Reception

Reception looked fantastic in their Halloween costumes today. They had great fun taking part in many Halloween activities indoors and outside: painting Day of the Dead skulls, creating Halloween pictures, collecting spiders in the Finger Gym area, fishing for phonemes in slime and making gruesome…

Reception went on their first visit to Egremont Library today. The librarian, Anne, showed us all the different types of books we could borrow from the library then she told a very exciting story. All the children had a good browse through the books and chose one to take home and share with their…

Reception have been learning all about the season of Autumn. They have been on an Autumn hunt in the school grounds to find some evidence of things that are changing. They found many leaves of different colours, shapes and sizes along with some seeds that have fallen to the ground. They have been…

Reception made the most of the sunshine on Wednesday  and went outside for P.E. They showed good teamsmanship while playing multiskills games.

Reception have been practising their letters and sounds in the phonics area. They have also been working on writing their names using correct letter formation.

Reception enjoyed their first visit on the library bus this morning. They thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the books there were to choose from. They can’t wait to visit Egremont library later this term.

Reception have been working on counting objects with accuracy today. They iced biscuits then decorate them using a given number of sweets. They really enjoyed eating them afterwards.

We introduced mud to our new mud kitchen today. The children had great fun mixing water and mud to make mud pies.

Reception are learning about themselves in R.E. In their first lesson they have been thinking about their first and family names. They made paper bag puppets of themselves as well as making their name using playdough, paint, construction, magnetic letters and pencils. Some children chose to…

This week Reception are beginning to learn about Jesus during their daily prayer and liturgy time. They have been thinking about who Jesus is and how he is always with us. We thanked Jesus in prayer for this and asked Him to help us learn more about Him. They can’t wait to find out more about…

Reception made an excellent start to their Mile a Day Challenge. They showed great determination and spirit with all children running nonstop for five minutes. Let’s see how many miles they can do this school year!

Our new Reception children are settling well into school. They are thoroughly enjoying exploring all the equipment in the new outdoor play area.