Blog Author: Mrs Palmer

We had Fran from the charity, ‘Mary’s Meals’, deliver our school assembly to tell us all about the charity. We learnt all about the great work they do with all their donations and how we could help in the future, even by just sharing their story. This is something our Ethos group will support with…

This week Reception have been learning about St Francis, as his feast day is on the 4th October. We learnt that he loved all of God’s creations and cared for our environment. We talked about how we could show love and care for animals and then made our own animal homes that could home an animal.…

Reception have been learning how to keep a rhythm in music by clapping our hands or tapping our knees. We learnt the song, ‘Pat a cake’ and some actions to match. We first did this on our own and then found a partner to do the actions with. The children really enjoyed the partner game where you…

Our Reception children have been exploring colours this week and learning how to make new ones. They chose two colours and mixed them together to make another colour. We also learnt how to wash our brushes too after painting with one colour and before choosing another one.
 

Our new Reception class have enjoyed learning in our indoor and outdoor provision this week and getting to know our new classroom and routines. We read the story of ‘The Colour Monster’ and joined in with lots of number rhymes. We also played with the Beebots and started to learn some new sounds…

Look how much our Reception children have grown in a year from their first week in Reception to their last. Good Luck in Year 1!

Reception had a fun day on our trip to Walby Farm park. We played on the indoor wooden castle, firing balls out of canons and sliding down slides, played in the indoor ball pit, go karting, sledging and even trampolining. We also got to see some animals on our tractor ride and in the barn. What a…

Reception have been recapping on all our Maths learning from this year. One area we have particularly focused on this term is number bonds to 10. The children created their own number bonds using cards, including using the add and equals sign. Great Mathematicians in Reception!
 

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Our Nursery children enjoyed a ‘move up day’ into Reception. We read some stories, made pirate hats and drew self portraits and explored the provision. We had lots of fun getting to know Mrs Palmer, Mrs Bear and Mrs Leslie. 
 

In Maths this week we have been continuing our work on positional language and giving directions. The children made their own small world structure and added people and animals. They then sat on either side of the structure, picked a character and told their partner where it was using positional…

We had a visit from ‘Bees in the trees’ for Reception and Nursery. The beekeeper taught us all about drone bees, worker bees and the queen bee. The children learnt all about larva and pupa and how the eggs develop. We then looked at what bees eat and the children got close up view of the bees. 
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As the end of the Summer Term approaches we have started our transitions from Nursery to Reception. Nursery came for a visit to Reception and played in our indoor and outdoor provision. We also had our Reception children model how to play with equipment and show them around the classroom. Lots…