The Pond

World Book Day!

We loved wearing our favourite character costumes for World Book Day today!

We re-visited lots of the stories we have learnt so far in Reception by playing with story puppets and following story maps.During wet play time, we sat in our circle and shared a book with our friends whilst drinking our milk and eating our fruit.We also took part in our whole school book spine competition. We carefully decorated a book spine with our favourite book in mind. We can’t wait to see who the winners will be!

Internet Safety

On Tuesday, it was Safer Internet Day. We listened to ‘The Adventures of Smartie the Penguin’ and helped him to make the right choices on the internet. Some of the problems he encountered included unwanted pop-ups, viewing the same content as an older sibling and reading unkind messages when gaming. We learnt a rhyme to help us remember to ask for help and never try and sort it by ourselves. “Before you tap and click click click, you need to stop and think think think and…tell someone!”

Carrot Soup

We listened to the story of Carrot Soup by John Segal – a tale of a rabbit who planted some carrot seeds only to discover that somebody had stolen them! In actual fact, the ‘thieves’ are rabbit’s friends who secretly took the carrots to make soup for rabbit as a surprise for his birthday. We then thought it would be kind to make our own carrot soup for Rabbit Class as a way of giving thanks for all their help in the nativity performance. (We kept it as a surprise, just like the story!)

First, we read through the recipe so we knew what ingredients and equipment we would need. Then all washed our hands thoroughly with soap. We then worked in our mini-beast groups to peel and chop the carrots before adding them to the slow-cooker, along with the garlic cloves, onion, vegetable stock and a pinch of black pepper. We had a feel and a smell of each ingredient – some children thought the onion smelt spicy! We then had to be patient and wait for 3 hours for it to cook! Once the vegetables had softened, we then watched Miss Leach use a hand blender to make the mixture smooth. After that, we had a chance to taste our soup that we had made – it was delicious!

Finally, we invited the Rabbits down to our classroom and SURPRISE, they saw the carrot soup waiting for them on the tables. They were very grateful – some even went back for seconds!

We have really enjoyed cooking today! What will we make next?

Odd Socks Day

Ducklings have been thinking about Anti-bullying Week.

We chatted about what bullying is, how we can ‘be the change’ and make the right choices and what to do if you see someone being bullied.

We know all about being a kind friend, including others in our games and sharing a smile. We also listened to the song ‘Choose Respect’ by Andy and the Odd Socks – please take a look on YouTube!

Check out our vibrant and unique odd socks!