Dec 05
At the end of Autumn term parents and carers joined the class for a creative activity using card with dried seed heads, petals, evergreen leaves and wood slices to create their own calendar for 2025 and campfire with smores. Here are some photos of the session.
Nov 14
We had a special visit from a local Hedgehog lady, called Pat. Our focus text in literacy is ‘The Prickly Hedgehog’ and we have become hedgehog experts completing lots of research about them. We discussed different ways of finding information out, such as online and in books. As a class we produced some questions to …
Oct 22
On Tuesday 22nd October Reception had a special visit from a paramedic. Our focus text in literacy is ‘Real Superheroes’ and we have been discussing the different people who help us such as paramedics, teachers, postal workers, and supermarket workers. We know that these are some of the occupations that have impacted our lives in …
Mar 27
At the end of term parents and carers joined the class in two creative activities using recycled or sustainable natural products. One was using recycled card with dried seed heads, petals, ferns and silver birch twigs to create their own picture or bookmark. The second activity was using recently harvested willow withies from the willow …
Mar 20
As part of our Reception learning we explore and learn about how seeds grow. This year we have planted a flower bed in our garden area and we are learning how to care for our seeds and the signs to look for when they are growing. We have also planted potatoes, beetroot, spinach, peas, parsley …
Mar 05
It is always exciting when a farm visits you at school! After learning about each of the animals, how to care for them and how to pat them safely, we were allowed to explore and interact with the different variety of animals. From small to big, pointy horns and fluffy wool, our senses helped us …
Dec 18
To keep ourselves healthy and ready to learn we have weekly PE sessions. We know the importance of warming our bodies up first and stretching. We have a different activity each week that teaches us new skills and helps build our stamina. We also had a dance session with Miss Lisa.
Dec 11
We were very lucky to have Dr Polet come and have a dinosaur adventure with us. He shared some fossils with us and then we became palaeontologists! We had to excavate our dough, match the dinosaur and then classify our picture to the correct time period. Dr Polet even let us take our dinosaurs home.
Nov 24
We had some very special visitors to Reception – our school Guinea Pigs! Mrs Thompson brought Poppy, Daisy and Bluebell to visit. We learnt how to care for them, what they can eat and we all were able to hold and stroke them. They were very friendly. We now help care for them.
Nov 09
This week was all about pumpkins! After reading the story ‘Pumpkin Soup’, we explored what was inside pumpkins. We mixed two colours (red and yellow) to make orange to paint a pumpkin and finally we followed instructions to make pumpkin soup! This created an algorithm. Mrs O’Connor taught us how to dip fresh bread rolls …