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9 February 2024

Celebrating pancake day in Reception

To celebrate pancake day Reception joined up with Nursery to make and eat some pancakes. We had toppings of strawberries, syrup, chocolate spread, marshmallows and bananas. Back in our class, we learnt that pancake day is also called Shove Tuesday and that it makes the beginning of Lent. 
 

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9 February 2024

Learning about Chinese New Year

In Reception we were learning about Chinese New Year and that the symbol of the dragon was lucky. The children made their own moving dragons using a join fold. We learnt that if we were born in 2018 we were the year of the dog and if we were born in 2019 we were the year of the pig. We also learnt…

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9 February 2024

Building on our gymnastics skills in Reception

In Reception this half term we have been building on our gymnastics skills. We have learnt how to do a tuck, pencil and straddle hold and how to do a tuck, teddy and forward roll. We then moved on to learning how to do a pencil, twist and star jump and finished the half term with different ways to…

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9 February 2024

Reception’s worry worms

As it is Children’s Mental Health week, we have been talking about our worries. The children were introduced to some worry worms and told that if we held the worm and tell them our worries, we can talk through the worry and make it go away. Some children were worried about nightmares they had had…

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8 February 2024

Safer internet day Reception

In Reception we read the story, ‘Chicken clicking’ about a chick who spends all the farmer’s money without his permission online and then goes to meet someone they don’t know and have met online. We talked about the rules of being safe online and what we should do in certain situations and that we…

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4 February 2024

Reception visiting church

In Reception we have been learning about different religions and places of worship. We looked at pictures of a church and the features they have inside and outside. We then went on a tour of our church next door, St Mary’s to look around inside. We looked at the statues, altar and big windows and…

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4 February 2024

Henri Matisse Art in Reception

In Reception we were learning about the life of the famous artist Henri Matisse. The children then created their own art work using their imagination linked to this week’s story of ‘The Wonder’. They created some fabulous art using all their own ideas. 
 

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2 February 2024

Number Day in Reception 2024

For Number Day in Reception the children dressed in their own clothes with a number on or number theme. We have been learning about higher and lower numbers and have been playing the game, ‘play your cards right’. We played the game first in teams and then we played boys versus girls. The children…

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1 February 2024

Learning about St Bridget in Reception

Reception were learning about the life of St Bridget on her feast day. We learnt about the importance of the cross, which is represented on our school badge. The children then made their own version of the cross using peg boards and pegs. 
 

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31 January 2024

Reception Class Learn about the Hindu Faith

Reception class welcomed Sarika and Deepak today. They came to help us learn about Hinduism. What is means to be a Hindu and about where in the world it originated. We were fascinated to learn about all the different parts to being a Hindu. Deepak showed us videos and pictures of temples and of…

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29 January 2024

Wheelchair basketball in Reception

Reception had the opportunity to take part in wheelchair basketball with a coach. We learnt how to turn and go backwards and forwards and even crash into others! We then had a turn at trying to score the basketball into the net. It was enjoyed by all.

 

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25 January 2024

Looking after our mind and body

As well as learning how to keep our body healthy, Reception have also been learning how to keep their mind healthy. We talked about how it was good to have a couple of minutes of peace with some relaxing music on and to think of your favourite things in your mind. It was the quietest the class has…

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