Reception
13.09.24 - Reception Class started full time from Friday 6th September after two days of part time and they have settled incredibly well! In Reception Class, each term they base their learning around a topic. This term, their topic is called ‘Marvellous Me’ and they have been learning about each other, their similarities and differences, their families and how to be a good friend. This has linked well with the children learning about the school values of ‘Thoughtfulness, Knowledge and Inclusion’. The children have been showing kindness, teamwork and learning and demonstrating a range of skills, including taking part in our onsite Forest School. Well done Reception Class, an amazing start to the school year!'
16.07.24 - Reception Class enjoyed their trip to the beach yesterday, even with the down pour just before they headed back to school. They were all fantastic and made us very proud, well done Reception 👏 😁🏖
21.06.24 - Reception Class have a new topic this term - 'On the Beach'! They have taken part in lots of learning opportunities so far such as making their own seaside in a bottle, creating their own beach scenes outside and then writing about them, making pirate ships, as well producing some amazing writing about what they can see on the beach and under the sea! Well done Reception Class!
15th May 2024 - Reception Class have been continuing with their Ready Steady Grow topic and have been learning about fruit and vegetables and where they come from. They have written about their favourite fruit and vegetables, sequenced and written instructions to make vegetable soup and then helped to prepare, make and (more importantly), taste the vegetable soup!
8th May 2024 - The children in Reception Class have been learning about May being the month of Mary! They wrote 'thank you' on flowers to say thank to Mary for giving us Jesus and then put them on our altar with Mary and said a special prayer to her. 🙏
7th May 2024 - Yesterday, Reception class carried on with learning about Jack and the Beanstalk. They had a letter from The Giant asking the children to help him to measure his footprints to help him buy some new shoes! The children used different items to measure the footprints, showing great teamwork! They also listened to a different version of Jack and the Beanstalk called Jack and the Baked Beanstalk. The children then came up with their own versions of the story and wrote/drew what they could find at the top of the beanstalk instead of a castle. Lots of wonderful imaginative ideas! The children also enjoyed the sunshine, using lots of maths resources from their new maths shed outside and planting some seeds in their Understanding the World area. A brilliant sunny day with lots of learning 😀 🌱☀️
3rd May 2024 - Reception Class have been continuing their Ready Steady Grow topic this week by using the story Jack and the Beanstalk. They have been learning about measuring in different ways in maths, including measuring beanstalks with cubes. They have been using their gross motor skills, as well as teamwork and communication and language skills to make a castle for the giant. They have been improving their fine motor skills and expressive arts to cut out and create their own story scene for Jack, as well making their own beanstalks with a range of materials and tools. They have also been improving their reading and writing skills to write words, captions and character descriptions from the story using their phonic knowledge. Lots of learning opportunities! Well done Reception Class!
17th April 2024 - Reception Class have started a new topic this term - Ready Steady Grow! They are starting the topic by looking at life cycles and they have their very own caterpillars to look after and watch transform into butterflies in their Curiosity Corner! They have been learning about the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar and learning the different stages of a butterfly life cycle. They also received a letter from the butterfly, asking to write down the foods the Hungry Caterpillar ate, we had some amazing pieces of writing! Well done Reception Class!'
20th March 2024 - Reception and Nursery made the most of the beautiful weather this afternoon and took part in lots of learning activities outside! They were exploring with water, showing great teamwork in the construction area, using a range of resources to write and draw in the literacy area, looking at books in the reading area, being creative in the mud kitchen, as well as a variety of other activities. We look forward to more sunny learning opportunities outside ☀️📚✏️🛠🧽'
18th March 2024 - Reception Class really enjoyed their Road Safety Talk this week and learnt how to ensure they Stop, Look, Listen, Think, and Hold Hands with a grown up when crossing the road
12th March 2024 - As part of British Science Week, Reception Class took part in an experiment sent to them by Humpty Dumpty! He wanted their help to find him something to put under his wall incase he fell again so that he would not break! The children looked at different items made from a range of materials, predicted whether Humpty Dumpty would crack if he fell on the different materials, and then tested them with hard boiled eggs! Their results showed that it was only the pillow and bubble wrap that would stop Humpty Dumpty from cracking! They all had great fun with their EGGperiment! 😁🤭🥚'
Around The World Day - 8th February 2024 - Reception Class enjoyed learning about Poland for our Around the World Day today. They were able to try some traditional Polish food as well as decorate eggs which is a Polish tradition. They then enjoyed an afternoon of celebrating the end of their topic 'Wonderful World' for Share the Learning and had a table of activities for each country that they have learnt about this term!
8th February 2024 - For Children's Mental Health Week this week Reception Class spent the day thinking about different emotions using 'The Colour Monster' book. They made their own colour monsters and wrote what emotions they show. Then, in the afternoon they turned their classroom into a spa! They started with calming stretches and giving each other back massages and they all said something good about themselves. They then had calming music on whilst reading books, taking part in more Colour Monster activities and soaking their feet in foot baths! They all felt very relaxed! 😌
6th February 2024 - The children in Reception Class have been learning all about Chinese New Year! They started off by learning lots of facts about how people celebrate Chinese New Year and about the story of the Chinese calendar and that this year is the year of the Dragon! The children learnt about the lucky red envelopes that people receive on New Year's Day, and they had to hunt for these envelopes in the playground to find a word inside to read! They then wrote captions for Chinese New Year pictures. In the afternoon they had lots of Chinese New Year based activities too including writing Chinese numbers in sand and writing their own notes to put in red lucky envelopes!'
1st February 2024 - Reception Class had a very special delivery on Monday - nine chicken eggs! Yesterday and today they have been hatching! Reception and Nursery were able to take it in turns to hold a chick this afternoon! The rest of the classes will also have the opportunity to come and look at and hold the chicks next week - how EGGciting!!'
