Blog Author: Janine Brady

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…

Reception have been learning how to count to 20 and beyond and learning all about which numbers are needed to make numbers to 20 and beyond. They have also enjoyed the story Tiddler, learning and writing all about animals under the sea and pointing out the ocean on a map. 

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Over the past 2 weeks Reception have been learning all about skipping & hopping and how to negotiate space. They have been learning all about direction and moving in different ways. They were very excited learning how to complete different types of rolls and jumps too.
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Reception have been learning all about the Jungle. We read the story Monkey Puzzle and compared the jungle environment to our environment. There were lots of differences. We drew lots of different things that we could remember about the jungle and labelled them. We then looked at a Jungle…

Reception have been learning all about Spring and the story of Easter. The children enjoyed a nice walk looking for signs of Spring, they then wrote about what they could see. They have been retelling and sequencing the Easter story using props. They have enjoyed playing with our lavender…

This week Reception have been learning all about number bonds to 10 using 2 and 3 parts. The children have enjoyed exploring the different ways to make 10 using different coloured counters. They have also been learning about doubles to 10 and now understand the concept of doubling and the fact…

Reception enjoyed celebrating World Book Day. The children came dressed as their favourite character and brought their favourite story to school. They read Elmer and the Patchwork story and did lots of activities relating to this story. They then enjoyed using different pictures to create their…

This week Reception have been putting their skills to the test. Mrs Brady set up a circuit to give the children an opportunity to test their throwing, climbing, balance and jumping skills. Some found balancing very hard but their friends were there to give them a helping hand.

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Reception have had a very special delivery of duckling eggs this week. They have been so excited to watch the ducklings hatch. They have learnt all about the life cycle of a duck and named each feature using the correctly vocabulary whilst creating their own playdough ducks.

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This week Reception have been talking about their senses. We looked at which senses we used when trying new food. They designed, made, then wrote about their own pancake. The children described how their pancake tasted, we had lots of funny facings when trying the lemon juice. They have also been…