Reception

After reading the story of ‘Chicken Clicking’, the children in Reception drew the chicken and wrote a rule about being safe on the internet. They also did a Dojo task at home, recapping on the story and writing some rules of how to keep safe, including not buying all those…

After reading the story of ‘Mr Wolf’s pancakes’ in English this week, we had our own pancakes with jam or chocolate on them. We thought the story was very funny, when the wolf gobbled up all the characters and then the pancakes too!

On Friday 7th February,  the Reception class enjoyed a visit from Mr and Mrs Chaudhary to learn about the religion of Hinduism. The Reception children gained an insight into Hinduism, the Gods and Goddesses, places of worship and the life of a Hindu person. Mrs Chaudhary wore a beautiful sari,…

Reception Class enjoyed Number Day today. They all brought in a donation for this worthy cause. 

To celebrate St Bridget’s Feast Day, the Reception children wanted to create flowers in St Bridget’s colours to give to the parishioners. The children delivered these to church themselves and the parishioners were amazed at what a beautiful job they had all done. They will be in the back of church…

Reception were delighted to receive their Reindeer Run certificates and medals for being super fundraisers. They were thrilled to find out how the money they raised will help other children in need. 

Reception enjoyed learning that Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday celebrated among Chinese people. They enjoyed learning how people get their homes ready for the celebration. Reception watched some traditional Chinese dragon dancing and then created their own dragon crafts. Everyone loved…

Reception enjoyed a wheelchair basketball session, learning how to move the chairs, go backwards and forwards and move around the hall. They even had a turn at using a ball to shoot it into a net. They had lots of fun when they learnt how they could move faster by using their hands on the wheels. 
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During our topic of Space we have been learning about astronauts and aliens that appear in stories, such as ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’. The children have then been creating their own model clay aliens. We are currently at the stage of waiting for them to dry, so we can then paint them and create…

This week in our collective worship we have been learning about being thankful. The children shared what they are thankful for and turned on their lights. We then had some reflective time thinking about all the good things we have in life. 
 

This half term, Reception have a football coach each week. This week we have been learning how to control a ball using little kicks and how to pass it to a member of our team. Great start Reception! 
 

Our Reception children did an amazing job of performing their class Nativity, ‘Little Blue Star’. Well done!