Welcome to Reception! We love to learn through play and enjoy exploring in our outdoor and indoor spaces.

People Who Help Us Visits 

We were excited to meet PC Andy and Paige who came in to talk to us about their work as Police Officers. 

               

John's Mummy came in to talk to us about her work as a Nurse. 

                 

In Maths, we have been working together to create our own arrangements of 6. We found groups of 2, groups of 3 and made 'Even' and 'Odd' groups. 

                                       

        

VE Day Celebrations 

We talked about the importance of VE Day and how brave soldiers fought for our country. We made wreaths in Union Jack colours and made our own Bravery medals. 

 

A visit from the Dentist 

Isaac's Mummy came in to talk to us about her work as a Dentist. She told us about how important it is to keep your teeth clean by brushing away the 'Sugar Bugs' regularly. 

     

 

                                

We are in our final Summer term in Reception! Over this half-term we will be learning about People Who Help Us in our community. We are looking forward to welcoming visitors into school.

                                           We have enjoyed water play in the hot weather.     

   

Reception have been learning about Symbols of Easter and have made beautiful Easter cards. 

                          

                                                            Our new Spring topic is 'Let it Grow'.

We have really enjoyed learning about Frogs! We have talked about the lifecycle of a frog, and how they grow from frogspawn to adult. In music, we listened to The Frog Song by Paul McCartney and practised clapping along to a simple rhythm. 

              

We have started to develop our Early Years garden and have planted seeds and seedlings. We have learnt all about what plants need to help them to grow! 

     

We celebrated World Book Day by joining our friends in Nursery and Year 6 for a fabulous 'Zog' dance day! We had so much fun! 

   

 

 

We celebrated Pancake Day! We wrote shopping lists and then made and tasted yummy pancakes. We enjoyed adding our own toppings to them. They were so delicious! 

                          

           

 

This week, Reception have been learning about Lunar New Year. We have enjoyed finding out about customs and routines and have taken part in lots of craft activities. 

                                                                         

 

 

 

 

 

We have been developing our writing and mark making in our new Message Centre. 

              

                

In Art, we used wax crayons and colour wash to make frosty paintings with cold colours. 

 

 

 

 

          

 

Our new topic is Winter. We have enjoyed investigating changes in the weather in our outdoor area. We discovered lots of ice in our garden and had lots of fun exploring ways to break it and melt it. 

 

We have been caring for our Stick Insect pets! We like to make sure they have fresh water and leaves. We enjoyed holding them and found out that they move very fast! 

To support our Celebrations topic, we planned our own birthday party for Pedro and Pat, our class toy animals! 

We wrote cards and invitations for our friends. Miss Wilson helped us to make a lovely Birthday cake for Pedro and we really enjoyed mixing all of the ingredients together. 

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

        

 

 

 

 

 

The weather has turned very chilly! We have been making our own dens and shelters using large scale construction materials 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We celebrated Children in Need by making our own spotty biscuits and had our faces painted with spots, inspired by Pudsey Bear! We raised lots of money for a very worthy cause and thank our families for their generosity and support. 

 

 

This week, we have enjoyed sharing our experiences of Fireworks through creative activities and play. We drew large pictures of fireworks outdoors, made our own fireworks with loose parts and created our own bonfire in our small world area. 

 

 

 

 

In our Bikeability session, Mr Hitchings and Mrs Jackson taught us how to ride our new balance bikes. 

 

 

 

                                            We have enjoyed exploring in our Mud Kitchen!