Date: 06/11/26

The Star of the week/Ser yr Wythnos this week is:

RR: Leon: Super pictures in Drawing Club

RR: Xena: Being a good friend

RL: Taha: for his readiness to learn, really wanting to do this weeks writing task

Kindness Cup: 

The Welsh Speaker of the week/Siaradwr yr wythnos this week is:

 RR: William: for answering Sut wyt ti? in lots of different ways

RL: Orla for her enthusiasm for responding in Welsh

Reception Weekly News

Drawing Club

This week in Drawing Club, we have been reading Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pieńkowski. We drew Meg, a moonlit meeting place, Meg and her friends eating breakfast, and then designed exploding potions in a cauldron! We explored exciting vocabulary such as gleaming, concoct, devour, contribute and scramble. We love using these new words in our conversations and play.

We also helped Meg write a shopping list for her potion ingredients and discussed how we use lists in real life, such as for shopping, planning Christmas parties and remembering important things.

Maths

In Maths, we have been talking about what makes a circle and a triangle, focusing on straight and curved lines. We explored real-life examples of shapes and discussed why some shapes are not quite triangles, for example, shapes with one curved side.

We have also been learning about different ways of making 1, 2 and 3 by combining two sets. We were also inspired by Kandinsky and made some artwork with circles, that now decorates our corridor. 

Understanding the World

Mrs J taught us about how people celebrate Diwali, she showed us how colourful the celebrations are and how they use light and candles called diya lamps. We drew these and made different artwork for fireworks night. 

We have been on more noticing walks, looking for signs of seasonal change around us. We found lots of different-coloured leaves and noticed that some trees still had leaves while others had lost them all. We talked about how the weather is changing and how these changes feel on our bodies. We discussed the changes we need to make, such as wearing warmer clothes and preparing for wetter weather.

We will be learning more about Autumn next week. If you are out and about, please collect and bring in a selection of fallen leaves for us to use in our learning. Thank you for your support!

Have a great weekend, 

The Reception Team