The children in Reception had great fun on Internet Safety Day learning how to keep safe on the internet. They listened to the story of Smartie the Penguin and joined in with his song ' Before you tap and click you have to stop and think and tell someone!' To help remember this message even more, the children made cut out penguins and followed a tutorial on how to draw their very own pengiuns. At Roebuck Academy we are safe!
Every day the children in reception get a visit from Marvin the Monkey. Marvin is a friendly, stripey monkey who teaches the children to write cursive letters. Each letter he teaches them has a story and a picture to help them remember how to write the letter correctly. Marvin has two golden rules - start on the line every time and start with a little smile. Every day Marvin looks at the children's handwriting and if he is really pleased with the children he gives them a special Marvin clap. Look how quickly and beautifully the children have learnt to form their letters. At Roebuck Academy we are writers.
To link with our Literacy text of Jack and the Beanstalk the children in reception planted their own beans. They are hoping they grow so tall they can climb up them and look for giants! Planting the beans provided an excellent stimulus for writing too. The children used their phonic knowledge to write down the stages of planting the beans. In Reception we are scientists and writers.
Story Inventors!
Diwali Celebrations
This week Reception have been learning all about the celebration of Diwali. We read a story about a little boy called Dipal who is getting ready for Diwali with his family. We learnt about some of the traditions that are followed during festival. On Thursday, we had a Diwali workshop in school where we decorated some Diya's and then learnt a special Indian dance. On Friday, we tasted some Naan bread and talked about whether or not we liked it.
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Can you guess the story?
Who will help me knead the bread?
Number order using Numicon.
This week Reception went down to Creature Corner for their very first Forest School session.
We arrived at Creature Corner and walked through together to become familiar with our new environment. Mrs Solomon explained the rules about being safe, looking out for our friends and respecting the plants, trees and animals that live in this area. We then played a little game where we had to go off and explore, when we heard the whistle, we had to come back to base camp immediately. All the teachers were very proud of how well we listened and did this. Next it was snack, and we went and sat in the outdoor classrooms to have our fruit and milk. Back in the woods we worked in groups to try and identify different types of trees using their leaves. We had to carefully pick one leaf and look at it closely when trying to identify it on the spotter sheet.
A big hello and welcome to Roebuck Academy.
Somebody Swallowed Stanley!
What a wonderful world!
This week across the school it has been Geography Week. In Reception, we have learnt about the different types of houses that we live in. We created a mind map about what makes Stevenage special, the football stadium, the cinema, the shops, the theatre and Fairlands Park, to name a few. We then looked at some photographs that had been taken in and around Stevenage. Later in the week we looked at the features of our country, we watched some videos showing the birds eye view of costal regions, cities and the lake district. We talked about what we could see and about the similarities and differences there were between each of the areas. We also used Google Earth to zoom into the school and different places across the UK. We even zoomed into Africa and noticed how the land and features were very different to the UK.
On Thursday we had an extra special treat of a camping adventure on the school field. We were able to go into a tent with a friend, we sat around a campfire singing songs and reading stories. Mrs Solomon and Mrs Prosser toasted marshmallows for us to eat. What a fun week it has been!
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