Reception

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!

All of the Infant children had the opportunity to stay after school for a Friendship Disco as part of our Anti Bullying Week celebrations. It was so lovely to see the children enjoying being in the company of their peers and friendships. What fun they had as they danced, sang and shared a snack…

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…

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. 
 

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. 
 

The children have been reading the story of Funny bones in class and talking about our bodies. They then made their own skeleton art using craft straws. They made the big skeleton, the little skeleton and their favourite the dog skeleton. 
 

In Reception we have fun outside in all weathers. There is no such thing as bad weather when you have the right waterproofs and wellies. The children had lots of fun in the rain and even turned it into soapy rain water. 
 

In PE the children have been dancing to different rhythms and music using our dance scarves. The children moved the scarves to the music and also worked in partners to create some rhythm dancing. 
 

In Reception we have been learning about the topic, “Me and my family”. The children then made their own families using pebbles. They then talked about who was in their family too. 
 

Lots of fun and learning has been happening in Reception as our new Reception children settle in to the new routines and provision. 
 

Reception’s end of year trip was to Rookery Wood in Keswick. The children got to play on the adventure playgrounds which included big slides, climbing nets, balancing beams and even a castle and dungeon. The children also got to try some archery and look for wildlife with binoculars and magnifying…

To finish our topic of, ‘Commotion in the Ocean’, Reception went on a trip to St Bee’s beach. As the tide was in they got to play on the stone beach and throw some pebbles in the sea and look for shells. We saw lots of seaweed and even the skin of a sea snake. We then went to Hartley’s for an ice…