Reception

This week we have listened to and retold our own version of Traction Man.  We loved the descriptions of the ‘evil pillows’ and the ‘poisonous dish cloth.’  We have made superheroes out of 2D shapes and weighed and measured pictures of superheroes.  We have learning through play outside using every…

Today we have thought about mental health.  We talked about not being able to put a plaster on it when we are sad, worried or scared.  We learnt about talking and some more mindfulness activities like mindful eating.  We thought about how amazing we all are and have made some Marvellous…

Random Acts of Kindness

The children in Reception have risen to the challenge of carrying out a random act of kindness each day!  They have prepared celebrations for their pets, made cups of tea for their parents, cooked food, made cards, written letters and helped with the house work.  They…

Reception Children create VE Day Bunting

Throughout School Closure the children have maintained strong links with school on a daily basis!  We were keen to make sure we were able to celebrate this very special historical event and so the challenge set for the Reception children was to create…

We are so lucky to have completely new furniture in our classroom.  We also have lots of new toys to help us with our learning.  We are having lots of fun and enjoying ourselves!  Thank you!

We have had lots of fun going on shape treasure hunts.  We then made shapes out of pasta and marshmallows - it was a sticky, tricky business but we really enjoyed it and we learnt all the shape names.  We even tried to make a circle from the pasta but soon realised the pasta needed to be soft to…

We have had lots of fun learning about the Julia Donaldson stories.  We looked at the Gruffalo and made some Gruffalo crumble.  Some of us thought it was delicious, some of us didn’t like it at all!  We acted out the rhyme about the big bad mouse too!
 

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Our Reception class did two performances of their play ‘The Bossy King’. Their families thoroughly enjoyed the show. There are certainly some stars for the future in this class.

This week Reception have been doing some super Maths work. They have been making 2 digit numbers, counting objects such as counters and dinosaurs and even practising their number formation. 
 

Nursery and Reception celebrated Bonfire night in Nursery. We had fireworks and sparklers on carrots outside and then came inside to warm up with some hot chocolate and cake. Happy Bonfire night!

Reception had a fantastic morning at Strudda farm with Farmer Kev! They learned lots about local farm life and animals. They were able to meet some animals, ride on the tailor, dig for potatoes and lots more. 

Reception enjoyed a multi-skills session with Dan during their P.E. lesson this week. They practiced chasing, balancing and changing direction.