Blog Author: Mrs Palmer

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…

In Reception we have been learning about time such as using timers and ordering things in a sequence. To end the week we made a numbered sequence of how to make toast in order. The children then followed this and made their own toast, including spreading their own butter and cutting the toast into…

In Reception we have been learning how to play team games in PE. The children were split into two teams with one team turning the cones one way and the other team having to turn them back. We then counted up how many each team had at the end and one team was the winner! We learnt how to play as a…

In Maths we have been learning about time and how time can be measured. We talked about the order of the day and how we sequence time and how things change. We then looked at the changes in ourselves over time and how we are very different to when we were a baby. Some of the children brought in…

To celebrate pancake day Reception joined up with Nursery to make and eat some pancakes. We had toppings of strawberries, syrup, chocolate spread, marshmallows and bananas. Back in our class, we learnt that pancake day is also called Shove Tuesday and that it makes the beginning of Lent. 
 

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In Reception we were learning about Chinese New Year and that the symbol of the dragon was lucky. The children made their own moving dragons using a join fold. We learnt that if we were born in 2018 we were the year of the dog and if we were born in 2019 we were the year of the pig. We also learnt…

In Reception this half term we have been building on our gymnastics skills. We have learnt how to do a tuck, pencil and straddle hold and how to do a tuck, teddy and forward roll. We then moved on to learning how to do a pencil, twist and star jump and finished the half term with different ways to…