Category: reception

Forest School Parent Activity

Ms Burns set up lots of fun activities for the children to complete with their grown-ups. The activities included making scented bags, scented hapa zome, and threading stick butterflies. The children used their fine motor skills when harvesting the scented herbs and pinching and poking them into their material. The children also used hammers safely …

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Making sandwiches

Reception carried out a design and technology activity by preparing and making their own sandwich.  This linked with the literacy focus text ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’.  The children have enjoyed reading and retelling the story and using their imaginations to make changes to the story.  They learnt the format and layout of instructions and wrote …

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Pirate Day!

Year 2 had a fantastic day pretending to be pirates, crossing the choppy seas and avoiding Blankbeard and other pirates.  Captain Ward took them on an adventure where they had so much fun. They made trick dice, pirate pockets, ink to draw a treasure map, flags and necklaces. The children went on a treasure hunt …

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Aldenham Country Park

On Wednesday 11th June we visited Aldenham Country Park. We started our trip at the farm and enjoyed looking at and watching the different farm animals. We took around a clipboard and pencil to write down the animals we could see. This was very enjoyable practising our segmenting skills outside of the classroom. We stood …

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Decorating Cookies

On Tuesday 20th May Reception had a design and technology parent activity that involved decorating the previously baked chocolate chip cookies. The children worked hard and took their time to plan and design their cookies – linking with World Bee Day. The children used colours in their design that they knew we had as food …

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Preparing and Baking Cookies

On Monday 19th May Reception carried out a design and technology activity by preparing and baking some chocolate chip cookies. In literacy, our focus text is ‘Bee: Nature’s Tiny Miracle’ and we have been learning all about bees linking to World Bee Day on the 20th May. On Tuesday 20th May we had a parent …

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PE Parent Activity

On Tuesday 18th March we completed a PE parent activity. Miss Burrough worked alongside Coach Jack from Mini Athletics to complete different physical activities with the children and their grown-ups. They had so much fun being active, using their gross motor skills alongside their listening skills when following instructions. They played a variety of games, …

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Safari Stu’s Animal Party

On Tuesday 18th March we had Safari Stu’s Animal Party come and visit us! In school, the children had been learning all about worms, caterpillars, and many other mini beasts and animals. Stu bought in many of his wonderful animals to show them. They were able to listen to some factual information about the animals …

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Church Visit

On Tuesday 11th March we visited St Etheldreda’s Church. We walked to and from the church and during the walk we looked at the different buildings and how they looked different due to being built many years ago. We used good communication and language skills when explaining the similarities and differences from past houses to …

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Forest School Parent Activity

On Thursday 13th February 2025 Reception had another fun forest school parent activity. The children were very excited to show their grown-ups around the Dell area which is located next to the school grounds. They carried out a check list, spotting different trees and signs of spring before using some litter pickers to collect any …

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