Yesterday, reception children spent the day in their new Year 1 classes. We had a lovely day! After spending a little time chatting and getting to know each other, we began by reading the story ‘The cautious Caterpillar’, which is all about a caterpillar who doesn’t want to become a Read more…
Today in RE, we discussed how Christians believe that God created the world and all of the fantastic things you can find in nature. We went down to our forest school area and carried out a nature hunt. We talked about which amazing nature find was our favourite and why.
This week we have been learning about Britain. This afternoon, we decided to celebrate by holding a British afternoon tea party with all of the children in Reception. We had finger sandwiches, chocolate chip muffins and scones with jam. We waved union jacks and listened to the national anthem.
This week on our last week of around the world, we have learnt all about a England, we have talked about London landmarks, looked at the countries of the UK and discussed the food we eat and our climate. Today we finished our topic with a great British street party, Read more…
Snowdrops looked amazing today for World Book Day! We had lots of children who dressed up as different careers such as fire fighters, police officers, palaeontologists, astronauts, builders etc. We talked about the different careers and how these people help us.
This week, we have been learning about different careers on the lead up to World Book Day. Today we had a visit from a nurse. It was really exciting. She spoke to us about her job, showed us her equipment and let us ask her lots of questions. We learnt Read more…
This week we have been reading the ‘Three Little Pigs’. This afternoon, we used different materials to try and make the sturdiest house for the pigs. We talked about the properties of the different materials, chose our materials carefully and then built our houses. Mrs Greenwood was the Big Bad Read more…
On Tuesday we celebrated Pancake Day. We discussed the significance of Pancake Day on the lead up to lent. We tried lots of different toppings and decided which one was our favourite. The chocolate spread was a clear winner. Yummy!
Last week, Reception enjoyed a week of learning all about Chinese New Year. We listened to the story of the Great Race, where we found out about the animals that the years are named after – this year is the year of the dragon. We made Chinese lanterns, paperchain dragons Read more…
This week we have been learning about Healthy Eating. Yesterday we made a smoothie using a blender. We were all very careful around the blender and talked about safety. We tasted the smoothie we had made and tasted some shop bought smoothies to see which flavours we liked the most. Read more…