Jack and the Beanstalk

This week in Reception we have been busy exploring the story of Jack and the Beanstalk! The children have really enjoyed listening to the story, acting it out with their friends, and retelling the different parts in their own words.  We have also been very busy with some exciting planting Read more

The Gingerbread Man

Over the past two weeks in Reception, we’ve been having lots of fun learning all about ‘The Gingerbread Man’! The children really enjoyed listening to the story and joining in with the repeated phrases. We then acted it out together, with everyone taking on different roles and having a go Read more

Fairytales

We introduced our new Fairytales topic this week and we have loved it so far. We have been playing with our new knights and castle, building our own fairytale houses and made a map using the construction equipment, like the one from the story of the Gingerbread Man. We acted Read more

Online Safety

This week we have been learning about how to be safe online. We watched a video and talked about how we can make sure we are being safe online. Then this afternoon, the digital leaders came down to read us a story about being safe online.    

National Storytelling Week

For national storytelling week in Reception, we have been reading and listening to a poem called ‘Earthworms’ by Simon Mole. We have then watched Simon Mole and Gecko perform the poem. After being inspired by Simon Mole’s poem, we have started creating our own poem. We have carefully thought about Read more