Blog Author: Janine Brady

This week Reception have been learning all about space, we learnt new words such as Astronaut, gravity, force and adventure. We learnt all about Neil Armstrong and role-played him walking on the moon and created our own rockets and made them fly. To finish such a fabulous week, we had our own…

Today Reception #embraced the snow. We made some amazing snowmen, painted the snow then experimented how long the snow would stay in our hands before it melted.

#enjoy

This week we are taking part in Anti Bullying week 'Choose Respect'. Today we took part in odd socks day. Mrs Brady explained that today we are wearing odd socks to show we are all unique and different. We celebrated our differences and showed kindness and respect to each other by listening. We…

Today Reception were suprised to find that a rocket ship had crashed in their outdoor area, they checked the CCTV and this is what they found! They found a book called 'Whatever Next' which they enjoyed reading, they think the rocket belongs to the bear. They wrote a list of some of the items they…

Reception have been learning all about Remembrance Day. We watched a beautiful animation, which sees war as experienced by animals. We discussed how the animals felt and learnt all about why we wear poppies, we then created our own hand print poppies and spoke about a time when we have been brave.…

Reception have been learning all about the history of bonfire night. They have enjoyed exploring reading and writing through Halloween and Bonfire themed challenges. 

#enjoy #embrace #evolve

During maths, Reception children have been looking at patterns. They looked at different types of patterns and designed their own T shirt, this moved onto AB patterns eg red,blue,red,bue etc. The children have worked hard to figure out what comes next within a pattern using objects and used the…

This week in PE Reception have been learning how to walk & run negotiating space, avoid obstacles & change direction accurately.  They have been learning to run in & out of objects with increasing confidence, walk forwards, backward, left & right and be able to stand on one foot for a short period…

Today the children were sent a challenge from Red Riding Hood as she couldn't find her way home. The children had to listen carefully as Mrs Brady spoke in Fred talk (sounding out each sound in a word eg c-a-t) the children had to then say the word eg cat. They then the found the corresponding…

Today the children returned back from lunch to discover that their role-play area had been cordoned off. They were trying to figure out what had happened. They looked for clues... 3 beds, a broken chair and 3 bowls of porridge, however, the small bowl was empty. Some children said 'It's…

This week the children have been learning through the story 'Elmer'. They have looked at the characters feelings within the story and retold the story by sequencing pictures. They have also been exploring colour mixing, and using their colours to create their own patch work elephant. 

This week in Reception we have been learning all about each other and our families. We spoke about who we live with and have drawn some amazing pictures of our families. We have also read the story 'The Colour Monster'. We watched different clips from some well known Disney movies and discussed…