Blog Author: Jane Maloney

Reception passed round Jigsaw Jenie and shared what they do at home before they go to sleep (bedtime routines).  They discussed what time do they go to bed.  I'm happy to say that most of Reception get lots of sleep and go to bed nice and early.   They talked about their nighttime routines and if…

Reception have been very busy exploring their natural environment around them.  They have been talking about what they could see, hear and feel and drawing what they could see.  They discussed changes in the environment; how there were small signs of new life growing and how they were excited to…

Reception are becoming super chefs! Strawberry cheesecake was on the menu this week. Their presentation was beautiful and they tasted delicious! 

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Reception have been searching for signs of spring. They were excited to find tiny worms when they moved rocks but were very careful and aware that they should not remove them from their habitat. So, Reception made their own worm habitat with the help of some long spaghetti and soil.

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Reception joined in with our who school Alice in Wonderland themed World Book Day.  Reception's focus chapter was 'Who Stole the Tarts?'

They enjoyed sequencing the main parts of the story and writing about their favourite part.  They made some magic potions with some colour mixing and put some…

What a perfect spring day for celebrating Shrove Tuesday. There were pancakes everywhere! 

Reception enjoyed the most scrumdiddlyumptious pancakes for dessert after lunch, they had even more pancakes for their afternoon snack, but don't worry, they worked them off with a good old…

After reading Mr Wolf's Pancakes, Reception used Mr Wolf's recipe for the perfect pancake mixture.  They measured the flour, carefully poured the milk and whisked it all together.  

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Reception have been using inspiration from one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of Australian art - artist Emily Kame Knqwarreye, an Aboriginal Australian artist from the Utopia community in the Northern Territory. 

Reception made expressive paintings with a range of…

Reception have been matching to find and make pairs.  They arranged quantities into pairs and began to notice that some quantities have one left over.  Reception enjoyed playing the Noah's Ark memory game and putting the animals in the ark 2 by 2.

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Reception have been excited to hear all about Digi Duck!  

Digi Duck and friends explained about always asking for help if something pops up on their screen.  They discussed how important it was to ask permission before downloading something new and that they must keep their passwords to…

Happy Chinese New Year!

Reception have started their celebrations with some delicious traditional food for lunch.

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Reception are continuing to learn all about Chinese New Year and when Chinese families in China, the UK and around the world, get together to celebrate. They discussed the days coming up to New Year where every family buys presents, decorations, food, new clothes and people have their hair cut.…