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! 

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. 

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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Who will help me knead the bread?

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. 

Somebody Swallowed Stanley!