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15 February 2023

Gymnastics skills in Reception

While half of our class went to a sports competition, the other children practised their gymnastics skills from this half term on the apparatus. We used skills such as balancing, jumping and climbing. The children have been perfecting their skills over the last few weeks and have really built up…

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10 February 2023

We are all connected

As it was Mental Health Awareness week we read the story of, 'The Invisible String' in Reception, which is about how we are all connected by invisible strings to the people we love. The children then said who they were connected to. We played a game of passing a hoop around the circle without…

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3 February 2023

Making shadows in Reception

In Reception the children made their own shadow puppet animals. They drew and cut the shapes out and we then made shadows by using a torch and projecting the shadows on to the board. 

 

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27 January 2023

Learning about Chinese New Year

In Reception we were learning about how people celebrate Chinese New Year. The children made a moving dragon and we learnt that dragons are good luck and bring power and strength to people. The children used good scissor control to cut out the dragon and we used some joining techniques to make…

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16 January 2023

Planets and rockets

In Reception we have started to learn about the topic of 'Space'. The children have been learning the names of the different planets and making them in the right colours with collage. We now know that Mars is the red planet and it is hot and Neptune is a cold planet and it is blue. The children…

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16 January 2023

Reception visiting church

In Reception we have been learning about what happens in a church and what we might find in there. We went for a visit to our church next door, St Mary's. The children enjoyed learning about the pews and altar and also looking at the different statues and candles. We were very quiet inside and the…

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13 December 2022

Reception's Nativity- The Innkeeper's Breakfast

Reception performed their class Christmas Nativity- The Innkeeper's Breakfast. They did a fabulous job and we are so proud of them! We know all our parents and families enjoyed it too. 

 

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13 December 2022

Reception visiting Pony pals

Reception were invited to go and visit Lexi's farm and meet some of her ponies and other animals. We started with a frosty walk and then got to meet some ponies and brush them. The children also fed some ducks and met the newest additions of the farm, some kittens. Thank you to Lexi's Mum for…

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5 December 2022

The Gingerbread man

In Reception we read the story of the Gingerbread man during our topic, 'Once upon a time'. The children retold the story, acted it out and we then made our own gingerbread man. These ones had no chance to run away though as the children had eaten them all up!

 

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16 November 2022

Using our senses in Reception

In Reception we have been talking about some of the different senses we had such as smell, touch, taste, hearing and sight. The children were given some different foods to smell, taste, touch and look at. We described them using words such as soft, hard, strong, tasty and sour. The children…

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6 November 2022

Bonfire night celebrations in Reception

In Reception we celebrated Bonfire night by having some sparklers and firework fun. The children all had a sparkler and we had some fireworks with Nursery. We also had some hot chocolate and biscuits and learnt all about being safe on Bonfire night. 
 

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1 November 2022

Spooky time in Reception

In Reception we had a spooky day on the last day of half term. The children came in their spooky costumes and we played games and had some food. We also joined Nursery in the afternoon for ,pre games and to celebrate a birthday with a pumpkin cake. 
 

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