Blog by Tag: Reception

A fun time was had for Reception who had a Friendship Disco with year 1 and 2. They enjoyed dancing, the disco lights and a quick snack. What wonderful times to share with their friends. 
 

Reception came to school in blue or in their own clothes to support Anti-Bullying week. They talked about how they can be good friends and what to do if they ever need help. Everyone is looking forward to the ‘Friendship Disco’. 
 

Reception have been learning about the Advent Wreath. They found out that ‘Advent’ means getting ready for Christmas and that the Advent Wreath is used in church to to count down to Christmas by lighting the candles. They found out about the different coloured candles used and their meaning.…

Reception got the chance to visit the library bus this week and choose and share some books together, as well as choosing some books for us to read in class. They also got to have a story time session. 
 

In Reception we celebrated Bonfire night by learning about how to be safe around fireworks and sparklers. We then had our own sparkler using a carrot as a handle and then joined Nursery to watch our own firework. We finished the day with a hot chocolate and a biscuit.

As it is the month of October, Reception have been learning about what the rosary is. They learnt that we use rosary beads and say prayers for each bead. The children also learnt that the rosary is said to Mary and one of the prayers is the Hail Mary. They then created their own crafts of Mary and…

After learning about the Hindu festival ‘Diwali’ the children created some Rangoli patterns using watercolours.  They learnt that the patterns can be placed outside homes to welcome visitors and to bring good luck. 
 

This week we have been busy in the provision learning to count during our play. We have been focussing on recognising numbers and representing them and learning that anything can be counted. We have been making sure that we count one to one to get to the correct number of objects. Super Maths…

Reception Class have been on their very own Bear Hunt today. We repeated phrases from the story e.g.: ‘What a beautiful day! We’re not scared!’ 
We discussed the vocabulary: over, under and through and sequenced the events from the story. Most importantly we discovered the Bear hiding in his…

This week Reception Class have enjoyed learning about repeating patterns. To complete the week and consolidate their learning, they made fruit kebabs using their own repeating patterns. The best part was eating them at the end! 
 

Today in R.E. Reception learnt about welcoming others. They talked about how they greet their friends and family when they visit their homes. Reception learnt to use the word ‘welcome’ and talked about what it means. They enjoyed role playing welcoming each other and staff into class. Reception…

This week Reception have been learning about St Francis, as his feast day is on the 4th October. We learnt that he loved all of God’s creations and cared for our environment. We talked about how we could show love and care for animals and then made our own animal homes that could home an animal.…