Blog Author: Janine Brady

Reception were so excited to discover that Santa had been to our class whilst we were having lunch, he left us lots of pictures of him playing within our classroom. We noticed that he had a box wrapped up in Christmas paper, so we looked around and found a special delivery. Inside was the story of…

Reception have been in the festive spirit this week! We have been making our own snowmen using a range of resources, becoming elves in Santa's work shop and working hard to following instructions to draw a penguin #enjoy #embrace

Reception have been learning all about the composition of 4 & 5.The children have worked hard to develop their skills in seeing which numbers are used to make numbers up to 5. We have also been learning about pattern and rhythm during our computing session. #enjoy #evolve

Reception have #enjoyed the story 'Little Red Riding Hood' this week. The Wolf ate all of Grandma's food, so we decided to write a new shopping list for Little Red Riding Hood to collect for her Grandma. We have also enjoyed making axe's for the Woodcutter and playing in our new roleplay area…

Reception loved her visit from Pudsey Bear on Friday. We looked at how the event helps lots of children all over the world. We spoke about how we can support the children and their families #enjoy #embrace #evolve 

Reception came into school to find a giant castle floating in the clouds. They quickly discovered that the castle belonged to the Giant from the story Jack and the Beanstalk. The giant was so angry with Jack for taking some of his belongings, that the Giant decided to take some of the letters from…

This week is Anti-Bullying week, which works great alongside our PSHE lesson this week, 'I'm Special, I'm me', which helps the children to understand that being different makes us all special and it is ok to be and do different things to the people around us.  The children in Reception read the…

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 poppies and spoke about a time when we have been brave. We also…

This week Reception have been learning all about Diwali, during our computing session, we created our own rangoli patterns. We have also been learning all about Bonfire night, we used different tools to create our own firework pictures and spoke about the importance of being safe on Bonfire night.…

Reception had a great Halloween party day! Lots of dancing and they enjoyed creating their own potions #enjoy

Reception have been learning all about representing the numbers 1,2, & 3. We have played lots of games to practise this skill and Reception are pros! well done! #enjoy #evolve

Our focus book this week is 'The Little Red Hen'. The children started their week by listening to the story and using props to retell the story. The children were great at remember the key vocabulary. The children then helped the hen to bake some delicious bread, the children had to gather the…