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May 15
A very muddy week.
This week the children had a lovely (but messy) week! Between the sunshine and rain, the children managed to make the best of the outside to support their learning. In literacy, the children have learned a new story ~ Stuck in the mud by Pie Corbett. On Monday the children were very intrigued to find …
May 08
VE celebrations
This week, Reception marked VE Day with a day full of fun, learning and celebration! The children began by listening carefully to a short lesson learning about the meaning of VE Day and why it’s important. They were curious and eager to learn about this special part of history. To bring the day to life, …
May 01
Mr Gumpy’s journey
This week we continued with our learning about Mr Gumpy and his disastrous journey. With the amazing weather we’ve had, we were able to take most of our learning outside. In Literacy we continued to learn the story of Mr Gumpy’s Journey using actions and repetitive language to help us. The adults were very impressed …
Apr 25
First week of Summer term
Welcome Back to the Summer Term! We cannot believe how quickly this year is flying by. This week, we started off with a brand-new story: Mr Gumpys Outing. We have been exploring the theme of journeys, and the children enjoyed sharing stories about the journeys they took over the holidays from car trips to nature …
Apr 03
The last week of term!
Although the term is drawing to a close, we had a very busy week filled with fun learning opportunities. As part of our Understanding the World learning, we have learned about the wonderful celebrations happening in the Spring time. We started off learning about Mother’s Day, thinking of all the wonderful things mums and the …
Mar 27
This week in Reception
We have had another very busy week in Reception! In maths, we have been reviewing our learning on doubles and ensuring that the children know that two equal parts make a double. The children were excellent at showing doubles on their fingers. We have also started to introduce new learning about odd and even numbers. …
Mar 20
🌿🌷Spring has sprung!🪻🌱
We have had another fun and eventful week in Reception full of learning opportunities! The weather has definitely started to turn in our favour and it has been magnificent to spend more time outside. We started off our week by celebrating national recycling day where we learned about many different ways to look after …
Mar 13
A busy week!
This week in Reception, we have been very busy in our Literacy lessons learning about endangered and extinct animals. Our recent story we have looked at (The Journey Home) showed animals and their homes in danger. The children were fascinated to look deeper into other endangered animals and why they are in danger. We looked …
Mar 06
A great week in Reception!
This week has been choc and block full of learning opportunities as always but we also had 2 extra special days to celebrate! On Tuesday the children were all very excited about pancake day and all morning long they dreamt of all the toppings they would have on their pancakes at dinner time. As a …
Feb 28
Literacy and St David’s day
We hope you had a lovely half term break! This week in Reception we started learning our new literacy story, The Journey Home. The children came in on Monday morning to find a tuff tray filled with ice, polar bears and a panda on a building. This sparked lots of questions as to what it …