Reception Bears 2014: 2015

Wednesday 1 July 2015

Quinta do Seixo

Our end of year trip.

The day started with some traditional games:

Jogo da Malha'

Sweets in flour

A real egg on a spoon

Sack race

Pick your own raspberries

Lunch time

Cleaning our teeth after lunch!

We had some time on the slide.

During the night these turkey chicks hatched.
You can still see the egg shells.

Feeding the goats. The kid just watched.

This was a lovely ride!

A peaceful walk to end the day!

What a long day! - What a great day it was!

Today, D. Manuela from Quinta do Seixo, taught us how to clean our teeth with Sage.
We all rubbed our teeth and agreed on how smooth our teeth felt.
Dhruv was impressed and asked if they would smell like that forever.

You can find the answer in the video

Saturday 27 June 2015

The Lighthouse Keeper's lunch

The story: (click on the image)

Reception Bears walked down to the
Forte de São João da Foz to understand
the importance of a lighthouse on the safe
navigation of ships and sailboats.

After the walk, nothing like a lighthouse keeper's sandwich.

Now, some time for sketching.

All done for today,
we are on our way
back to school.
We were able
to name the landmarks
in this shop window.

These were some of our sketches:

by Lourenço

with sound effects
by Maria

with the brick work
by Constança

an aerial view
by João

Our pictures, in colour, back at school

High in the Sky

Where does the sky start? Where does the sky end?

Who cannot remember folding

paper planes as a child?

Form 5 B

Form 5 B prepared a session with stories and role play situations to help Reception think how they could be better friends.

Thank you

Viarco and Paper Mill

Viarco
is possibly the smallest pencil factory in the world.
We were able to see the various stages of pencil making (as they were made 100 years ago.

Find out more here

The responsible
for keeping this
project a
living
museum.
Thank you

Museu do Papel
On the same day, we visited the The Paper Mill,
where we could see how paper used to be made.
It is a beautiful place, renovated with care.
We wished we could have stayed there longer.

The water that makes the mill go round

The materials used - cloth made from natural fibers

The drying room was followed by the packing and paper bag making areas.

We will need to go back to see how paper is made today!

Sports Day 2015

These are some of the photographs on the day

The obstacle dressing up race

The papparazi came to report on the event

Set on the finish line!

Like mother like daughter!

Our iron on badges

There was also a very sweet victory here:

"So the last shall be first..."

slow motion - pause just before the end

Thursday 18 June 2015

Curls

We were painting today. The paper curled and I took the opportunity to show how we could flatten it again.
Someone asked what 'curl' meant.
I explained, giving several examples, one of which was:
João has curly hair.
Dhruv asks, "Did you go to the hairdresser to make the curls forever?"

Thursday 11 June 2015

I want to be...

Suhani was helping another child with some maths and I asked if she wanted to be a teacher. She answers, "No, I want to be a hairdresser."

João makes the comment: "I want to be a teacher."
I asked João why he wanted to be a teacher and his answer was:
"I like to learn." (that is the best answer and I do agree, we learn all the time)
Zé Pedro, "I want to work at McDonald's
Grace said, "I want to be a doctor."
Maria said, "I want to be a teacher too."

Lourenço without being asked said, "I want to be a boy."