Today was our first school trip in Reception and we took all of the children and 17 of their family members to Harlow Carr in Harrogate. The children loved looking out for signs of Autumn; collecting leaves in our leaf boxes and building a winter house for the hedgehog. After a lunch in the sunshine we enjoyed some time playing in the Logness Monster playground and creating some Autumn pictures!
At ACE we have carefully woven the history of notable BAME people through our general history, however during Black History Month we also take a pause to consider individuals we may not previously have heard of or know about. In Reception we looked at 3 notable inventors : Philip Downing who invented the post box; Garrett Morgan who invented the modern traffic light and Patricia Bath’s laserphaco probe.
We encouraged the children to come up with their own inventions in the DT area! Madina designed her own laptop and phone with a case designed to carry and protect it!
We also learnt the African folk tale of how the giraffe grew his long neck! We re-enacted this in our story heroes session and the children made their own drawings and stories from our inspiration.
We’ve been very enthused by our mark making this week in red room. From big patterns, stories, huge watercolour marks and pictures we’ve been very excited to get involved which is so fantastic to see!
