This term's focus is about how things move, including objects, animals and people.
Week 1: The Reception students played musical statues individually and then with a partner. Students observed and identified what parts of the body voluntarily stops and what parts of the body involuntarily move.
Did you know that limbs stop and eyelids involuntarily move?
The Reception students observed and identified things that move in the classroom and around the school. Check out the examples:
Week 1: The Reception students played musical statues individually and then with a partner. Students observed and identified what parts of the body voluntarily stops and what parts of the body involuntarily move.
Did you know that limbs stop and eyelids involuntarily move?
The Reception students observed and identified things that move in the classroom and around the school. Check out the examples:
Week 2: The Reception students looked at different toys and identified how each toy moved. For example, toy cars roll, yo-yos spin, balls bounce, and some toys have buttons to press. Check out some examples:
Students in room 24 played on the playground equipment and observed, identified and described what parts of the body were moving. For example, you move your arms, legs and bottom whilst sliding down the slippery dip.
Check out some examples:
Check out some examples:
Week 3:The Reception students worked in pairs (speaker and manager roles). The students looked at a variety of toys and tested to see if they rolled easily or not and described their reasons why. For example, a shoe did not roll easily as its base was flat, unlike a ball which did roll easily as it is round. Check out some work examples:
Week 4: The Reception students worked in pairs and investigated how toy cars rolled on different surfaces, such as grass, concrete, sand, carpet, lino, plastic,corrugated cardboard and a ramp. For example, did the toy car roll on the grass easily or not easily and why?
Check out some work examples:
Check out some work examples:
The Room 24 Reception students then measured and recorded, with streamers, how far the toy car rolled on the different surfaces, eg, grass, concrete, sand, carpet and lino. Check out some examples:
The Room 24 Reception students reviewed how their body moved on the playground. They completed their artwork displaying this movement. Check out the slide show:
Week 7: The Reception students investigated how animals move. For example, cheetahs run, rabbits hop, fishes swim, spiders crawl, birds fly and dogs and cats walk, run and jump. Room 24 students investigated how fast or slow animals move. For example, snails and turtles move slowly, and hares and cheetahs run quickly. Check out some examples:
Week 9: The Reception students reviewed the term's inquiry and drew their favourite parts.
Week 10: The Reception students moved to music acting like different animals, small and large.
Week 10: The Reception students moved to music acting like different animals, small and large.