Rabbit Class
Autumn 1 – All About Me
This term our topic is 'All About Me' were we will be learning a great deal about ourselves. We will have many opportunities to talk about our families, our feelings and discuss how we are different from each other and how we are similar. We will be celebrating what makes each and every one of us unique and special! There will be a focus on settling the children into their new environment, both inside and outside the classroom, and helping them form new friendships with their classmates. We will be learning to recognise and write our names and will be learning about our bodies, exploring our different body parts and painting self-portraits using mirrors and paint.
Autumn 2
Our topic in Reception for this half term has been ‘Celebrations and Festivals’. This has included looking at how and why people of different cultures and beliefs celebrate various events including birthdays, Bonfire Night and Diwali and Christmas. We have thoroughly enjoyed learning about these celebrations and festivals and marking these occasions:
Bonfire Night – We learnt all about the Gun Powder Plot and Guy Fawkes and got creative making firework pictures using paint, chalk and glitter. We had fun exploring a firework themed dark den with torches, and making firework biscuits.
Remembrance Day – We learnt that Remembrance Day is on the 11th November each year and Remembrance Day is a day in which we think about the soldiers who fought in wars to help keep us safe. We participated in a two-minute silence and got creative making poppies, wreaths and painting poppy fields.
Diwali – We enjoyed learning about the story of ‘Rama and Sita’, we had fun re-enacting and retelling the story using puppets and role play masks and tea-light candles. We thoroughly enjoyed creating our very own salt dough divya lamps that we took home, we also created henna and Rangoli designs and made Diwali paper lanterns.
Birthdays – We spoke about our birthdays and the ways in which we celebrate the occasion with our families, we made birthday cards, playdough birthday cakes and cupcakes. The children had fun engaging in their very own birthday parties in our role play area and we baked birthday cupcakes.
Christmas – currently exploring – update soon
