Reception have been focusing on the book ‘The Enormous Turnip’.
This week, we have crafted turnips, measured objects around the classroom using runner beans and have created our own nature collages. We even had a go at role playing pulling the enormous turnip!
Our highlights of the week have been playing tug of war and growing our own runner beans.
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