Reception Environment
- Imaginative play through storytelling.
- Our mud kitchen area provides opportunities for children to explore and learn together inspiring new conversations through social play.
- Our diverse range of bicycles builds on core muscle strength, team work and helping children to become physically ready to learn.
- Our garden area provides safe opportunities for the children to engage in body and movement play.
- Under the shelter is a small world area, providing numerous opportunities for storytelling and imaginative play. Also provides opportunities to become creative and seasonal investigations.
- Our garden area provides open ended exploration that the children can access independently.
- Seasonal mud kitchen exploring.
- Every morning the children engage in a busy finger activity.
- The writing area is always a favourite that sparks imagination and curiosity.
- At The Ryde we provide an environment that is engaging and fun for the children.
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- Curriculum Information Reception Summer 2023 (552.01KB)
- Curriculum Information Reception Spring 2023 (554.50KB)
- Curriculum Information Year R Autumn 2022 (569.75KB)
- Reception Curriculum Overview 2022 (672.29KB)
- Welcome to Reception (353.17KB)
- Reception Maths Information for Parents (107.07KB)
- Early Years Reading Information for Parents (499.68KB)
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Jan 122023
Reading with Parents
The Reception parents have been invited in to school to read with their child.
Nov 012022
Space
Space
On Tuesday 1st November 2022, Reception children became astronauts and zoomed into Space! we explored the moon, our solar system and the biggest star – the sun! This experience inside an inflatable planetarium sparked so many questions and conversations about space which continued back in our classroom. We created our own solar systems, explored the surface of the moon by creating craters and became scientists to investigate bubbling planets.
- All aboard the Space Dome!
- Investigating bubbling planets with baking soda, water and vinegar.
- The solar system.
- Creating our solar systems.
- Mixing powder paints to create rockets.
- Investigating craters on the moon.
Sep 072022
From Little Acorns Mighty Oaks Grow
Our school motto is ‘From Little Acorns Mighty Oaks Grow.’ Reception went on an adventure to find the mighty oak tree. We found it at the front of our school! We explored the texture of the tree trunk and collected a little acorn each to take back to our classroom.
Jun 272022
Outdoor Adventurous Week
During our Outdoor Adventurous Week, 27th June to 1st July, Reception had the opportunity to explore:
making a den, having story time in the tent, painting with mud, creating a loom and pinwheels and making banana splits for the camp fire and listening to the popcorn popping!
Apr 282022
Ark Farm Visit
We had some very special visitors arrive at The Ryde School. We learnt how to care for the animals and what each animal needed to stay healthy. We explored how each animal felt and the different sounds they make.
Mar 312022
Reception Class building nests
During Forest School the Reception Class were building nests for the birds.
Feb 102022
Exploring the ice
During Forest School the Reception children enjoyed exploring the ice that had formed on the seats around the school grounds.
Mar 242021
World Book Day Potatoes
Here at the Ryde School, we celebrated World Book day on the 22nd March with children bringing in potato book characters from their favourite stories. The children created an array of characters from well-known stories, and these were displayed for everyone in school to see.
We are constantly encouraging a love of books in school. Did you know that reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success? We hope that the children can use their book vouchers to buy a book online and we look forward to them sharing their choices with us.
Dec 122019
Celebrations
Reception children have looked at different celebrations around the world. We talked about birthdays and made our own birthday cupcakes. We learnt about Diwali and made some Diva lamps using clay. We spoke about how people celebrate Christmas and made our own Christmas cards.
Dec 052019
Maps and Trails in Forest School
During the Forest school session for Reception Class we went on a winter woodland walk and used the large map of the Dell which had been created by the Year 2 class last year as part of the platinum award for the Woodland Trust. It had photos of some of their favourite places and showed where they were on the map.
We found the black wall and the big tree stump in the middle of The Dell, the doughnut log, the yew tree and also found another tree which makes a good den.In addition we noticed different things during our winter walk in The Dell – a nest high in the trees; and had a go to balance on the fallen tree branch.