Dragon making!

This morning we read some stories about dragons and made a big dragon of our own! We stuck egg boxes onto a picture of a dragon that Mrs Batson had drawn - this shows how bumpy the dragon is! We are going to make some flames to come out of its mouth to show that dragons breathe fire. What else do you think we need to do to finish our dragon?

Dragon Adventure

This morning in PE we went on an adventure into fairytale land and fought a fierce dragon! We used dance and movement to act out the story of a brave prince and princess who travelled to the dragon's cave to rescue their parents. We had to swish our swords to cut down trees in the woods, climb up mountains, walk in heavy suits of armour and creep quietly into the dragon's cave! We also worked with a partner and used our bodies to show the movement of the dragon. One of us was the head and had to make a scary dragon face, while the other person was the back and had to show the dragon's strong tail swiping back and forth!

St George's Day

Today we have been celebrating and learning about St George's Day which is today, 23rd April. This morning we learnt and acted out the legend of George, a brave knight who slayed a fierce dragon and rescued the princess. We looked at the flag of England, a red cross on a white background, and learnt that this was taken from George's shield. We made and decorated some England flags of our own, and also made some fierce dragon masks! We've also been exploring some of our new fairytale toys, such as a fairytale play mat and fairytale figures. These are great for helping us retell stories and make up some of our own. We're all excited about what else we'll be learning this half term as we continue with our topic of fairytales, castles, knights and dragons!

This afternoon we learnt some facts about England. First we tried to find it on a map of the world, which was difficult! We learnt where the UK is and that England is part of it - we already knew where England, Wales and Scotland are in the UK because last term we did weather forecasts using maps of the UK (do have a look at our finished weather reports on our blog if you haven't yet!). We learnt that the capital city of England is London, that the Queen of England is called Elizabeth II and that the river that runs through London is called the Thames. We also looked at pictures of London and talked about them. These included red telephone boxes (quite a few of us weren't sure what those were!), the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament and Tower bridge. We also learnt about transport in London, looking at pictures of black taxis, London buses (Matthew told us all about his trip around London on an open-top bus), and the London Underground.

How will YOU be celebrating St George's Day?

Egg rolling and egg hunt

This morning we had our annual egg rolling competition in the churchyard - well done to Harrison and Olivia who were our nursery and reception winners!

After that we had our Easter egg hunt in the playground and bark area - the children all had a great time looking for the eggs and as always the bigger children were terrific at taking care of the younger ones.

This afternoon is our Easter service in the church and then we'll be enjoying the egg hunt in the churhyard organised by FOGGS before heading home for the Easter holidays. On behalf of everyone in Nursery and Reception - Happy Easter!

Making chocolate nests

This morning we have been making chocolate nests for our mini eggs. We had to weigh the ingredients and follow the recipe so we knew what to do.

We had to break the chocolate up into pieces. This makes it easier to melt.

We had to crush the shredded wheat so it was in fine shreds.

Miss Ayres melted the chocolate over a pot of hot water. We stirred it to make sure all the pieces had melted! 

Then we poured the chocolate on the shredded wheat and mixed it all together.

We put the chocolate mixture in cake cases and made a space in the middle. Then we put our mini eggs in. We have put our nests in the fridge to set overnight and we're going to eat them for our snack tomorrow!

The Easter Story

This afternoon we have been learning the story of Easter and thinking about which parts of the story are happy or sad.We talked about what makes us feel happy or sad and thought about Jesus and his friends were feeling at different times in the story. We made faces that showed a happy face on one side and a sad face on the other side. We put them on lolly sticks and turned them around to show either a happy or a sad face. Then we listened to the story again and held up our faces, showing whether Jesus and his friends felt happy at that time in the story, or sad.

And now for the weather...

In reception we have been working hard on our weather reports, developing our speaking skills and learning about parts of the UK, different types of weather and temperatures. We've also been thinking about ways of making our weather report more interesting, for example, saying there's a "chance of showers" rather than just "it's going to be rainy."

Here are our final weather forecasts!