Blog Author: Janine Brady

We are so proud of all the children in Reception. They have settled into Reception life so well. They have been exploring their new environment and making lots of new friends. Keep up the great work Reception!

This week the children in Reception have been completing their maths topic of visualise, build and map. The children have been looking at items from different angles and describing where an item is.The children were amazed to hear that for one child, an item was in front of a block, but from where…

What a fabulous day to end our Aspirations week. The children came dressed as their dream job and we had a visit from Skelmersdale fire station, Dan from LFC Health and Safety and an amazing artist. Dan was so impressed with the children's questions, he gave away 4 LFC stadium tours, how lucky are…

This week in PE Reception have been practising their jumping skills, jumping the correct way with their feet together and landing on two feet at the same time. They have also learnt the difference between long jump and high jump. 

#enjoy #embrace #evolve

This week the children have continued to learn all about sea pollution. They created their own fish in the creative area showcasing what would be in their stomach if they swallowed the wrong things and also wrote all about what they could see in the sea that doesn't belong there. 

#enjoy…

This week Reception have been learning all about recycling and how we can save the planet. We read the story 'Somebody Swallowed Stanley' all about a plastic bag that ends up in the ocean, we looked at the consequences of this and decided to do something to help. We went litter picking around…

Reception have been focusing on the story Bee and Me. They realised that the book had no words, the children had to summarise each picture using hashtags. They thought about what was happening, what they could see and the feelings and thoughts of the characters within the story. In provision they…

So far this week in Reception, we have been learning all about doubling numbers, we had a game of doubles bingo and we were fantastic! we have also been learning all about sharing, we had to figure out if a number was odd or even. We now know that if we have an equal amount between two groups the…

Reception have continued their learning about farm animals. We spoke about different animals and what they give us. We then looked through the photographs from our school trip and spoke about what we did, putting our events in order. We then wrote a recount of our trip. Over the past two weeks we…

Wow! What a day Reception have had at Farmer Teds. Mingling with the mini beasts, stroking guinea pigs, grooming pony's, sheep and birds of prey shows, climb and slide, toboggans and jumping pillows just to name a few! Well done Reception on your very first school trip, you made us all proud and…

This week Reception have #enjoyed learning all about the farm ahead of our visit to the farm this week. The children have been mixing colours to create their own farmyard animal and writing about where the animals live/sleep on a farm. They were very excited to practice their milking skills as we…

Reception have loved reading the story 'Meerkat Mail'. We have been learning all about the desert and located the Kalahari Desert on a map. We have also been learning what a postcard is and we had a visit from Sunny the Meerkat. We wrote a postcard to Sunny's family to tell them all the fun things…