Reception
Key information for parents:
- Reception children enter school through the door up from the main yard.
- Doors open at 8:40am and collection time is 3:15 pm
- Reading books in Reception will be changed on Thursday and new books sent home on Fridays.
- PE kits are to be worn on a Friday
Mrs Adcock and Mrs Stirland look forward to seeing you in Reception.
Our classrooms
Key Reception Information 2024
Spring 2 - Week 3 - Science week
All this week we have been scientists. Take a look at us in action as we predicted, questioned, tested and evaluated ⚗️🧪🔬🧫
During one activity we made links and used our maths knowledge of capacity to test out some magical solutions! We filled three containers, the same size, with different amounts of vinegar and made predictions - good guesses, about what might happen to each. We placed the same amount of bicarbonate soda into each one and observed what happened. We had lots of fun seeing the magic 🧫 🫧
We also invited our grown ups in and what. A. Morning we had! A big thank you to those who could join us. All children took part in a fantastic construction challenge using ONLY paper and tape. The tallest constructions were a whopping 65cm tall and both held a tin of rice pudding for a whole minute.
Well done Reception, a fantastic Hugo Team effort 👏🏻🥇💯
Spring 2 - Week 2 - Maths Wizards 🧮
Doubles
Children made doubles by physically making them using manipulatives and using their own mark-making. They were given opportunities to build doubles in many different contexts.
We encouraged the children to use their fingers and make the same amount on each hand then tap their hands together to show doubles during carpet times.
Building numbers using the pair-wise pattern on ten frames also helped children to see the doubles. Mirrors and barrier games are a fun way for children to see doubles as they build and explore early symmetry. We encouraged children to say the doubles as they build them, for example, “Double 2 is 4.” It is important for
children to do this practically and say the double as they are making the representation rather than just reciting number facts.
We provided examples that represent doubles and not doubles for the children to sort and explain how they know.
Combing groups
The children began to combine two groups to find how many there were altogether. They were given opportunities to do this in many contexts using different manipulatives and real-life objects.
The children looked at and pointed out where they may see the groups. Then we encouraged the children to talk about the groups they could see with a partner.we discussed subitising where possible, although some children did still need to count in ones at this stage to find out how many there are altogether.
Spring 2 - Week 1 - The Naughty Bus
This week we read one of Mrs Adcock’s all time favourite books 📚- The Naughty Bus!
We enjoyed the story and talked about how the different words in the story were written to show meaning or action.
We had great and fun discussion coming up with actions for our key vocabulary- double, chaos and vibrant.
We drew the naughty bus in our drawing club session and wrote about it to describe him.
Throughout the week we completed a number of activities related to the book as well as completing another drawing clib session to ficus on the different settings.
Have a look at us in action...
Spring 2 - Week 1 - UW - Past and present
Well… what a wonderfully exciting lesson we had this week! We all had a baby photos of us and our friends, most of the children did not recognise anyone in the photos, especially themselves!!!
We all had a photo of us now and then tried to find each other as a baby. We enjoyed guessing and finding out which one our friends were.
We focussed on the following questions:
-Can you notice any familiar faces?
-Can you identify which baby represents one of your friends?
-What do you see/notice?
-Did your friend notice anything different?
-When was this photograph taken?
-Is there anything that you could not do when you were a baby?
-What can you do now?
We will now use our photos to create a past and present display in our cloakroom area, will you be able to guess who is who?!
Spring 1 - Week 6 - ‘Love is in the air 💕’
This week we have read ‘The Ugly Five’ and used this as our inspiration to reinforce the importance of being who we are and being loved for that. We celebrated our uniqueness and talked about what we loved about each other.
We undertook a number of ‘valentine’ activities using our fine motor skills and creativity 💗
Spring 1 - Week 6 - 💻Safer Internet Day💻
Today we talked about staying safe online. We watched a couple of videos that talked about pop ups and being safe online. We also discussed the importance of not clicking on buttons or things we don’t know about and that if we did, what to do and to tell an adult as sometimes these things can be scary.
Spring 1- week 5 - Number Day🔢🌟🙌🏻
In Reception to kick off the day they took part in a Maths number hunt outside on the outdoor area, they played ‘what time is it Mrs Wolf?’, completed a number of activities in 10 seconds and counted how many they did such as star jumps, jumps and lunges they did. They also linked our maths to mental health week by doing some mindfulness yoga. The children also used their own feet to make rulers and used them to compare how big and small objects were. They completed a number of maths games and activities throughout the day in and throughout the provision including creating their own number character and solving maths problems on the IWB.
Spring 1 - week 4 - Oceans 💦 and deserts 🌵
Ocean 🌊protests
Reception took to the playground today to protest against ocean pollution. The children are not happy about pollution including the amount of plastic and other nasties that end up in our oceans. They wanted to raise awareness about it in our school and encourage others to do something in their homes likes continuing to use a reusable water bottle and to recycle.
The children also wanted to ‘save the whale’ from their story- The Snail 🐌 and the Whale which has been the inspiration and for their courageous work. Take a look at how they got on…
🏜 Desert 🐪 explorers 🧭
This week we have learnt all about deserts, we learnt that there were four types-subtropical, coastal, semiarid and polar.
We focussed on the largest desert today, near the equator, in the continent of Africa - the Sahara desert.
The children were then desert explorers. We proposed simple scenarios for the children to act out. For example, finding shade under a palm tree, climbing a sand dune, riding a camel or encountering a desert storm.
Some chose to complete the Desert checklist, we discussed what they might see on a trip to the desert. We ticked off what they think they could see ✅
Key questions we discussed throughout:
🌵How might living in a hot place be different to living here?
🌵What do you think you might want to eat or drink in a hot place? Why?
🌵What would you wear if you lived in a place like this?
🌵What would you like to do in a place like the desert?
🌵Is this place similar to where you live in any way?
🌵Is this place different to where you live? How?
Dance routine and performance 🎶
Today, we continued with our learning of head, shoulders, knees and toes but introduced counting to the beat - counting in 8s.
We then used this to learn the routine of head, shoulders, knees and toes to the count of 8 to music. We firstly watched what to do , then practised altogether then breached off to practise in our groups.
We then performed our dances to an audience 💃
Head, shoulders, knees and toes- group 1
Head, shoulders, knees and toes- group 2
Head, shoulders, knees and toes- group 3
Spring 1 - Week 3 - Understanding the world - Exploring landscapes
Today, we used the world map and clicked on each icon representing a different landscape. The children were asked what they think the symbols are showing (e.g. a mountain will show there is a place with lots of mountains) and we discussed their feedback.
We clicked on each symbol to show footage from each landscape of Mr Bear’s travels. Mrs Adcock explained that he had sent some postcards from his travels. She read out each postcard to the class, alongside the footage. The children discussed how the places were similar or different from where they live, thinking about landscape, weather, features.
Sorting activity
Mrs Adcock presented the children with images of the various landscapes. The children were then asked to pick a picture and decide which group it belongs to (e.g. flat or hilly, hot or cold). They worked independently or in small groups to sort the pictures into the correct categories. We discussed the reasons behind the choices they have made. We discussed the landscapes explored and how life might differ in each.
We answered the following:
- What might you do there?
- What clothes they might need or what they might pack in a suitcase if visiting?
- How are these places similar or different from where we live?
- Do you think this was made by humans or nature?
- What would life be like here?
- What clothes might you wear?
- What would you pack in a suitcase if you were visiting?
- Could this picture go into another category? Which one? Why?
Spring 1 - Week 2 -
In this weeks Drawing Clubs we read our class story ‘Lost and Found’. 📖
Today, we focused on the ocean! 🌊
Our vocabulary for today was glistening, ripple, and plunge. We discussed these words and created amazing actions to go with them. 🤩
The children drew their own Penguin and a little boy floating in an umbrella in the ocean. ⛵️🐧
They have done a brilliant job ! Well done everyone 💫
Spring 1 - Week 1 - Back to business!
This week we have enjoyed being back at school learning and being back with our friends and teachers. This week we have used the book 'Penguin' as our stimulus. Take a look at us in action...
🎉Happy New Year 🎆
Autumn 2 - Week 6
This week we have started to feel a little more Christmasy! 🎄
Our book this week has been 📕 ‘What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas’ by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.
We read the book and the children were very intrigued. The children learnt some tricky words and made some actions to remember them.
The children found it interesting and a very funny when they learnt that the robbers dressed up as Santa and an elf so they didn’t get caught!
We drew our own Elf thief together and the children could decide whether they wanted to draw the thief dressed as Santa or The Elf.
They created their own code today ‘It is not Santa.’ They all gave it a really good go at writing this as well! Later on in the week in our second session the children were asked to draw their own winter landscape that included a Christmas tree 🎄- they wrote their code ‘it is cold’! We are super writers in reception already. What progress all the children have made ✍🏼
During the week the children also completed a number of activities to promote their fine motor skills, application of shape in maths and independent phonics skills.
Such as:
- threading on candy canes
- hanging Christmas trees 🎄
- ordering stockings
- decorating trees 🌲
- decorating with baubles
- Christmas number activities- subitising
Autumn 2 - Week 4
This week the children have been learning about Astronauts and Space!
We reflected on our Class Reading Book this week ‘Whatever Next!’ by Jill Murphy. We spoke of how Baby Bear built a rocket out of cardboard, wore a space helmet that was actually a strainer and flew past owls, aeroplanes, clouds and stars before he finally reached the moon 🌙.
The children then got very involved when they were learning lots of interesting astronaut facts! 👩🚀
We watched a video explaining what astronauts jobs are and how they do them whilst they’re floating around. 🚀
During the week in the continuous provision we explored space further… the children were given tasks such as picking up pom-poms and stacking towers… but they had to wear an oven glove instead of using their hand. The glove was used to represent the massive space gloves that astronauts have to wear whilst doing tricky science and training in space. they built their own space rockets, write lists of what and who they would take with them, designed their own space rockets and created their own planets and moons. We also wrote our own space passport, built our own space rockets and spaceships from Lego and used our 2D shape knowledge to construct rockets from shapes.
Autumn 2 - week 3
This week has been all about’The Three Billy goats gruff’.
Firstly, we read The Three Billy Goats 🐐 Gruff. We drew the troll and some of us labelled or wrote a phrase linked to our drawing.
Our key vocabulary: what actions do you think we came up with?
- Fearless
- creaky
- luscious
Later on in the week, we retold the story of The Three Billy Goats 🐐 Gruff. We drew our own bridge and labelled it with numbers - linked to the number of characters there were in the story.
Our key vocabulary: what actions do you think we came up with?
- gruesome
- determined
- suddenly
Throughout the week we made masks of our characters, made bridges to help the goats and retold the story using our own puppets - to name but a few activities.
Autumn 2 - Week 2
In RE this week, we looked at different celebrations. Birthdays, Christmas,Diwali, Bonfire night, weddings, so many different ways to celebrate something. Over the next few weeks we will be looking at different celebrations in more detail.
Autumn 2 - Week 1 - Animal habitats
This week the children have been sorting animals based on where they live. Discovering that animals live in a variety of places around the world.
We discussed that:
- There are many types of places in the world where animals live.
- These places have different features like mountains, sand, waterfalls, flowers and trees.
- These places experience different types of weather, such as heavy rain, snow or hot sun.
Autumn 2 - Week 1 - Stanley's stick 🪄
This week we had great fun reading our new book - Stanley's stick and had a super discussion about our new vocabulary
-uneven
-joy
-excitement
The children drew their own stick during drawing club and came up with fantastic ideas of what it could be such as a wand 🪄.
Throughout the week we completed a number of stick related activities, take a look at us in action
📚A lovely end to Autumn 1- Cosy club reading drop in 
Parents and carers were invited to come in and join us in Cosy club to read a book with their child. We had a fantastic turn out and the children really enjoyed showing their grown ups what they had been learning this half term and the environment they love to play and learn in.
Autumn 1 - Week 8 - Diwali 🪔 Day 🕯🎆
Today we have taken part in a day to celebrate Diwali - the Hindu festival of light.
The children have taken part in a number of activities across the day including:
- Diwali dance workshop
- Rangoli pattern finger painting
- Dira making with salt dough
- Light door decorations
- Diwali colouring activities
- Fine motor rangoli decorating
Autumn 1 - Week 7
These last couple of weeks we have read the book ‘Pumpkin Soup’ and following on from our learning yesterday about how pumpkins grow we made pumpkin soup and taste tested it. We were very excited and it smelt delicious. Some of us were really brave and weren’t too keen but some of us LOVED it! Well done Reception🧡 👏💪
Autumn 1- Week 6 - HELLO YELLOW - WORLD 🌎 MENTAL HEALTH DAY 💛
Today we talked about what it means to have a healthy mind and body. We talked about our different emotions and how these can affect our choices. We talked about who can help us when we need to talk and what makes us happy.
We also did some mindfulness breathing exercises during our snack time!
Autumn 1 - Week 5
On Friday We were pirates. We used pirate music to get us in the theme! We played what time is it Mr Pirate🏴☠️ and listened carefully to the different instructions such as Move the decking, climb the real game, walk the plank! We had lots of fun!
Autumn 1 - Week 4
We explored the natural world around us, discussing what things were alive and not alive. We talked about why things were alive- they need water, food and they grow, even though they do not talk (plants/trees). We had lots of fun talking about our different objects.
Later, we watched a beantime-lapse in our classroom ‘cinema’! 🎥
Autumn 1 - Week 3 ✍️🙌🏻🤩
Welcome to Drawing club!
We began our Drawing Club journey in Reception this week and we are so excited for what it will hold. Drawing club is a fantastic opportunity for our children to begin their writing experience at school. Based around a chosen book, children are invited to come to drawing club, (they all want to join in, even the reluctant ones!), and draw, mark make and eventually write their own sentences. We explore the vocabulary used and we learnt what gobble, chomp, destroy and ignore mean from the book. We even came up with our own actions to remember their meaning.
Our first book is Not now Bernard! All the children drew their own monster on Wednesday and on Thursday we draw what Bernard’s house may look like. We had some amazing creations! Take a look…
Drawing club = magic 🪄✨
Autumn 1- Week 2 🥳
This week Reception have completed their first FULL week in Reception and what a week it has been! From paper plate self portraits and drawing who we live with to discussing our emotions and feelings through our book - The colour monster. We have been really trying to listen carefully on the carpet to our adults and are getting used to taking turns and sharing with our new friends
Our first week in Reception…✅
WOW 🤩! What a fantastic first week in Reception. The children have settling really well and have got into the full swing of Reception. Don’t forget to check us out on Tapestry for more regular updates on our play and learning 😁💓🤩
Us in action 📸- week 1
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Friday 5th July. This week we have celebrated all our PE skills in our sports day event. What a fabulous time we had running, balancing, jumping and manoeuvring around obstacles. Our butterflies have also begun to emerge from yap their chrysalides which caused great excitement this morning.
Friday 21st June This week we had a great time learning new skills in our Balance Bike workshop. Our caterpillars are growing rapidly and we are wondering when they will begin to change. We also had a request to help rescue some frozen peas from some very solid ice blocks.
Friday 14th June This week we have had an exciting delivery of caterpillars.... we are patiently waiting to see if they are moths or butterflies. Already they have increased in length and size and are very active in their little pots.
Friday 7th June This week we had a busy week and also talked about the D-Day celebrations. We remembered how we made poppies for remembrance day back in the autumn term and some of the children recalled their great grandparents medals too. In Reception we are always recalling what we learnt in a previous term using our calendar wall and memory suitcase.
Friday 10th May This week we had a visit from Shonelle the tortoise (Shelby’s sister) we drew pictures of her using charcoal and tried to find out what she liked to eat the best , however she wasn’t very hungry. We have planned our own stories ready to write them next week. Outside we have been practising our ‘teamwork’ by building dens and waterfalls, trying to work together, overcome challenges and communicate effectively with each other.
Friday 3rd May This week we had a fabulous morning with the Market Drayton Art Club as we painted pictures for the month of April. We painted rainbows, rabbits, Easter eggs, crosses, baby lambs, butterflies and spring flowers.
Friday 26th April A visit from Shelby the tortoise resulted in making pets and a home for Shelby. We also found out that he has sharp claws to help him dig and he is a herbivore. We have also made our own first, then and now maths stories, shared the Y6 film set designs and enjoyed the sunshine in our garden.
Summer term Friday 12th April Science Week Exploring Time, Inventions and GLOOP changing from a solid to a liquid.
Friday 15th March Comic Relief we raised money by wearing our own clothes and making funny noses.
Happy St David’s day . We had great fun finding Wales on the map, drawing dragons and daffodils.
Finding all about Lunar New Year and facts about China. We even tried saying hello in Chinese and writing .
Gymnastics. We are loving gymnastics. This week we did pencil rolls and teddy bear rolls. It was quite tricky to keep our hands and feet together during the pencil rol and the teddy bear roll we had to hold our legs to swing around the may, but we all persevered and were really proud when we finished.
26th January This week we have been preparing for the Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. As well as making bird feeders to entice the birds into our garden we have also enjoyed drawing them and using watercolours to paint them.
19th January We received a mysterious present. We wondered what was inside. It was a double decker bus from London. Our story is about a red London bus and we have found out about some of the landmarks in London and enjoyed building the,.
Happy New Year 🥳 This week we have been running laps of the playground every morning and thinking how to be healthy. We have also looked back at last term in our suitcase to remember what we have learned so far.
Merry Christmas
Friday 17th November Whata busy week with Odd Socks Day, Anti-Bullying week , Diwali and Children in Need. The children in a reception have been non-stop very day. Have a look at our photos to see what we have been up to.
Friday 20th October Pumpkin Soup, finding pumpkins, pumpkin poems & pumpkin art.
Friday 13th October This week we thought about how we stay healthy and happy for World Mental Health day. We also joined the whole school to celebrate Harvest Festival and were brave enough to say our poem to the whole school.
Friday 6th October this week has been all about patterns . Can you find a pattern? Can you copy a pattern? Can you create a pattern? We used our ten frames to vote for our story. Which story would you vote for? In PE we were squeezing our bean bag to make sure it stayed in our hand to catch it.
Friday 29th September This week had great excitement in Reception as we baked gingerbread men and one escaped from the oven. Lots of pondering about where he might have gone and how we could find him.
15th September 2023 Welcome to Reception. We have been very busy settling in to our new classroom and learning new routines. We shared a story called Oh No George and helped him to make good choices.
Friday 3rd February. Today was the NSPCC number day so we had lots of fun with number games and making numbers.
Friday 27th January The pirates are in China and have discovered Chinese New Year celebrations . We found out the lunar new year is celebrated in lots of countries. We thought about celebrations we have like birthdays and Christmas and sharing those with our families. Some of the children wanted to make their own Chinese dragons and dances.
Friday 20th January Fun in the snow.... The pirates have got lost and can see polar bears from their ship where are they? As if by magic snow arrived on our playing field as well. We found out where polar bears live and where penguins live. We looked at the globe to see where we live. We tried to make the tallest snow tower and the heaviest snowball.
Friday 13th January Ahoy there me hearties.... Pirate ships and pirate treasure ..
Friday 16th December Have a safe and peaceful Christmas
Friday 9th December Christmas is well on its way in Reception. We have retold the Christmas story using the small world characters and dressing up. On Wednesday we sang our Christmas songs with our nursery friends to our special grown ups,
Friday 2nd December This week Christmas arrived with the arrival of a tree and decorations, an advent calendar and our Christingle circle time. The children worked out how to put up the tree, decorated it and were very thoughtful whilst following the instructions to make their Christingle. We finished our week with a special treat watching a magic show with our friends from Nursery.
Friday 24th November This week we have been reading a story called ‘I’m going to eat this ant’. We found out that anteater’s claws are 10cm and their tongue save 60cm long. We also had great fun trying to draw an anteater
Friday 18th November Wow, what a busy week we have had!. Odd socks day , Road Safety week, anti-bullying week and Children in Need. The children as always have been amazing and I am sure have had lots to tell you at home. Here are just a few photos of the week.
11th November This week we have been remembering. We thought about who was special to us and made them thank you cards or a medal because we thought they were brave or did something very well. Mr Griffin came to our classroom to tell us about his grandfather and showed us some old photographs. Today it was Remembrance Day and the children were very respectful during our 2 minute silence and had remembered lots about why we remember those who were brave during the war. We also learnt some new vocabulary such as wreath and veteran.
Friday 7th October The gingerbread man found his way back to the classroom this week so we have had lots of fun telling his story and making it our own. What would happen if it was a crocodile or shark in the river or what if Mrs Baker made another character like the stinky cheese man....? We have also been busy making patterns, practising our writing, making and reading words as well as practicing throwing and catching with Bee Active.
Friday 30th September What a busy week we have had. The Gingerbread man escaped from the oven so we have written letters, made posters and drawn maps. We also made traps to catch him and a house for him to live in. Keep a look out in case you see his little footprints.
Friday 19th September We went on an adventure around school to find people who help us in school. Who do you know?
Friday 16th September This week we tasted honey sandwiches as some of us had not tasted honey before. The queen kept bees in her garden. We told the story of Goldilocks and the three bears and drew maps for the bears to find Goldilocks House. We also had Bee Active to play games outside. We had to pretend to be lots of animals. We have been using our self registration to find out who is in school using our ten frames. We know everyone is here when the frame are full. .
Friday 9th September What a very busy week we have had in Reception. We have got to know some new friends and have been learning new routines such as going to the hall for our dinner. We have played games to learn new names, had great fun singing counting songs as well as drawing a fierce wolf in Drawing Club. I think everyone has earned a rest over the weekend and can’t wait to see what we learn next week.
17th June Another exciting week in Reception. Emma from Exotiv Zoo came to visit with some friends. We learnt lots of facts about all the animals and got to hold them too. Can you guess what the animals are?
10th June This week we celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee. We read books by Steve Antony about The Queen’s Handbag and The Queen’s Hat. The whole school had a jubilee picnic and we had a picture hunt in our garden.
Thursday 26th May After reading 'Silly Doggy' by Adam Stower we wrote to our teddy bears to invite them for a picnic. We made our own sandwiches and brought our bears outside for an adventure on the playground. We found out about all sorts of bears and which one was out favourite bear as well as the famous bears such as Paddington and Winnie the Pooh. We imagined what animal we might like to find in our garden just like Lily and her bear. I wonder what animal you would choose?
We found some snails hiding in our outdoor area so created a mini beast hunt as well as painting using the watercolours.
Another busy week in Reception with British Science week as we found out about growing seeds, how plants grow and thinking about how we have grown. It was also National Poetry week and we learnt a new poem every day. We finished the week with Red Nose Day, helping others and finding the Giant’s lost glasses.
We started this term by celebrating Shrove Tuesday with pancakes and traditional toppings of lemon and sugar. All the children tasted them and we almost had 100% thumbs up. On Thursday it was world book day and we celebrated words, reading and favourite stories. What a busy first week!
Mental Health week ; Reception began the week by reading The Colour Monster and talking about feelings. We thought about how to keep our hearts and heads healthy. We had lots of fun using art and music to help us relax and to express our emotions. .
Reception began their week with a visit from the Tooth Fairy who left us a story and some purple disclosure tablets to help us brush our teeth thoroughly. We had really sparkly white teeth afterwards. We also celebrated NSPCC Number Day with lots of fun maths activities and counting. Everyone joined in with dressing up too. What a great week!.
This week we had a visit from the air ambulance and got an opportunity to look at the helipad. Every time we see the red helicopter we will know they are helping somebody.
In Reception this week we have been hula hooping. We had lots of fun spinning and rolling hoops. In maths we have been doing lots of measuring and weighing using the balance scales.
Off to Antarctica and a lost penguin. Reception have found a penguin in their garden and have been exploring ice, drawing penguins and finding out penguin facts this week.
Reception thoroughly enjoyed their Christmas dinner o Tuesday. In class we have been dressing up as characters from the nativity story and completing challenges from our Christmas elf.
Christmas is coming. We received two parcels and had to unlock them by writing the password ‘Santa’. Inside we found a tree and decorations. We have been preparing our classroom for the Christmas festivities as we found out about the first ever Christmas.
It was all about shapes this week a we looked at how the shapes were made, how they grew and the numbers we noticed as we created the shape.
Children in Need 2021
Odd sock day & Anti Bullying week. This week we have been thinking about how we are all unique. We designed our own socks, thought about kind hands and words and how to be a good friend.
The children in Reception began the week recalling stories about fireworks and bonfires they had been to over the weekend as they recreated their memories by drawing firework pictures, thinking of words to describe the sounds they heard and using the their experiences in a firework dance in PE. During the week the children noticed poppies being worn and we talked of memories and people who help to keep us safe. On Thursday we joined in with the whole school community in a 2 minute silence. The children showed their respect and thoughtfulness by remaining silent throughout.
5th November The children have settled really well back into the second half of our autumn term. This week has all been about shape. We have made pictures, played shape games, found shapes around our school. I wonder what shapes you can find this weekend? We found out about the Hindu festival Diwali and the shapes used in Rangoli patterns. We have talked about how to stay safe on bonfire night this weekend and how to keep ourselves and our pets safe.
National Poetry Day 2021 Performance
Earlier in the term, the children celebrated National Poetry Day. This year’s theme was ‘Choice’. Each year group read a range of poems and chose their favourite to learn and perform to other year groups. Please listen to our performances of 'All about me' and 'The Big, Green Crocodile!' - we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed learning and performing it.
Reception Poem Performance - All about me
Reception Poem Performance - The Big, Green Crocodile
We had a harvest celebration this week. We talked about how the crops were harvested and some of the children shared how the combine harvester cuts the wheat and how the tractor collects the grain in it's trailer. We also got a letter from a Troll who lives under our slide. We have been writing to him and had lots of fun in drawing club as we have drawn new adventures for the troll and the Billy Goats Gruff.
4th October - Everyone knows we love to play in boxes. Our boxes were trains, planes, boats, and much more. We also created patterns in maths and our message centre is always a hive of activity. Mrs Gleave asked us to complete a survey of how we travelled to school, so we made a huge chart to show her.
1st October - This week we have been sharing photographs of our families and drawing self portraits. We also shared the story Goldilocks and the three bears so there was lots of story telling and cooking in the home corner.
24th September. We have had a busy week in reception. Mr Bowen brought his violin and trumpet in so that we could listen to the sounds they made. We sang along to the music. We have also been learning letter sounds, sorting socks and buttons and doing a lot of building.
What a fantastic start to Reception!
