Blog Author: Mrs Palmer

In Reception our class saint is St George. On the week of his feast day, the children learnt about St George and his life. They then made an England flag, which is the flag that represents him. 
 

In Reception we have had some eggs that we have been looking after. We watched the eggs hatch into chicks and have been feeding them, cleaning them and holding them. The children have been learning about the life cycle of a chick too. They have had lots of fun in our Reception class and have now…

We had our EYFS Easter Bonnet parade with Reception and Nursery 1. The children had all made an Easter hat at home to wear. Parents were invited to come and hear the children sing a few Easter songs and join in the parade around school. We had coffee, cake and biscuits after too. 
 

In Reception we were learning some new D&T skills using different tools. We used a hammer to hit a nail into wood and also use pliers to pull the nail out. We learned some safety rules and wore protective goggles too. 
 

Reception had a visit to the library bus to change the books that we got last term. They each chose a book to read on the bus and then the librarian read them a story. At the end she let the Reception children scan their own books out. With a little support using the scanner they scanned the books…

Reception went on a trip to Muncaster Castle while learning about our topic of animals. The children had an owl experience where we learned all about owls and they even flew over our heads. We also had lots of fun on the adventure park, the giant swing, yeti quarry and in the maze. A fun day was…

For the week of World Maths Day Reception were learning about 3D shapes. We looked at a cone, pyramid, cube, cuboid, sphere and cylinder. The children played guess the shape by putting their hand in a bag and feeling the shape without looking, found 3D shapes in our classroom and also made…

After reading our story of the week ‘Dear Zoo’, the children were given clues that we had to read to help them find the missing animals. The children worked as a team to find them all and even stopped the Big Bad Wolf from eating the puppy! The children came in dressed as their favourite character…

Some of our Reception children went to St Benedict's and took part in an obstacle course competition with some other schools. The children had to use their balance, agility and team work skills to complete the course. They took part in lots of different ways to exercise and learned new skills.…

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…

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…

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.