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.
Remote learning e-mail address – classrremotelearning@ryde.herts.sch.uk
- Curriculum Information Reception Autumn 2023 (575.53KB)
- 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)
- Reception Maths Information for Parents (107.07KB)
- Early Years Reading Information for Parents (499.68KB)
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Sep 152023
Seaside Day
Reception class spent the day at the seaside! It was a glorious day building sandcastles, paddling in the water, making kites, exploring rock pools and designing vehicles that we could use as transport. No beach trip is complete without an ice cream at the end of the day!
We enjoyed reading these 2 books:
May 252023
Eric the Hedgehog
Reception class was very lucky to have a special visitor – Eric the Hedgehog. In our local school community, we have Pat and Corinne who look after poorly hedgehogs before returning them to the wild. They bought Eric the Hedgehog for us to meet before he was released. We learnt what Eric likes to eat, how to look after a poorly hedgehog and how to help hedgehogs in the wild. We also found out that hedgehogs can swim and they have a tiny tail.
After meeting Eric the Hedgehog some children decided to design and create hedgehog homes.
After meeting Eric the Hedgehog some children decided to design and create hedgehog homes.
Mar 222023
Stockwood Discovery Centre
Reception class had an exciting trip to Stockwood Discovery Centre to explore transport from the past using the story ‘Mrs Armitage On Wheels’ as inspiration. We spent the morning in the galleries investigating different sizes of wheels and we even spotted Mrs Armitage and her dog Breakspear. After our picnic lunch we had a treasure hunt around the grounds using our senses to spot the clues. It was a great day!
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.