The children have been very busy this week , learning about Diwali (the Hindu Festival of Lights). As part of our celebration topic we are learning about how do Hindus celebrate Diwali. We have read the story of Rama and Sita and are currently creating diva lamps with salt dough. On Friday we will be making coconut sweets which is a tradition during Diwali. We can’t wait!

Reception have been making our own poppies in respect to remembrance Sunday.

Last week the children made clay pumpkin pots, the pots are being displayed outside Miss Prior’s office. The children did very well mixing red and yellow paint together to make orange as well as using their fine motor skills to mould a pot from clay.

The children have been having lots of fun so far. They  have been placing the bones on each other , making stick skeletons and cutting and sticking funny bone skeleton characters back together.

We are very excited to have the children back after the half term. This is the type of activities we will be completing when returning back to school, as well as lots of activities outside too!

Please make sure Reception children bring there autumn treasure bags on Monday. We will be discussing what the children have found and will be using them in our outdoor mud kitchen, To create witchy brews.

Our children were really focused making  a witch’s cave, they were experimenting with lots of different materials . Take a look!

Next week the children will be reading room on the broom, ready for Halloween time. We have decorated the classroom with lots of witch’,s and wizard things. If you have anything you would like to donate to make our learning areas even better, we would gladly appreciate it!

We can form numbers using play-dough, see if you can have a go at doing this at home. You might want to use salt and sugar to draw the number or shapes too.

Play dough recipe:

200g flour

200g salt

100g water

Food colouring or paint

Mix together to form a dough.