Blog Author: Mrs Palmer

Reception have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and reading the story, ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’. We then created our own art using pegs, cotton wool and paint to make a colourful caterpillar. The children added legs and they are now proudly displayed on our ‘Growing’ display. 
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Reception celebrated St George’s Day, who is our class saint by wearing red. We made our own St George’s flags and created a mask from the story of St George, a dragon, a princess or his horse. We learnt about his life and how he was a good man. We also created the cross from the flag with our red…

This week we have had the Beebots out in the provision with the children learning how to give the Beebot instructions to move around the map. This included using vocab such as forward, backwards, right and left. We have also been using the 2simple city on Purplemash to create our own gardens and…

Reception took part in an Easter egg hunt and ran around our outdoor area looking for chocolate eggs. They found plastic eggs filled with chocolate, chocolate foil eggs and even marshmallow bunnies. Lots of fun even in the rain! 
 

Our Reception and Nursery 1 children took part in our annual Easter Bonnet parade by singing some Easter songs and parading in our Easter hats, that had been made at home. Parents and carers came to watch us too. 
 

Our Reception and Nursery 1 children took part in our annual Easter Bonnet parade by singing some Easter songs and parading in our Easter hats, that had been made at home. Parents and carers came to watch us too. 
 

Our Reception chicks have been growing and growing each day and are now free to explore. They love eating greens and toast and we have been learning how to look after them including giving them food and clean water. 
 

Reception went on a trip to Muncaster Castle to see the owls and birds of prey. We went climbing and sliding up in the quarry and had a turn on the giant swing. The lovely owl handlers from Muncaster Castle set up an owl show for us to watch, with lots of owls showing us how they can fly including…

This week we had our special delivery of chick eggs. They arrived and were put into the incubator until they hatched. 9 of them hatched through the night, but the last one hatched when the children were in school and they got to witness the hatching of a chick. Now they are in their own chick box…

In Reception we have been learning how to use a hammer and nails safely. The children put on their safety clothes such as a hat, googles and vest. They then learnt how to hold the nail correctly and hit it with the hammer without hitting their finger. Lots of construction workers in the…

We celebrated World Book Day in Reception by dressing as our favourite book character or in pjs. The children brought a book to share and we played a game of guess the character by listening to clues from different traditional stories and guessing the correct character or object. In the afternoon…

Continuing our team games in PE, Reception played their first game of dodgeball. The children were split into teams and the rules were explained. The children then had to hit the other team with the ball or they were out. Lots of skills were used, such as team work, avoiding the balls and throwing…