Badger, skunk and anteater

In the story Lourenço brought to school today there was a badger.
Because a badger (texugo) is not a familiar animal I showed them a photograph. (below)



 Maria said it was a skunk (hence the next photo)
  










We talked about what a badger would eat and it got called an anteater.
So out comes a photo of an anteater!
I explained how the anteater uses its long nose and long tongue to collect the ants.
Lourenço said: Eia, parece um aspirador! (it is like a vacuum cleaner).

Can you talk about how these animals compare to each other?
In what way are they similar? How do they differ?

Playing with sounds

In the last couple of days we had 2 fantastic spelling contributions

ielo by Rodrigo  (yellow)

apul by João  (apple)

This means they have used the sounds they know and have attempted to spell the words on their own. :)

This is a bear!

All the bears have now finished their card bear in a forest of painted trees.
They look so good on our wall.
You will be able to see them tomorrow when you come to the information
evening at 18.00.

This is Suhani's bear walking through the trees.

Ted's first adventure

Ted went to the beach this weekend.

Ted wore a helmet when he went cycling.

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock 1912-1945, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. 

Reception Bears explored some of Jackson Pollock's techniques.

They used words such as: drip, pour, splash, action painting, squeeze....

as well as revising the names of colours.

Jackson Pollock considered the whole canvas important.

The children filled the whole screen with different colours at:

www.jacksonpollock.org (scroll down to get full page)

First rhyming words of the year

We wrote some words that rhyme with the sound "at."

Can you think of any more?

Welcome to Reception Bears 2014

It was so nice to see the children after the Summer holidays. They have grown so much!

Today, among sharing their holiday news and exploring the new classroom we read this story together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9w2We3_RM0


Today was a great start to the new year!