Last week we had some baby caterpillars in Reception. We have been watching them over the week and can’t believe how big they are getting. We will continue to observe them and let you know what happens next with them!

During the last couple of weeks we have been reading stories which have included different fruit and vegetables. We have learnt the names of some of these that we didn’t know before, used pastels to draw a bowl of fruit and explored some fruits and vegetables by cutting them open to see what they look like on the inside. Some children were even brave enough to taste them.

This week we have been reading the story Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French. We have talked about growing vegetables and what all plants need to grow. We found out that cress doesn’t have to grow in soil as long as it is planted on something that can absorb water and be kept moist. We have started to grow some cress in school and are looking forward to observing the changes of the seed as it grows.

We have been looking at changes in Science. We discussed what happens to water when we put it in a freezer and then the children had the challenge of turning the ice back into water. Most children tried to use their hands because they said their hands were warm. Some children said a towel would be warmer and melted the ice cubes by holding them in a towel.

The next task the Reception children were given was to see what would happen to  sugar cubes if they dropped water onto them. The children had lots of fun with our experiments.