Blog Author: Jane Maloney

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.…

Reception have been developing their observational skills by looking at the changes in ice.  They have observed the changes in the seasons as they recognised frost and ice in their outdoor area.  They worked cooperatively with their friends and discussed how the ice was changing throughout the…

In RE, the children have been learning all about and discussing celebrations. They looked at a map of the world and were supported in identifying the UK and China.  They listened to the story of 'The Great Race' from China then retold the story, remembering the main events. They enjoyed acting out…

Reception have thoroughly enjoyed fantastic gymnastics!

They have moved safely and confidently, used their eyes to concentrate on searching for a sensible space, changed their speed, level and direction when travelling around and recognised how their body feels when exercising.  Not only did…

Reception have worked their socks off today!  They've discussed and observed floating and sinking, chased their shadows, created some pretty amazing stick-people, made the most beautiful sounds with their outdoor drum kit (made from pots and pans) and did some beautiful ribbon dancing.  No two…