Welcome to Reception at Camelford Primary School
The Eden Project
Today we went on a trip to the Eden Project to learn about bees and the role they play in helping plants.
We started by thinking about all the different foods we eat and how many different colours they come in. We can eat a rainbow of food. We then set about sorting the foods by colour and created a giant class, food rainbow. Then we became bees taking the pollen to all the different flowers.
After our work shop, we went and explored the rainforest biome. We looked and the different sizes and shapes of the leaves and flowers. We even found some wildlife: chicks, geckos and a green lizard.
After lunch, we went in the nature garden and made colour pallet using all the different colours we found there.
Looking after our school
We have been learning that we have a very important job to do in looking after our world. We decided to look after our school by picking up the rubbish.
Celebrating World Book Day
Exploring our local town
We went on an adventure to our local town. On the way we looked at the different shops and building and discussed what they might be used for.
Mrs Rabson even told us what they use to be when she was our age.
Road safety
We made sure we, 'Stopped, Looked and Listened,' for cars.
We used the zebra crossing.
Making sure we stayed on the pavements kept us safe.
We used the traffic lights to ask the traffic to let us cross. We pressed the button and waited for the green man to tell us it was safe.
We found a Gallery
We an artist sells their work.
Fruit and Veg
Mrs Rabson used to buy fruit and vegetables from My Grandad at this shop.
School uniform
This is where Mrs Rabson used to buy her uniform from my Gran.
Estate Agent
This is where you can buy a new house.
Piano
We enjoyed having a go on the piano.
The Chapel
This is where Gill comes every Sunday.
She told us how she sings hymns, says praise and meets with friends.
Some of us come here for Messy church.
Crosses
We counted 10 crosses in the chapel.
Bridges
We found 13 bridges on our walk.
This one has the River Camel flowing under it. Thats how Camelford got it's name ... because of the river. This river flows to Wadebridge and then to the sea.
Photos from the past
We looked at some old photos of the bridge and played spot the difference.
Trip, Trap, Trip, Trap
We trip, trapped over this wooden bridge like the Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Luckily there was no troll underneath.
Spring
As we walked through the park we searched for signs of spring. We found buds, flowers, blossom, nests, birds and tadpoles.
There we some tadpoles and fish in the pond.
Pretty primroses
We found some wild garlic. It didn't smell very nice
Post Office
We had so much fun we wanted to tell our families about it so we all went to the Post Office to buy a stamp.
We asked polietly for a second class stamp.
Posting our Post cards
Walking to the post box
We walked to the post box to post our postcards.
We hope they arrive over the holidays!
St. Piran's Day
We listened to the story of St. Piran, learnt some Cornish words (dydh da) and made some cornish flags.
Spring!
We had such fun exploring the woods looking for signs of spring!
It was exciting to see lots of buds on the trees!
We talked about all the changes that we had noticed.
Team work!
After finding a real nest in the woods, some children decided to make their own nest. We added some little chicks!
Making 10
Part whole models
We used part whole models to find different ways of making 10.
Frogs
How many of the 10 frogs can we get in the pot in 1 minute.
Then we could work out how many were in the pot and how many weren't. Our numberbond song helped with this.
Trolls
In maths we used out counting skills to make a picture of the troll. The clues said how many teeth, eyes, hairs and warts it had.
Three Billy Goats Gruff
We listened to and retold the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff
Troll Hunt
We had pieces of trolls and we hunted through our woods to find them. We used our descriptive language to describe and explain how we knew we had found our troll.
Team work
We worked together to build a bridge that went over the river.
Camelford Leisure Centre
Keeping our bodies fit and healthy
We visited the local sports centre and went swimming.
We started our trip with some games and activities in the sports hall. Then we got ourselves changed and went in to the pool. For some of us this was the first time we had ever been.
We met Ali who asked us some water safety questions and then she taught us how to enter the water safely. We had great fun getting use to the water, playing games and jumping in.
When we got back to school we wrote about the different things we had done.
The importance of being calm, relaxing and getting lots of sleep
Mental Well-being
Today we learnt about taking care of our minds.
We read a story the story about 'Trumpet: The Little Elephant with a Big Temper and discussed the different ways the characters tried to stay calm. Then we explored some ideas of our own.
We visited the Sensory Room, listened to some calming music and watched the patterns of lights. We discussed how this made us feel and all decided that it would be a good place to visit if we were anxious or angry about something.
Then we visited Mrs Nayeb and Winston. Mrs Nayeb explained how Winston can help her feel calm and likes to give him a little cuddle if she feels sad. She then told us some of the ways she helps children to feel calm and happy. We enjoyed listening to the Garden of Dreams story.
We also had a go at some Yoga with Cosmic Kids. This helped us to think about our breathing as well as doing movement to help us relax.
We also decided that reading a book and colouring can help us feel calm.
A visit from Matt and Sam
Camelford Up and Running
Matt and Sam, from Camelford Up and Running, came to tell us how they keep healthy. They told us how they had ran every day for 760 days and how this helps them feel happy and healthy. We played an alphabet game where we had to think of something healhy to eat for each letter of the alphabet. Then we went for a run with them.
We encouraged each other, using thier moto, 'No-one is left behind!'
When we came back in to the classroom we had a healthy snack and talked about the importance of having a go and not giving up. They showed us lots of different medals people had recieved for doing just that. Matt and Sam said that because we had a go at their running games and hadn't given up, we could all keep one. Now when we look at it we will remember their visit and the importance of, 'having a go!'
Exploring Winter
Exploring the ice
We went outside to discover where ice had formed.
We discussed the risks of breaking ice and the dangers of standing and walking on it.
We talked about how it feels and what it looks like.
After exploring winter in our garden some of the children decided to make snowflakes using playdough!
Tasting Turnips
Sequencing the story
These busy learners worked togther to sequence and retell our story of 'The Enormous Turnip'. They worked well together: discussing the order of the pictures, developing the ordinal lanaguage and using lots of story language to retell different parts.
Making Turnip Soup
The Enormous Turnip
We retold the story of 'The Enormous Turnip' and discussed the moral of the story: If we work together we can achieve anything. These busy learners decided to work together and draw a picture of the Old Man's House. It was great to hear them taking turns, sharing ideas and negotiating where to put what.
Observational Pictures
As part of our healthy eating the children were challenged to do observational pictures of healthy fruit.
They looked carefully at the shapes and colours and then tried to reproduce it using oil pastels.
A visit from our school cook
Healthy Eating
Lyra (our school cook) came to visit us. She told us all about the healthy food she serves us and why it is important to eat a variety of healthy food.
We had the chance to try food we had never tried before.
Hanukkah
The Hanukkah Mice
We read the story of Hanukkah Mice and then set about making our own house for the mice. We had to think carefully about which materials we used and how we put them together.
Dreidels
Spin the Dreidel
We played spin the dreidel.
First we took 3 counters.
Then we spun the dreidel to see if we won one or lost one.
The first one to 5 counters wins.
Preparing for Hanukkah
We prepared our home corner for Hanukkah. We made Hanukkiahs and the Star of David.
Latkes
We used our chopping, grating, measuring and mixing skills to make traditional latkes. We also enjoyed eating them.
Diwali
Rangoli Patterns
We worked in teams to complete rangoli patterns and used them to decorate our home corner. They welcomed people to our home.
Mehndi
We used our fine motor skills to design our our mehindi patterns.
Diva Lamps
We made our own diva lamps from clay.
Diwali Party
After we had decorated our home corner, we wrote invitation to invite people to our Diwali party.
Remembrance Day
Printing poppies
We panited poppies on our hands and printed them on a piece of paper. When they were dry, we cut them out and made them into a wreath to lay at our school's service.
We thought about what we were thankful for and wrote it on the leaves.
People who help us!
During the first part of the Autumn term, we investigate and discuss the people around us who can help.
Then we drew around a green triangle to make the leaf.
Shape Poppies
We used triangles and circles to make our own poppies and then sold them in our home corner. The money goes to the injured soldiers.
First, we carefully cut 1 large red circle and 1 small black circle.
Superhero- Police Officer
We were very lucky to have two Police Officers visit us at school. We learnt about the different ways that they can help. We even got to explore and sit inside the police car!
Superhero - Firefighter
We went on a trip to Delabole Fire Station to meet some real firefighters. They taught us what to do if we find a fire, how to call them as well as showing us all the equipment they have. We also had a go at using the hose, sitting the the fire engine and using the walkie talkies.
Who helps us at school?
We thought about all the different people we had met during the first few weeks at school and what they had done to help us.
Mrs Nayeb
We visited Mrs Nayeb to find out how she can help us if we feel a little sad or upset. She also explained that she likes to hear about all the exciting things that are going on.
Ms Lea
We interviewed Ms Lea to find out all the things that she can do to help us.
Winston
Winston is a school dog. He helps by listening to the things that make me sad. He also helps me learn to read, I can read to him!
Repeating Patterns
We even used musical instruments.
We have been learning to develop and create repeating patterns in our maths. We used unifix, pegs, actions and things from the woods (conkers, leaves and sticks).
We used actions.
The Little Red Hen
We use the story of The Little Red Hen to help think about the importance of helping each other. We use talk for writing and develop our own version encouraging children to become authors.
Who will help me grind the wheat?
We carefully took the spikelets of the ears and ground them between 2 stones to find the flour.
Who will help me bake the bread?
Children looked at recipes and followed a simple one to make thier own bread.
The Little Red Hen - Our Version
We worked together to innovate the story of The Little Red Hen
First we changed the characters - a sheep, a unicorn and a wolf.
Then we changed what Little Red Hen made - Apple Crumble! YUM!
We shared our stories with Mrs Cannon
I'm an author
I wrote my own story.
First we picked the apples.
Picking apples to make our delicious apple crumble!
Which one is bigger?
We used our maths skills to compare the size
Then we peeled and chopped the apples
Next we made the topping
Then we sprinkled it on the top
Finally we put it in the oven
The Dot
Mark Making and Fine Motor Development
We use stories wherever possible to engage children in thier learning. During transition, we use the story 'The Dot' by Peter Reynolds to encourage children. We discuss the characteristics of the characters and how we should, ‘have a go!’
Children are encouraged to develop fine motor skills both in the classroom and the outside area. We use a variety of resources and activities to do this in order to engage them and allow them to be confident writers.
Gross Motor Development
From the start, children in Reception develop thier gross motor skills in a variety of ways. These activities are also designed to develp positive characteristics of learning, communication and collaboration.