Reception- Dinosaurs and Easter

This half term has been very exciting in Reception, we have learnt about a variety of different celebrations and countries.

Another learning topic that has sparked the children’s curiosity has been dinosaurs. They have not only learnt about different dinosaurs and their diets but have also demonstrated a deep understanding. They learnt that carnivores have sharp teeth in order to only eat meat and that herbivores have softer and blunter teeth to help them chew plants and leaves. We also learnt that omnivores mean they eat both.

We also learnt about human diets. We learnt about our diets as humans and discussed some people are vegetarians like herbivores and some are omnivores and eat both. We also discussed if we were carnivores we would feel sick eating meat all day.

In literacy, the children had the opportunity to be exposed to writing in a fun and interactive way through ‘Drawing Club’, which ‘opens up the magic world of tales and story to children whilst at the same time enriching their language skills, developing their fine motor and sharing really special time with them’. Drawing club, as the name suggests, starts with a drawing focussed on the character, setting or event. Then, through focused writing practice, children learn the joy of writing, using phonics and the conventions of a sentence. This half term we focused more on non-fiction texts. The children learnt how to draw dinosaurs and write facts about them.

What The Student Says

'I love making fossils and dinosaurs!' -RAP child

'Dinosaurs lived many years ago in a far away land!' - RAP child

'Muslims celebrate Eid and Ramadan!' -RAH child

'Jesus came back to life after 3 days out of the big rock!' - RAP child

'In Easter people go to the church and eat chocolate eggs!' - RAH child

'In Lunar New Year people celebrate the new year!' - RAP child

'In winter everything freezes and becomes white!' - RAH child

'In Italy they have pizza every day!' - RAH child

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

What have we learnt:

  • How to speak to unfamiliar adults to promote oracy
  • Key facts about Italian culture
  • Explored a kitchen, spoke to a chef, and tried home made pizza at an Italian restaurant
  • Focused on similarities and differences between dinosaurs features from the past and animals in the present
  • That dinosaurs have different diets- carnivores, omnivores and herbivores
  • Researched a well-known scientist- Mary Anning and her study of dinosaurs
  • Go on an archaeological dig to find fossils
  • Created our own dinosaur fossil
  • Baked our own dinosaur biscuit, following a recipe
  • To use story maps to re tell a fairy tale
  • To use actions to retell a story

What the Teacher says

It has been so wonderful to see the beautiful progress that every child in Reception has made this half term. It has been lovely to see how their enjoyment of learning is reflected in the work they produce in everything they do! I have enjoyed seeing them learning about Winter, Italy, Dinosaurs, Easter, Eid and also celebrating Children's Mental Health week by making purple bracelets! I have been so excited and proud for everyone!

The progress in Writing and Reading this half-term has been phenomenal! Well done, Reception! 

Miss Papa

RAP Teacher

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