://youtu.be/xWyxe_QGq_g?si=_plPFxNqmR2Yn20d

Heads, Shoulder, Knees and Toes https://youtu.be/9S0_trHxcnk?si=FaZt14pGbqb7jctD

RAG trip to Speke Hall

Reception had a lovely afternoon visiting Speke Hall! We followed the Giant trail and spotted lots of the giant’s clothes high up in the trees! We tiptoed past the sleeping giant, making sure not to wake him! We then walked around the grounds, looking for signs of Autumn.

Speke Hall trip

Parachute fun today

Working as a team playing games with the parachute #smithdowneyfs

We told the story using Billy Bear and made him a crown ?…

After sharing the story of The Smartest Giant in Town we retold the story using Billy Bear and made him a crown ? just like George the Giant #smithdowneyfs

Reception Phonics

Working hard in phonics #smithdowneyfs

We made arrangements of 4 and ordered numbers to 4

In last week’s maths we made arrangements of 4 and ordered numbers to 4 #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmaths

Billy Bear’s Birthday Party- we had dancing games…

Billy Bear’s Birthday Party- we had dancing games, party food and pass the parcel- it was lots of fun #smithdowneyfs

Celebrating Billy Bears birthday with a party ???

We had lots of fun last week celebrating Billy Bears birthday with a party ??? #smithdowneyfs

What a fantastic afternoon we had on Friday celebrating Mr Squirrel’s 5th birthday!

What a fantastic afternoon we had on Friday celebrating Mr Squirrel’s 5th birthday! We worked hard to prepare for the party by writing invitations to our friends and helping to decorate our classroom. We even took turns to play party games! #smithdowneyfs

We have been looking at what clothes we wear for school and talked about the proper names for each clothing item

We have been looking at what clothes we wear for school and talked about the proper names for each clothing item. We used our cutting and sticking skills to make our own uniforms. #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

Balancing our beanbags on different parts of our body

Balancing our beanbags on different parts of our body #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Lots of fun in PE today…

Lots of fun in PE today practicing our throwing and catching using beanbags ?✨ #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Thank you to all parents who came along to session 2…

Thank you to all parents who came along to session 2 of ourparent literacy workshop which focused on rhyme ☀️

Reception parents we are looking forward to seeing you

Reception parents we are looking forward to seeing you at 2.15pm today for session 2 of our literacy workshop

Teddy bear celebrations

Happy birthday teddy bear celebrations #smithdowneyfs

Preparing for Teddy’s birthday ?…

Preparing for Teddy’s birthday ? on Friday #smithdowneyfs

Imaginative play in sand

Imaginative play in sand #smithdowneyfs

A reception superstar has been busy at home making a decorative bottle

A reception superstar has been busy at home making a decorative bottle #smithdowneyfs

Lots of creative play

Making a path #smithdowneyfs -lots of creative play

Tasting different foods last week…

Tasting different foods last week as part of learning about our bodies- some were a bit sour! #smithdowneyfs #smithdownsci

Friday PE…

Friday PE playing games to develop gross motor skills #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Mr Squirrels birthday party

This morning we enjoyed writing some party invitations for Mr Squirrels birthday party. @SmithdownPr #smithdowneyfs

This week we are talking about birthdays and parties

This week we are talking about birthdays and parties. We had lots of fun role playing. #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

Busy baking bread this afternoon!

Busy baking bread this afternoon! #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

Today we have been exploring the sense of taste

Today we have been exploring the sense of taste. We talked about tastes we like and tastes we don’t like. We tasted liquorice, pickled onions, sherbet,lemon and salty crisps.#smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

Exploring gloop outdoors…

Exploring gloop outdoors and what happens when cornflour is mixed with water #smithdowneyfs

Planting some new seeds for autumn ?

Planting some new seeds for autumn ? #smithdowneyfs

learning about compositions of 3 in the garden today

Today after learning about compositions of 3 we found items of 3s in our garden. #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

Dancing with scarves in our music lesson

Dancing with scarves in our music lesson. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmusic @SmithdownPr

Today we have been finding out all about the sense of smell…

Today we have been finding out all about the sense of smell. We talked about good and bad smells. We had to guess what smells were in the pots. We smelt mint, lemon and strawberry. #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

We have been playing a game called label the body…

We have been playing a game called label the body. We looked at our head, ear, cheek, arm and leg. We introduced our wrist, ankle, calf, and thigh . #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

Thank you to all of our families who came to our first Reception parents Literacy workshop

Thank you to all of our families who came to our first Reception parents Literacy workshop. We hope to see you all again next week for our second session! #smithdowneyfs #smithdownreaders

Imaginative play outdoors…

Imaginative play outdoors- the children are making soup for lunch #smithdowneyfs

Come along to session one of our literacy workshop…

Reception parents please remember to come along to session one of our literacy workshop this afternoon from 2.15-3pm- many thanks #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

We love developing our playing skills with our friends!

We love developing our playing skills with our friends! #smithdowneyfs

We loved making models of our homes!

We loved making models of our homes! #smithdowneyfs #smithdowndt

This week we are labelling our body parts

This week we are labelling our body parts. #smithdowneyfs @SmithdownPr

This week we enjoyed looking at where we live…

This week we enjoyed looking at where we live. We painted and made models of our homes.#smithdowneyfs #smithdowngeog @SmithdownPr

Lots of play to develop imaginations

Lots of play to develop imaginations #smithdowneyfs

We have made a shelter from the rain

We have made a shelter den from the rain #smithdowneyfs

We have created a home this afternoon for Billy Bear ?…

We have created a home this afternoon for Billy Bear ? using a variety of materials #smithdowneyfs

Today in PE we played a game called ‘pirates’

Today in PE we played a game called ‘pirates’. We had to do the actions for scrub the decks, climb the rigging,shark and aye aye captain. @SmithdownPr #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Here is a link for Reception families to share the You Choose at home

Here is a link for Reception families to share the You Choose at home #smithdowneyfs

Reading You Choose by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart this week

We are enjoying You Choose by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart this week in literacy #smithdowneyfs

We are enjoying You Choose as our focus for literacy this week

We are enjoying You Choose as our focus for literacy this week- we are choosing a home that we would live in #smithdowneyfs

Develop communication skills in Reception

Lots of time to develop communication skills in Reception #smithdowneyfs

Moving in different ways in PE

Moving in different ways in PE #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Matching arrangements of objects and pictures to the correct number

Matching arrangements of objects and pictures to the correct number #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmaths

Phonics in reception today…

Working hard in phonics #smithdowneyfs

Making a home for teddy bear ?

Making a home for teddy bear ? #smithdowneyfs

Creating our homes using collage and paint #smithdowneyfs

Creating our homes using collage and paint

We love incorporating baking into our Understanding the World lessons!

We love incorporating baking into our Understanding the World lessons! We watched how the cake mixture changed state after we added water. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownsci

Exploring changes of state

Exploring changes of state through messy play. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownsci

Making unicorn ? playdough today to develop fine motor skills…

Making unicorn ? playdough today to develop fine motor skills and see what happens when cornflour is mixed with hair conditioner #smithdowneyfs #smithdownsci

We are busy thinking about homes…

We are busy thinking about homes ? this week and creating our homes #smithdowneyfs

We love the rain! ☔️

We love the rain! ☔️ #smithdowneyfs

Making chocolate cakes this afternoon…

We are busy making chocolate cakes this afternoon #smithdowneyfs

Using our listening skills in PE this week

We have been using our listening skills and following instructions in PE this week. #smithdownpe @SmithdownPr

Planting some apple ?

One of our superstars has planted some apple ? seeds to see if they grow #smithdownsci #smithdowneyfs

This week we are talking about our families

This week we are talking about our families and we would love the children to bring in a photograph of who is important in their lives #smithdowneyfs Many thanks

Our first PE session in Reception

Our first PE session in Reception #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Some of our super work this week

Some of our super work this week #smithdowneyfs

Nursery In maths today

In maths we are making arrangements of 1, 2 and 3 #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmaths

Exploring the wind ? and rain ☔️

Exploring the wind ? and rain ☔️ #smithdowneyfs

Lots of imaginative play this afternoon

Lots of imaginative play this afternoon #smithdowneyfs

Music lessons with Mrs Naylor!

We all love our music lessons with Mrs Naylor! #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmusic

Our first PE lesson in the hall

Our first PE lesson in the hall. We followed Mrs Carpenters instructions on how to find a space, stop and go. We even played a game called traffic lights. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe @SmithdownPr

A great afternoon of play 2

A great afternoon of play #smithdowneyfs

A great afternoon of play

A great afternoon of play #smithdowneyfs

Develop our friendships

A great afternoon of playing to develop our friendships #smithdowneyfs

Busy with friends today

Busy with friends today #smithdowneyfs

Outdoor fun today

Lots of time to develop gross motor skills outdoors #smithdowneyfs

A busy Monday morning in reception

A busy Monday morning in reception #smithdowneyfs