Image of Reception- STEM week
22 June 2023

Reception- STEM week

Reception have enjoyed STEM week, they had to rescue a dinosaur from the water without using their hands. They had to think of strategies of how to rescue it, they figured out that they had to put different items into the bucket in order for the water to rise. They then looked at push and pull…

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Image of Reception- Bee and Me
15 June 2023

Reception- Bee and Me

Reception have loved the story 'Bee and Me'. They have completed a poster about how to help Bee's, painted some beautiful flowers, tried honey sandwiches and during ICT they made their Bee come to life using the app Chatterpix. Wow what a busy week!
#enjoy #embrace #evolve.

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Image of Reception- The Tiny Seed
8 June 2023

Reception- The Tiny Seed

This week Reception have been reading a story called 'The Tiny Seed'. The children watched as the tiny seed travels and blows across seas, deserts and mountains, braving many hazards along the way, before finally finding a place to settle and grow into a beautiful flower.  The children learnt an…

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Image of Reception- Catching a ball that has been bounced.
26 May 2023

Reception- Catching a ball that has been bounced.

Reception have been developing their catching skills. They have built up their skills over the past 2 weeks and were very excited to show off their talent in this weeks PE lesson, bouncing and catching a ball to their friends. 

#enjoy #embrace #evolve

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Image of Reception- Under the Sea Writing
18 May 2023

Reception- Under the Sea Writing

Reception have enjoyed reading the story 'Tiddler'. They have been learning about the ocean and identified the different oceans on a map. They were very excited to see real life characters from the story, even though they were a bit smelly! They then completed a writing task focused on…

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Image of Reception- Throwing a ball at a target
11 May 2023

Reception- Throwing a ball at a target

Over the past 2 weeks Reception have been developing their throwing skills. They have been learning over and underarm throwing. They developed the skill of throwing at a target, they placed their bodies in the correct throwing position and used their non throwing arm to point to the target. They…

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Image of Reception- Monkey Puzzle
4 May 2023

Reception- Monkey Puzzle

This week Reception have been reading the story Monkey Puzzle. We have been learning about animals that live in the jungle. We looked at a birdseye view of a jungle and our home town of Skelmersdale and discussed the similarities and differences. We then drew a map of the jungle, carefully…

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Image of Reception- Weighing & bathing the ducklings
28 April 2023

Reception- Weighing & bathing the ducklings

The children in Reception have continued their learning about ducks. They have enjoyed weighing two of our ducklings (Doris and Fluffy). They weighed them both on Friday and weighed them again on Monday, they were shocked to discover how big they had grown over a short amount of time, Doris…

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Image of Reception - Art - Flowers
26 April 2023

Reception - Art - Flowers

Last week, Reception #enjoyed painting flowers with watercolours, inspired by the artist Gustav Klimt.  This week, we explored scrunching and twisting tissue paper to add 3D flowers on top. We put all our pieces together and made one big piece of Art!

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Image of Reception- All about ducks!
25 April 2023

Reception- All about ducks!

Reception had a very special arrival last week. They have loved watching the ducklings hatch from their eggs. They have learnt all about the life cycle of a duck, created their own ducks using playdough and talked about the different parts of a duck using the correct terminology. Best of all, they…

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Image of Reception- combing numbers, repeating patterns and Easter fun!
31 March 2023

Reception- combing numbers, repeating patterns and Easter fun!

Reception have enjoy reading the story We're going on an egg hunt'. We went on our very own maths egg hunt learning how to combine numbers. We played reading Easter bingo, wrote a sentence about some chicks, learnt all about repeating patterns and most importantly made some delicious Easter…

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