Image of Reception- All things Christmas!
19 December 2023

Reception- All things Christmas!

This week we have been getting into the festive spirit. We have created some wonderful items for our Christmas fayre and taken part in lots of Christmas challenges. We ended the week by posting our letters to Santa, whilst we were there we bumped into Santa, what a surprise! He gave us a chocolate…

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Image of Reception- Rudey's Windy Christmas 2023
14 December 2023

Reception- Rudey's Windy Christmas 2023

Reception were so excited (just look at those faces) to discover that Santa had been to our class whilst we were having lunch, he left us lots of pictures of himself within our classroom. We noticed that he had a box wrapped up in Christmas paper, so we looked around and found a special delivery.…

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Image of Reception- Supertato
6 December 2023

Reception- Supertato

Reception have created wanted posters to catch the evil pea. Today they received a message that he was spotted at our school and photographic evidence of his last sightings were sent. The children had to use the map to plot where he had been seen. The children then followed the map and found evil…

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Image of Reception- shapes, shapes, shapes!
1 December 2023

Reception- shapes, shapes, shapes!

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…

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Image of Reception- Maths
22 November 2023

Reception- Maths

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…

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Image of Reception- Whatever Next
16 November 2023

Reception- Whatever Next

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…

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Image of Reception- Anti-Bullying Week
13 November 2023

Reception- Anti-Bullying Week

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…

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Image of Reception- Remebrance, Diwali, composition of 3 and circles and triangles
12 November 2023

Reception- Remebrance, Diwali, composition of 3 and circles and triangles

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…

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Image of Reception- Autumn
19 October 2023

Reception- Autumn

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…

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Image of Reception- Pearl of Africa
11 October 2023

Reception- Pearl of Africa

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…

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Image of Reception- Jack and the Beanstalk
5 October 2023

Reception- Jack and the Beanstalk

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…

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Image of Reception- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
28 September 2023

Reception- Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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…

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