Keeping healthy and safe!

In Nursery and Reception this half term we  have been learning about keeping healthy and safe. During healthy eating week we made delicious fruit smoothies to share with the rest of the school and we have learnt about how different foods help to keep us healthy. We also enjoyed taking care of each other in our doctors' surgery role play!

We were also very excited to have a special visit from the police! They showed us their police van and we listened to the siren. We also got to sit in the van and wear special police clothes! We learnt about how to stay safe and what number we should call if we need help from the police, the fire service or an ambulance.

We also learnt how to stay safe on the roads. We used chalks to mark roads and roundabouts on the playground and drove around on our bikes and scooters. We also made traffic lights. If people went the wrong way or didn't stop at the lights or a crossing our eagle-eyed police officers were giving them tickets!

Maths Week

This week was Maths Week in Nursery and Reception! All week we have been focussing on developing our maths skills in all areas of the classroom, such as hunting for numbers hidden in the sand, using money in the role play, exploring capacity in the water area and talking about size, height and length as we make models in the construction area.

We have also been working on our own individual maths targets and on Friday we welcomed mums and dads into our class to share our maths learning.

In our adult led activities we have been doing lots of maths investigations to develop our mathematical thinking and problem solving skills. These have included finding the possible totals when rolling two dice, working out how to share some pirate treasure, finding as many different ways as possible to show the number 5 and seeing how many counters we can put into a pot in one minute!

Counting, ordering and matching numerals to quantities

Developing number recognition and fine motor skills

Finding and then ordering numbers in the sand

Practising number formation

Working out which coins are needed to make different amounts

Investigating how many counters we can put in a pot in one minute

Using money in the role play

Playing games on the whiteboard to find numbers on a hundred square

Showing five in different ways

Exploring possible totals when rolling dice

Solving problems involving sharing

Learning to recognise 3 digit numbers

Exploring capacity - how many small cylinders does it take to fill the largest cylinder?

Creating and continuing patterns