Blog Author: Janine Brady

This week Reception have been learning all about 4 sided shapes. They have explore composing and decomposing shapes by folding different shaped paper. They now understand that shapes can have other shapes within them, 'look 4 little squares make one big square'. 'Two rectangles make a square'. The…

The children have been learning how to represent 4 & 5 and 1 more/1 more less. They arranged the stones into different ways such as 2&2 and 3&1 to represent 4. They then made birthday cakes and used the candles to represent how old each of Mrs Brady's friends were using their birthday cards. The…

Reception have been learning all about space. It began when a rocket ship crashed on the school grounds. The children read the story Whatever Next and they believe the rocket belongs to the bear. The children helped sequence the story and and wrote a list of objects of what they had found from the…

oday Reception really did 'Make a noise' about bullying. The children took part in odd socks day to celebrate what makes us all unique! They had a short discussion about how they would like to encourage kindness in school. They made a list of words,
the children split up into small groups and had…

We have had a very busy week learning all about different celebrations such as Remembrance and Diwali. We marched in the hall like a soldier and thought about a time when we were brave. We learnt all about Diwali through dance. We have also been learning about the composition of numbers to 3 by…

Reception have been learning all things Autumn. They have loved singing Autumn songs and enjoyed playing the instruments alongside their singing. The children have identified that Autumn is one of our four seasons. They started by exploring the Autumn items they collected with their families. They…

Reception #embraced their amazing day spent with Pearl of Africa choir. They enjoyed their morning activities which included learning about Uganda and Africa. During the afternoon the children showed off their dancing and singing skills and loved learning how to play the drum. What an amazing…

This week we found some magic beans in our classroom, there was lots of discussion as to where they had come from. 'It must be Jack, from Jack and the Beanstalk' the children said. We found the book and shared it together. We had a great idea to plant the beans, but first Mrs Brady wanted to see…

Reception have enjoyed the story 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. It all started when we discoverd the Three Bears in our classroom. We decided to make some more porridge with the bears to encourage Goldilocks to come back. The children followed instructions of to make porridge, then added their…

This week the children have enjoyed the story Elmer, they have created their own patchwork art. The children have also enjoyed playing lots of different matching and sorting games! 

#enjoy #embrace #evolve

This week Reception have been learning all about each other, each others families and talking about our emotions using the story 'The colour monster'. The children have enjoyed lots of different activities, but particularly enjoyed listening to instructions of how to draw a robot. Wow look at…

The children have settled so well into their new class. They are enjoying making new friends and exploring their new environment. We are so proud of you all! 

#enjoy #embrace #evolve