Blog Author: Miss McKendrey

Well done to all the children who have earned reading stripes this week and over the half term holiday for reading five days or more each week. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations to this half term’s reading stripe winners who have read at least five times a week for the last eight weeks! Everyone else who had earned some reading stripes over the last eight weeks got a sweet as a reward. Let’s see if everyone can earn more reading stripes over the next half…

Reception visited the ‘Time To Get Up’ exhibition at The Beacon today. Alan told us the story ‘The Smartest Giant’ then we explored all the activities in the exhibition. We had great fun dressing up, role playing, problem solving, drawing, writing and playing musical…

Reception had lots of fun in the sun this afternoon learning some basic cricket skills from some members of the Egremont Cricket Club. Afterwards they found out more about the sport in an interactive assembly.

This week Reception have been exploring the school grounds to look for minibeasts. They used their observation skills to identify what they found.

Today we released our butterflies after four weeks of nurturing them from baby caterpillars to cocoons then finally to butterflies. We have learned so much from watching them grow, develop and change.

After nearly four weeks of waiting, the first butterflies emerged from their cocoons today. The children were full of awe and wonder at what they saw. They can’t wait for the rest of the butterflies to emerge over the coming days.

Reception went to visit Strudda Farm to learn about the different animals on the farm and where our food comes from. The children used their senses to explore different grains and foods before using them to make cow sandwiches. They went in the trailer to see them being fed to the cows in the…

Following on from our work on the Easter story the children designed their own Easter Prayer Gardens. They researched different styles and how they could help others to reflect. The children created their Easter Prayer Gardens at home. Thank you for the wonderful effort they put in. We absolutely…

This morning the children had their faces painted with Easter designs or a design of their choice. Then we went on an Easter egg hunt. Everyone enjoyed eating their eggs afterwards.

This week Reception have been taking part in some Easter activities in class: decorating the Easter tree, making Easter gardens, painting Easter pictures and decorating Easter shapes using the collage materials.

The rainbow reading rewards has started again for the new term. These children have read at least five times in one week or both weeks of the holiday from school. What a great start! I wonder who will be the winners this half term?